After months of debate, Congress is still slow-walking a bill that would spend over $50 billion on semiconductor manufacturing. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has been frustrated by the slow pace for months and upped the stakes in a new interview by saying the economic damage could soon become permanent. She says companies that may want to be in the U.S. could shift manufacturing overseas in “months [because] they have to make decisions.” During the conversation Wednesday with Yahoo… Source link
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Many U.S. colleges made standardized testing optional in this year’s admissions cycle — some are even making the moves permanent. But Janet Godwin, CEO of Iowa City-based ACT, told Yahoo Finance that she isn’t concerned about the test-optional movement. “Four-year colleges use assessment data from ACT and College Board’s SAT for many, many purposes, not just admissions,” Godwin, who has spent 30 years at the company and assumed the CEO role in November 2020, said. “So in the spirit of… Source link
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