Top Stories Of The Week: March 22-26

                                       A roundup of this week's top stories

• Global semiconductor shortage hits "crisis" levels

  As the worldwide shortage of semiconductors worsens, consumers are facing rising prices and shortages of products such as games consoles, cars, TVs and smartphones...

• Geely squares up to Tesla with launch of high-end electric brand

  Chinese car manufacturer Geely Auto has launched a brand of premium electric vehicles in China as it seeks to push back against Tesla's leading position in its domestic market and recover from the financial impact of the Covid-19 crisis...

• Nord Stream 2 could be completed by October

  The pipelaying for Nord Stream 2 - which has a little more than 100km of pipeline remaining - could stand to be completed by October, according to the information contained in a regulatory document...

• Liverpool aiming to be a driving force in drone tech

  UK-based startup Drone Major Group (DMG) has announced the launch of the first-ever drone technology Test and Development Area project, to be created in the Liverpool City Region...

• EC gives Danfoss conditional go-ahead for Eaton acquisition

  The European Commission has given its conditional approval to the €2.7 billion acquisition of Eaton's hydraulics business by Danfoss after the Danish company agreed to divest some of its businesses...

• Toshiba develops highly-efficient carbon conversion catalyst

  Toshiba claims to have developed the world's most efficient electrocatalyst technology for converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide for use in fuels and chemicals...

• Dounreay site suggested for UK's first fusion plant

  Highland councillors are looking to submit a bid for the decommissioned Dounreay site in Caithness, Scotland, as their suggestion for the UK's first nuclear fusion power plant...