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Apple suppliers are racing to exit China, AirPods maker says
Apple Inc.’s Chinese suppliers are probable to transfer potential out of the country considerably a lot quicker than lots of observers foresee to pre-empt fallout from escalating Beijing-Washington tensions, according to 1 of the US company’s most significant companions. AirPods maker GoerTek Inc. is one particular of the a lot of manufacturers checking out areas outside of its indigenous China, which now cranks out the bulk of the world’s gizmos from iPhones to PlayStations. It is investing an first $280 million in a new Vietnam plant while thinking about an India expansion, Deputy Chairman Kazuyoshi Yoshinaga said in an interview. US tech firms in specific have been pushing really hard for suppliers…
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Gonzaga’s candidacy, Pac-12’s future, Texas and Oklahoma exit plans on deck with Big 12 brass set to meet
When Big 12 presidents and athletic directors begin meeting Thursday at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Grand Hyatt, might as well bring your popcorn. On the agenda is Gonzaga’s potential membership in basketball. That alone has realignment implications beyond the Big 12. There will also be some discussion about the possible early exit of Texas and Oklahoma for the SEC. Going into its first season with new members BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF, the Big 12 will discuss perhaps its only athletic year with 14 teams. That’s a Texas-Oklahoma issue, too. Expansion is still in play, especially as long as the Pac-12 doesn’t sign a new media rights deal. Gonzaga’s…
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Early exit for Texas, Oklahoma to SEC could be aided by future nonconference games at Big 12 stadiums
With conversations increasing around the possibility of Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for the SEC earlier than scheduled, the steps needed to facilitate such a move are coming into focus. It is likely any deal involving the Longhorns and Sooners joining the SEC a year early in 2024 would include Big 12 rightsholders being made whole with a series of future nonconference games involving those teams within the league’s footprint, industry sources tell CBS Sports. Presently, the Big 12 grant of rights expires in 2025, freeing Texas and Oklahoma to join the SEC that summer. However, discussions about Texas and Oklahoma receiving an early exit from the Big…
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Qatari TV pundits mock Germany’s ‘OneLove’ armband protest after World Cup exit
CNN — Soccer pundits on Qatar’s Alkass Athletics channel mocked the German football staff next its Entire world Cup exit – by mimicking the players’ protest over human legal rights. A online video on the channel’s Twitter site posted on Thursday exhibits previous Kuwaiti footballer Jamal Mubarak masking his mouth with his still left hand and waving goodbye with the proper, then contacting on previous Egyptian goalkeeper and fellow analyst Essam El-Hadary to join him. Before long following, El-Hadary and other pundits then address their mouths and wave goodbye – evidently in celebration of Germany’s exit. The gesture mimics what the German gamers did to protest against FIFA’s selection to…
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