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Just like most visas, a startup visa is a temporary residence permit to live in certain countries. This visa targets entrepreneurs who are looking for outside financing. Once their startup is...

China Tariffs are here to stay – for now. The Biden Administration continues to defend the Trump-era tariffs on goods from China with little guidance as domestic inflation climbs steadily.

Last July, Congress passed the “CHIPS and Science Act” (HR 4346), a bill that would give $52 billion to semiconductor chip manufacturers, along with other measures that include the development of fusion energy and cybersecurity programs. The bill, however, lacks key pillars that would bolster the country’s position in other arenas of space, such as security, safety and exploration beyond ISS and the Artemis Project.

The sweeping Inflation Reduction Act includes a bill U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper had carried ending cut-rate, noncompetitive oil and gas leasing on public lands.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on July 7 that Republicans will block the passage of a ...

From Bloomberg: The global semiconductor industry has gone from imploring the U.S. government to hand out corporate welfare, to threatening the cancellation of investments should the money not come through. One project hanging in the balance is Intel's planned chipmaking facility in the Columbus area.

Cannabis stocks had a rough first half of the year, but the appetite for marijuana in the U.S. is growing.

Congressional Republicans were successful in removing the SAFE Banking Act from the Competes Act bill, dealing another blow to the cannabis industry.