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The early votes of new voters — voters who did not show up in 2020 — are of particular interest because they are votes that could change what happens in 2024 relative to the last presidential election. The data out of Pennsylvania shows large differences in the number of votes cast by new voters, both by party registration and by gender. More new voters are registered Democrats than Republicans, and new female voters are driving this partisan gap. The new male voters are only slightly more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, but among new female voters, Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2 to 1. But the Republican advantage in new Arizona voters so far is being driven largely by male voters.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump ., Biden, Kamala Harris, Josh Clinton Organizations: NBC, Democratic, Trump, don’t, Republicans, Biden, New, Democrats, Arizona voters Locations: Pennsylvania, Arizona, Arizona , Nevada , North Carolina, Georgia , Michigan, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada

☆ Election experts raise alarms about vote counting delays in battleground states
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Election observers worry that delays in counting mail ballots could give the public a false sense of who’s winning the election. In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, election officials are still barred from beginning to process mail ballots before 7 a.m. on Election Day – even though election workers in both states have clamored for change. Georgia's State Election Board members discuss proposals for election rule changes at the State Capitol in Atlanta on September 20, 2024. The new law could delay by an hour or more – depending on the county – the posting of unofficial early results, state election officials have said. In Maricopa County, the general election ballot covers both sides of two pages – twice the length of the ballot voters encountered four years ago.

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If those population-growth patterns continue for the rest of the decade, it could seriously imperil the Democrats’ long-term chances of winning the White House. The Week in Cartoons Jan. 15-19 View All 5 ImagesFor Democrats, the picture is grim. An analysis by the Brookings Institution found that the main factor driving population growth in 2022-23 was immigration. The two states Democrats are eyeing most urgently to become the new Arizona and Georgia are North Carolina and Texas. In particular, predictions of “Blexas” – a blue Texas – have taken longer to materialize than most Democrats had hoped.

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Last year, Taiwan's chip industry generated T$4.837 trillion ($150.27 billion) in revenue, nearly half of which came from TSMC, compared with Taiwan's GDP of T$22.667 trillion ($704.21 billion). "Taiwan's limited land and limited energy have always created a lot of pressure," GlobalWafers (6488.TWO) CEO Doris Hsu told reporters. 'FIVE SHORTAGES'The chip industry has long complained about Taiwan's "five shortages": land, water, energy, labour, and talent. Taiwan's government - determined to keep its crown jewel's most advanced technology at home - has said it will provide alternative options. The Longtan expansion had proposed acquiring 159 more hectares in the north, where TSMC and many chip companies are based.

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☆ Apple supplier TSMC delays start of Arizona chip factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will delay production at its new Arizona-based chip plant to 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor, the company's chairman said on the company's second-quarter earnings call Thursday. Apple has said it plans to use computer chips built at TSMC's Arizona facilities. TSMC Chairman Mark Liu told analysts on an earnings call Thursday that the company does not have enough skilled workers to install advanced equipment at the facility on its initial timeline. Liu said the company is working to send trained technicians from Taiwan to train local workers to help accelerate installation. The U.S. has embarked on a major push to bring semiconductor manufacturing back stateside, including through funding the multi-billion dollar Chips and Science Act to turbocharge development.

Persons: Apple, Mark Liu, Liu Organizations: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, U.S, CNBC, YouTube Locations: Arizona, TSMC's Arizona, Taiwan, U.S, Phoenix

"I question whether the state party has the necessary expertise to spend the money well," he said. Kristina Karamo, chair of the Michigan state party, didn't respond to a request for comment for this story. The Arizona party, meanwhile, raised roughly $139,000 in the first three months of this year, according to state and federal filings. But the state party's organizational heft will be hard to replicate, said Jeff Timmer, a former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party. "But not having the state party well funded is detrimental to many Republican campaigns next year," he added.

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☆ TSMC sending more workers to speed up building of new Arizona plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Chairman of TSMC Mark Liu during a visit to TSMC AZ's first Fab (Semiconductor Fabrication Plant) in P1A (Phase 1A), in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 6, 2022. The first Arizona chip fabrication facility, or fab, is scheduled to be operational by 2024. TSMC did not disclose how many workers from Taiwan are currently in Arizona. The additions will not impact the 12,000 workers currently on-site every day or U.S.-based hiring, it added. While TSMC has said the bulk of its manufacturing, especially of the most advanced chips, will remain in Taiwan, it is also building a plant in Japan and considering another one in Germany.

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☆ TSMC seeks up to $15 bln from US but objects to certain conditions- WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

April 19 (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW) is pushing back on some of the conditions the United States has attached to chip-factory subsidies as it seeks up to $15 billion from the U.S. government, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. TSMC, which in December more than tripled its planned investment at its new Arizona plant to $40 billion, is concerned about rules that could require it to share profits from the factories and provide detailed information about operations, WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter. TSMC declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K and Dhanya Ann ThoppilOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ South Korea's LGES revives Arizona battery factory plan with $5.6 bln investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL, March 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd (LGES) (373220.KS) said on Friday it would invest 7.2 trillion won ($5.58 billion) to build a battery factory in Arizona, reviving a project paused last year due to adverse economic conditions. Friday's announcement comes after LGES in January said it had been in "active discussion" with Tesla and electric vehicle startups to supply batteries from the proposed factory. Automakers and EV battery producers are racing to set up manufacturing in the United States to take advantage of federal subsidies that could generate up to $45 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to offset the costs of production. LGES, which supplies Tesla, General Motors Co (GM.N) and others, also has production sites in South Korea, China, Poland, Canada and Indonesia. Shares of LGES were trading down 1.6% versus a 0.4% fall in the benchmark KOSPI (.KS11) as of 0620 GMT.

☆ Intel is becoming accidental ad for friendshoring
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Robert Cyran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Its plan to catch up to rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2330.TW) in technology and manufacturing prowess, always ambitious, now looks implausible. If the U.S. government is keen to nurture a domestic chip industry, Intel is becoming an accidental advertisement for friendshoring. And as the building of data centers has cooled, revenue at the Intel unit that makes chips for them declined 33%. The bigger problem for Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger is that its chief rival TSMC is still making strides, and producing smaller chips, at just 3 nanometers. Intel estimated first-quarter revenue would be between $10.5 billion and $11.5 billion.

☆ TSMC starts volume production of most advanced chips in Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TAINAN, Taiwan, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC)(2330.TW), began mass production of its most advanced chips in southern Taiwan on Thursday and the company's chairman said it would continue to expand capacity on the island. The long-awaited mass production of chips with 3-nanometre technology comes as attention focuses on the world's largest contract chipmaker's investment plans at home and abroad. TSMC has a dominant position as a maker of advanced chips used in technology from cellphones to fighter jets. Taiwan's government has dismissed concerns about a "goodbye to Taiwan" trend for the chip industry, saying the island's position as a major semiconductor producer and maker of the most advanced chips is secure. TSMC said it was working to build factories for the next generation 2-nanometre chips, which were planned to be manufactured in northern and central Taiwan.

☆ TSMC in talks with suppliers over first European plant - FT
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC)(2330.TW) is in advanced talks with key suppliers about setting up its first potential European plant in the German city of Dresden, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The Taiwanese firm's talks with several materials and equipment suppliers are focused on whether they can also make the investments required to support the plant, the report said, adding that if it presses ahead with a Dresden plant, it would focus on 22-nanometre and 28-nanometre chip technologies. TSMC has maintained it had not yet made a decision on a plant in Europe, but that no options were being ruled out. Earlier this month, TSMC said it would more than triple its planned investment at its new Arizona plant to $40 billion, among the largest foreign investments in U.S. history. The company expects its Phoenix factories to create 13,000 high-tech jobs, including 4,500 under TSMC and the rest filled by suppliers.

☆ TSMC’s U.S. Chip Gambit Has Powerful Backers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Jacky Wong | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“American manufacturing is back,” President Biden said Tuesday as he visited the new Arizona site of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. That sentiment may yet prove premature—but the Taiwanese chip maker’s latest commitment to building on American soil is still something to celebrate. One key takeaway from Tuesday’s event: TSMC’s major U.S. customers appear to be telegraphing their support for more advanced chips to be made on American soil. That raises the probability of a larger presence for firms like TSMC and Samsung in the future.

TSMC's Arizona factory has sparked concerns in Taiwan, where semiconductor manufacturing is the backbone of the economy, about a "goodbye to Taiwan" trend among chip firms. "TSMC's research and development centre is in Taiwan, the complete supply chain is here," she said. "Taiwan has a complete supply chain, a complete system, and the backing of the government. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW), , as it is formally called, has repeatedly said that the bulk of its manufacturing will remain in Taiwan. It is also encouraging more foreign tech firms in the chip supply chain to invest in Taiwan.

☆ Tim Cook says Apple will use US-made chips for the first time in nearly a decade as the tech giant turns away from Asian manufacturing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple will be sourcing chips from TSCM's Arizona plant in the US, said CEO Tim Cook. Apple is stepping up on efforts to shift production out of China, amid strict pandemic restrictions. TSCM said it's tripling its planned investment in the Arizona plant to $40 billion. TSMC's facilities in Arizona is seen as a win for the Biden administration — particularly, since the Taiwanese chipmaker said it would more than triple its planned investment into its Arizona facilities from $12 billion to $40 billion. Apple has also been grappling with Beijing's draconian pandemic restrictions, which hit iPhone production at the facilities of its major supplier, Foxconn.

☆ Tim Cook says Apple will use chips built in the U.S. at Arizona factory
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Apple will buy U.S.-made microchips at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, where President Joe Biden also spoke. Cook said Apple would buy processors made in a new Arizona factory, according to a video from the event. The chip factories will be owned and operated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the biggest foundry company with over half of the global market share. TSMC produces the most advanced processors, including the chips in the latest iPhones, iPads and Macs. "Apple had to buy all the advanced chips from overseas, now they're going to bring more of their supply chain home," Biden said.

☆ TSMC expects $10 billion in annual revenue from Arizona fabs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Jane Lanhee Lee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PHOENIX, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) on Tuesday estimated annual revenue of $10 billion when its two planned chips fabrication plants open in Arizona. TSMC said Tuesday it was more than tripling its planned investment in the factories to $40 billion. U.S. President Joe Biden and others, including the CEOs of major TSMC customers, are attending a "tool-in" ceremony for the symbolic moving of the first equipment onto the shop floor of the new $12 billion facility. "When completed with both fabs, we will manufacture over 600,000 wafers a year, representing $10 billion in yearly revenue and with our customers product sales over $40 billion a year," said TSMC Chief Executive Mark Liu. Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O), all major TSMC customers, said they expected their chips to be made in the new Arizona plants.

☆ Taiwan Semi set to invest $40 billion in U.S. manufacturing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTaiwan Semi set to invest $40 billion in U.S. manufacturingCNBC's Kristina Partsinevelos joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss Taiwan Semiconductors' investment in two new Arizona based manufacturing plants, the benefits the plant will generate and the subsidies incentivizing U.S.-based manufacturing.

☆ Mobileye goes public, raising millions for Intel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Matt Mcfarland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington, DC CNN —Intel spun out its driver-assist subsidiary Mobileye Wednesday and raised $861 million in the initial public offering. Intel had purchased Mobileye in 2017 for $15.3 billion, but announced in Dec. 2021 that it would spin out Mobileye. Mobileye, founded in 1999 in Israel, was an early leader in emerging driver-assist technology that can perceive the road and steer accordingly. Mobileye says being a public company again may help it draw attention to its products. “It’s important for us to amplify attention and a public company platform really allows you to do that,” Mobileye spokesman Dan Galves told CNN Business Wednesday.

☆ Gold rush: Lawyers are flocking to Arizona to take advantage of new rules resulting in a flood of outside investments in law firms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In 2021, Arizona changed its rules to let non-lawyers co-own law firms, many of which are highly profitable: They collectively made an estimated $320 billion in the US last year. Today, 47 states — all but Arizona, Utah, and Washington — ban anyone but lawyers from owning law firms. Some of the firms Arizona has approved have said they plan to advertise nationwide, and refer cases to other law firms that will actually do the work. Pre-settlement funding, which is one of the riskier kinds of loan for plaintiffs' law firms, often has interest rates of 12 to 20 percent, Ziser said. The UK has allowed outside investment in law firms since 2007 without major scandal, he said, but it also takes a loser-pays approach to lawsuits that can cut down on frivolous claims.

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