TSMC is riding high. The Taiwanese chipmaker—sole supplier of artificial-intelligence (AI) chips to Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chip designer—has seen sales more than double since the start of 2020. While other semiconductor firms fret about cooling demand for gadgets and cars, TSMC believes demand for AI is just gearing...
Stock Market Today: Nvidia Helps Pull US Indexes Higher
NEW YORK — Nvidia helped pulled U.S. stock indexes higher on Tuesday after they stumbled in the morning on worries about escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% after erasing an early drop of 0.7%. The Nasdaq composite also shook off an early loss to turn 1%...
Multiple Election Offices Report Receiving Mailed Ballots Misdirected From Other States
HELENA, Mont. — Terry Thompson had an election to run for voters in Cascade County, Montana. Why then, she thought, was her office in Great Falls being sent mailed ballots completed by voters in places such as Wasilla, Alaska, Vancouver, Washington, and Tampa, Florida? It was only about a dozen...
Fresno Officials, Local Groups Prepare for Trump’s Promised Mass Deportations
Nonprofits, churches, and community-based organizations will gather alongside Fresno officials this week to discuss strategies to protect immigrants as the country speculates about what President-elect Donald Trump meant when he promised mass deportations. "We're going to focus a lot on obviously know your rights campaigns and educating our community here...
Fresno Police Arrest Student Over Social Media Threat to Local Middle School
A student from Central Unified's El Capitan Middle School was arrested Monday after admitting to making a social media threat targeting Fresno Unified's Ahwahnee Middle School, the Fresno Police Department said in a statement. The investigation began Sunday when officers responded to reports of a threat posted on Instagram. Detectives...
Volunteers Came Back to Nonprofits in 2023, After the Pandemic Tanked Participation
From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers have come back after the pandemic. A new survey released Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps shows 28.3% or 75.8 million people in the...
How Three Trump Policy Decrees Could Affect California Farmers
Voters in California's farm belt, stretching more than 400 miles from Kern County on the south to Tehama County on the north, delivered solid majorities for Donald Trump in this month's presidential election. They were obviously outvoted in heavily populated coastal and urban counties, so rival Kamala Harris claimed the...
Jersey Mike’s Sandwich Chain Is Acquired by Private Equity Firm Blackstone for $8 Billion
NEW YORK — Jersey Mike's, the quickly expanding sandwich chain, is being acquired by asset management giant Blackstone. In the transaction announced Tuesday, private equity funds managed by Blackstone will be used to acquire majority ownership of Jersey Mike's. The deal is "intended to help enable Jersey Mike's to accelerate...
Trump Chooses Billionaire and Key Transition Adviser Howard Lutnick for Commerce Secretary
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump chose Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary, a position in which he'd have a key role in carrying out Trump's plans to raise and enforce tariffs. Trump made the announcement Tuesday...
Visalia Man Arrested for Throwing Objects on the 99, Causing Chaos
A man accused of hurling objects onto Highway 99, narrowly avoiding multiple traffic accidents, has been arrested, the Visalia Area CHP said Tuesday. On Wednesday of last week, the CHP received reports of a man running in traffic lanes near Prosperity Avenue, throwing various items — including a chair —...