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The Capital Ideas Podcast now has a new monthly edition hosted by Capital Group CEO Mike Gitlin. Investment professionals reveal their best mentors, how they find their next great idea, and a few funny stories. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. American Funds Distributors, Inc. Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, December 5th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. NASA's Artemis program is facing fresh delays in its missions to fly astronauts to the moon.
Officials said the second Artemis mission, which would have carried four astronauts around the moon, has been bumped from September 2025 to April 2026. And a third mission, where astronauts would return to the moon's surface in a lander, has been pushed back to mid-2027. The new delays could put pressure on the Artemis program's current setup as President-elect Donald Trump gears up for a second term.
Intel has named two chip industry veterans to its board just days after the abrupt exit of CEO Pat Gelsinger. The appointments of former chairman and CEO of ASML Eric Maurice and microchip technology chairman and interim CEO Steve Sange bolster Intel's board with semiconductor industry experience, which it has lacked. But Intel leadership has suggested it is still committed to its current direction.
And Chinese online retailer Temu has been ordered to suspend operations in Vietnam after it missed a deadline for registering its business. The state media outlet Vietnam News Agency reports that the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade asked Temu to cease sales until a licensing process is completed. A Temu spokesperson said it was working with ministry officials and had submitted all required documents.
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