Alan Fram

Associated Press
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Amphenol to Acquire Connectivity, Cable Solutions Business from CommScope for $10.5B
August 11, 2025
A vehicle assembly technician works on a 2025 Ford Expedition during a media tour to launch the 2025 Ford Expedition at the Ford Motor Company Kentucky Truck Plant, April 30, 2025, in Louisville, Ky.
Ford to Invest Nearly $2 Billion in Kentucky Assembly Plant to Produce EVs
August 11, 2025
Tendeg’s new 120,000 square feet facility.
Tendeg Completes Construction of Antenna Manufacturing Facility
August 11, 2025
Amazon Web Services data center is visible on Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore.
As Electric Bills Rise, Evidence Mounts That Data Centers Share Blame
August 11, 2025
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In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo, Boeing worker Paul Covaci reaches out to touch a Boeing 737 MAX 7, the newest version of Boeing's fastest-selling airplane, during a debut for employees and media of the new jet in Renton, Wash. The U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal means Boeing's licenses to sell billions of dollars in commercial jetliners to Iran will be revoked, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday, May 8.
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Boeing's Iran Deals Invalidated
A Subaru plant in northwest Indiana has produced its first Subaru Ascent as part of an expansion that's added more than 200 jobs to the plant.
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First Subaru Ascent Comes off Assembly Line
This March 24, 2018, file photo shows a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh. Nestle has entered an agreement to bring Starbucks products to millions of homes worldwide, announced Monday, May 7, 2018.
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Nestle Spends $7B on Starbucks
In this June 14, 2016, file photo, Valeant Pharmaceuticals chairman and CEO Joe Papa speaks to reporters after the company's annual meeting in Laval, Quebec. Valeant Pharmaceuticals now wants to be called Bausch Health Companies, as the Canadian drugmaker continues to distance itself from notoriety gained a few years ago by dramatically hiking the prices of treatments it acquired. Papa said in a statement that the new identity was “a major step forward” in his company’s transformation.
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Valeant Pharma Ditches Name
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives to watch a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy live-streamed into the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, March 16, 2022. Lawmakers seemed on the brink of clinching a bipartisan compromise Thursday, March 31, to provide a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19. Romney said bargainers had reach an agreement in principle on a package but said it was still being drafted. Other senators were less definitive but none contested that a deal was near.
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Bipartisan Deal Near on Trimmed $10B COVID Bill
The price tag is down from an earlier $15.6 billion.
April 1, 2022
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 12, 2021, following his meeting with President Joe Biden.
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Sanders, Biden Meet as Infrastructure Bill Swells Past $3.5T
Sanders said he and the president did not discuss a topline figure.
July 13, 2021
President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Listening are from left, Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif.
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Trump Signs $2.2T Stimulus
It will support businesses, rush resources to health care providers and help struggling families.
March 27, 2020
In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020.
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House Passes $2.2T Rescue Package
The House rushed President Donald Trump the rescue package Friday.
March 27, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020.
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$2.2T Relief Bill Hits Snag
The bill's relief can hardly come soon enough.
March 27, 2020
From left, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., and Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., speak as they attend a Democratic event ahead of a House floor vote on the Health Care and Prescription Drug Package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.
Regulation
House Dems Push Drug Price Bill
The measure gained House approval but has little chance of surviving in the Senate.
May 17, 2019
In this March 11, 2019 photo, construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The Pentagon has sent a 20-page list of military construction projects to lawmakers who want to know which might be cut to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the border with Mexico. Democrats say the list shows that Trump is willing to cut needed defense spending and make the U.S. less secure, just to finance his wall. Trump has vetoed legislation aimed at blocking the cuts, and a veto override vote is set for next week.
Regulation
Lists of Cuts to Pay for Wall
The document listed hundreds of projects envisioned around the U.S. and world worth around $12.9 billion.
March 19, 2019
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Terminal Patients Can Try Unapproved Drugs
New drugs normally undergo years of expensive testing before manufacturers seek and gain FDA approval to market them.
May 23, 2018