[ad_1] Heading north on I-35, Trooper Hanger spotted a battered 1977 Mercury Grand Marquis with no license plate. Its driver was Timothy J. McVeigh who, about 90 minutes earlier, had detonated a truck full of explosives outside the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people in what then was the worst act of terrorism on
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[ad_1] Semiconductor manufacturing plants, called fabs, are among the most complex factories on the planet. Each silicon wafer must undergo as many as 1,600 steps under carefully controlled conditions to be turned into a computer chip. It’s part of the reason for the current shortage of semiconductors: It isn’t easy to simply speed up production
[ad_1] Real estate ETFs continue to attract attention from both investors and asset managers. As of September 30, there were 43 U.S. or global equity real estate ETFs managing $89 billion in assets, according to data from research firm CFRA. Year-to-date inflows of new capital amount to roughly $11.5 billion, while the sector also has
[ad_1] Diamond-tipped saws cut granite 24/7, truckloads stacked with monuments leave its warren of buildings every day, and cubbyholes overflow with orders. “The monument business is bigger than it’s ever been,” said Mark Gherardi, the company president. Orders filled a table inside Buttura & Gherardi Granite Artisans. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff The pandemic’s staggering death toll,
[ad_1] In a private meeting with Mr. Biden and nearly a dozen House Democrats in swing-districts on Tuesday, the prospect of limiting who could benefit from a promised two years of free community college came up as part of a broader discussion about the program, according to Representative Susan Wild, Democrat of Pennsylvania. But, she