Taiwan-based electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron are among companies eyeing new factories in Mexico, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, as the US-China trade war and coronavirus pandemic prompt firms to reexamine global supply chains. The plans could usher in billions of dollars in badly needed fresh investments over the next few years
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As antagonism between China and the West becomes entrenched, Foxconn and Pegatron are apparently thinking of opening branches in Mexico. The rumour comes courtesy of Reuters, which has been chatting to insiders at the Taiwanese firms. Between them they account for a lot of the manufacturing outsourced by big tech firms, including Apple, and have
New to Stream: Arrow Video Channel’s September 2020 lineup Acclaimed British indie film distributor Arrow Video has unveiled its lineup of programs set to debut on their streaming platform, Arrow Video Channel, in September which includes the cult classic horror parody Return of the Killer Tomatoes and new seasons of curated titles! The full list of titles set
DC Multiverse Batman Figure by Todd McFarlane Revealed! Todd McFarlane, one of the most iconic comic book artists of the late 20th century, has unveiled a brand-new DC Multiverse Batman action figure designed, created and produced by McFarlane and his award-winning McFarlane Toys company! Check out his announcement video below! RELATED: CD Projekt Red & McFarlane Toys
Bill & Ted know how to shred, with or without a guitar. Now they want to see what you’ve got, asking fans to participate in the #ShredWithBillAndTed challenge. As we saw in the previous two films, Bill & Ted love to celebrate with their own air guitar salute. Now Bill & Ted Face the Music
Aug. 24th, 2020 “The very air here is miraculous, and outlines the reality of change with the moment…. a dream hangs over the whole region….” John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez, Los Cabos, Mexico In 1940, author John Steinbeck sailed from Monterey, California, to explore the narrow gulf between Baja California and
‘England in 1819’ is a sonnet by the second-generation English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). It’s one of Shelley’s most angry and politically direct poems, although a number of the allusions Shelley makes to contemporary events require some analysis and interpretation to be fully understood now, more than two centuries on. Before we offer
ALRT shares a new single with the world this week, after already gaining support from artists like Kayzo and DJ Snake. Also known as Irad Brant, he steps up to the plate with ‘Dive Into You,’ a cut that features Monika Santucci. The tune arrives on Musical Freedom and is his first solo record on Tiesto’s
Yesterday would have been Kobe Bryant’s 42nd birthday, and today is August 24th, the date that combines his two iconic jersey numbers. Bryant is being honored in several ways, from Nike’s release of Kobe-related items all week to Los Angeles and Orange Counties officially naming this “Kobe Bryant Day.” Over the past 20 years, Bryant
Photograph courtesy of Instagram/@maisonbirksThe “ça va bien aller” movement was born out of the pandemic. By Maddison Glendinning Date August 24, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Canadian fine jeweller and retailer Birks has released a new rainbow necklace with a special message born out of Quebec during quarantine. As people were encouraged to remain at home during
While Batman is one of the most popular superheroes in the world, most fans agree they’ve had quite enough of his origin story. Every Batman reboot devotes a great deal of time to showing how the murder of his parents set Bruce Wayne on the path to becoming the Dark Knight. But during the DC
August 24, 2020, 2:01pm Virginia Woolf is famous, among other things, for declaring that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” But did you know that Woolf’s own room for writing fiction was a total mess? (I didn’t either, but it’s true.) In Leonard Woolf’s
CNN Travel’s series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Read the policy. (CNN) — For more than a century, Bulgaria has had little trouble enticing people to its beach resorts scattered along the Black Sea coast. City-breakers head to
Paris Hilton‘s opening up about a traumatic chapter of her life before her ‘Simple Life’ stardom … in an upcoming documentary that’s pretty shocking. The famous heiress describes how her rebellious youth living with her family in NYC’s Waldorf Astoria hotel resulted in her parents sending her to several boarding schools … the last of
Facebook hopes to benefit from the COVID-fuelled growth in home working by adding several major collaboration apps to its Portal video-calling service. From September, housebound middle-managers and their lucky subordinates will be able to use Portal to arrange virtual get-togethers over BlueJeans, GoToMeeting, Webex or Zoom. They can of course also use Facebook’s own collaboration
Trans-Siberian Orchestra have been a staple of the end of the year holiday touring season for years, but the traveling collective will not be on the road in 2020. An announcement has been made that the group, adhering to public health and safety concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic, will not stage their annual run this
Cascada’s mega-hit “Everytime We Touch” just turned 15 last week and it’s still a banger! Every once in a while, a dance song comes along that’s larger than life — and “Everytime We Touch” is just that. The track crossed over into the mainstream, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 — but more
It looks like the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series will only last one season. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed the news in a recent interview. Star Wars fans were more than likely hoping for multiple seasons, but it looks like the highly anticipated series will be done as a limited series, as opposed to multiple. Kennedy