Thu
Jul 30 2026
04:42 pm
By: bizgrrl
The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity stake in seven companies.
Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.
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TN Politics
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- Trump says he might pull Blanche nomination for AG until GOP holdouts leave office (TN Lookout)
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- Dining Duo discovers Hammocks (Knox TN Today)
- Hiking with Harrington: Fog, wildflowers and a peaceful walk on Lumber Ridge (Knox TN Today)
- More than a day at the Zoo: How Zoo Knoxville is inspiring the next generation (Knox TN Today)
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- Inside Tennessee Basketball: A Walk Through History (Part 2) (Knox TN Today)
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Local TV News
- Morristown shelter takes in six dogs with 'severe skin disease' from animal cruelty situation (WATE)
- Man arrested after standoff with Knoxville Police on West Inskip Drive (WATE)
- Remote Area Medical to offer multiple telehealth clinics in first week of August (WATE)
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- World champ leads watersports clinic for young women on Tellico Lake (WATE)
- Tech founder explains how data centers can be cooled with and without water (WATE)
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- 7 things to know after Fuller family buys Chattanooga Times Free Press - timesfreepress.com (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga Times Free Press returns to local ownership; 30 employees to be laid off - Local 3 News (Times Free Press)
- WEHCO sells Chattanooga Times Free Press to Craig and Max Fuller - timesfreepress.com (Times Free Press)
- WEHCO sells Chattanooga Times Free Press to Craig and Max Fuller - timesfreepress.com (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Iran War Drives Oil Profits to Highest Levels in Years - The New York Times (Business)
- Hackers targeted municipal water systems in 7 states this week, FBI says - NBC News (US News)
- Dwindling cash and soaring memory costs: Tech's AI buildout has ballooning price tag - CNBC (Business)
- Apple stock falls on weak revenue forecast as CEO Tim Cook flags 'increasing impact' from memory shortage - Yahoo Finance (Business)
- Defying Trump, Cornyn Uses His Lame-Duck Power - The New York Times (US News)
- New York sues Kalshi, says prediction market is running 'illegal gambling operation' - CNBC (Business)
- Leopold Aschenbrenner vows to ‘fight another day’ after fund plunges 67% in July - Financial Times (Business)
- Stephen A. Smith on Fauci: ‘You can’t show up on Capitol Hill and plead the fifth 111 times’ - The Hill (US News)
- Stock Market Today: Dow Rises But Apple Dives On Weak Forecast; Amazon Stock Surges - Investor's Business Daily (Business)
- Trump, fighting the Senate and Iran, takes team to Camp David - The Hill (US News)
- Missouri proposal would create nation's toughest standard for citizen-led constitutional amendments - AP News (US News)
- Anthropic's Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations - BBC (Business)
- Senator’s daughter files new restraining order against GOP Rep. Max Miller - The Washington Post (US News)
- Seattle City Council members react to mayor asking SPD Chief Shon Barnes to resign - KOMO (US News)
- Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison - reuters.com (US News)
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Anybody want TVA to become capitalist owned?
I doubt it. They might stop yammering about the "communists" taking over.