[ad_1] During the coronavirus pandemic, some of the largest companies grew while others shrank. Apple, the reigning leader of the top 100 companies around the world, experienced several setbacks during the last year, including supply chain disruption and more – but its valuation has only grown. Express.co.uk analysed the market capitalisation data for the world’s
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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] These are popular sentiments, especially among liberals. President Biden faults “unpaid tax cuts” as a key driver of federal budget deficits. Congressional Democrats are pushing hard to hike taxes on corporations and high-earning households. To those who lean left, it may seem obvious that the Trump-era cut in tax rates starved the federal government
[ad_1] Photograph Courtesy Devonee Alfrey Over the last few months, “we have had a huge influx of Bay Area people moving down for the ‘lower’ prices,” says Devonee Alfrey, a realtor who focuses on North County. Illustration by Samuil Levich, iStock, GettyImages We’ve all heard about how home prices in San Diego have never been