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Major Taiwan computer chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the next three years in expanding its manufacturing capacity and supporting research and development, the company said Thursday.
Source: ctv business
Taiwan chip maker TSMC to invest US0B to grow capacity

The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard an unknown amount of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality control problems.
Source: ctv business
Company at heart of J&J COVID-19 vaccine woes has series of citations

Stocks were moderately higher Thursday, helped by a rise in technology companies as well as smaller companies, which would benefit from a quickly growing economy.
Source: ctv business
Wall Street moves higher, pushing S&P 500 over 4,000 level

When the coronavirus pandemic began, the challenge for Pfizer and BioNTech wasn’t just developing a COVID-19 vaccine — they also had to make it, and by the hundreds of millions.
Source: ctv business
Manufacturing moonshot: How Pfizer makes its millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses

Global food giant Nestle says it has completed the US$4.3 billion sale of its bottled-water brands in North America to a pair of private-equity firms.
Source: ctv business
Nestle closes sale of bottled water brands in North America

Statistics Canada says the Canadian tourism sector shrank by nearly half in 2020 as the disastrous year was capped off by a 3.3 per cent decrease in the fourth quarter.
Source: ctv business
Canadian tourism sector shrank by nearly half in 2020 as COVID-19 ravages industry

Students who once shopped at a downtown mall in Burlington, Vermont, are now attending high school in the former Macy’s department store, with gleaming white tile floors and escalators whisking them to and from classes.
Source: ctv business
‘Cool but weird.’ Macy’s store transformed into school

Delta Air Lines, the last U.S. airline still blocking middle seats, will end that policy in May as air travel recovers and more people become vaccinated against COVID-19.
Source: ctv business
Delta joins other U.S. airlines in ending empty middle seats

Divers inspected the underside of a colossal container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal, spotting some damage to the bow but not enough to take it out of service, officials said Wednesday.
Source: ctv business
Experts examine bottom of big ship that was stuck in Suez

Kimberly-Clark Corp says it will raise prices on many of its products including Scott toilet paper, tissues and diapers in the United States and Canada to offset rising commodity costs.
Source: ctv business
Kimberly-Clark raises prices on Scott toilet paper, diapers in U.S. and Canada