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United Auto Workers union members strike for improved compensation outside of the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 in Toledo, Ohio.
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The overwhelming majority of ransomware attacks are not about creating chaos. That’s simply a byproduct of their true motive – money. Hackers are constantly getting smarter, better funded, and more complex. Manufacturing needs to do the same. Watch the video to see how.
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 file photo, Albert Bourla, chief executive officer of Pfizer, prepares to testify before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on drug prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, Bourla wrote to Pfizer employees that he's “disappointed” the timing for a vaccine to be available was politicized during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, saying the company won’t succumb to political pressure.
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October 2, 2020
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Thursday, May 21, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump will visit a Ypsilanti, Mich., Ford plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment.
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It's the factory that was repurposed to manufacture ventilators.
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President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President Mike Pence, left, and FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor look on during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, March 22, 2020.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Washington.
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March 17, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks with business leaders at a roundtable event at Roosevelt House, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in New Delhi, India.
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Trump Says Coronavirus 'Very Well Under Control' in US
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February 25, 2020
In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago.
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Officials say Trump has since grown reluctant to move forward after becoming convinced such a step could alienate voters he needs for re-election.
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A worker walks up steps to the right of an avionics truck parked next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for TUI Group at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Renton, Wash. President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner.
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Countries that send cars to the U.S. have taken advantage of the country for decades, he said.
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In this Nov. 26, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Biloxi, Miss. Trump said Tuesday, Nov. 27, that he was “very disappointed” that General Motors was closing plants in the United States and warned that the White House was “now looking at cutting all GM subsidies,” including for its electric cars program.
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Chinese workers stand in front of a loaded cargo ship docked at a port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province, Sunday, April 8, 2018. Amid falling markets, President Donald Trump's new economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, says there is no trade war between the U.S. and China. Another administration official, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, takes a different tack, saying he's 'cautiously optimistic' that before any threatened tariffs go into place the two nations will reach an agreement. Global financial markets have fallen sharply as the world's two biggest economies square off.
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In this May 19, 2017, file photo, a man works on the Southern Nevada portion of U.S. Interstate 11 near Boulder City, Nev. President Donald Trump on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 billion proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals, but relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding. The administration’s plan is centered on using $200 billion in federal money to leverage local and state tax dollars to fix America's infrastructure, such as roads, highways, ports and airports.
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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Danang International Airport in Danang, Vietnam, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017.
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He railed against trade practices he says have put Americans out of work.
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President Donald Trump listens as Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2017. After a receiving a U.S. intelligence assessment on Russian’s interference in last year’s elections, Trump vowed that he would have a team present him a review of the nation’s cybersecurity efforts within 90 days of taking office. But Thursday was the 90-day mark and no plan has been presented.
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Yesterday was the 90-day mark and no plan has been presented.
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