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Still on top: Cyber Monday sales on track to hit record
NEW YORK (AP) — Cyber Monday is still holding up as the biggest online shopping day of the year, even though many of the same deals have been available online for weeks and the name harks back to the days of dial-up modems. Shoppers are expected to spend a record $9.4 billion on purchases made on their...
Panasonic leaves semiconductor business with Taiwan sale
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corp. is abandoning the semiconductor business with the sale of its last business in that sector to a Taiwanese company. Panasonic said Thursday it was transferring the semiconductor business operated by Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co. to...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the Apple plant he didn’t open
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump persists in his false story that he opened an Apple manufacturing plant last week. TRUMP, looking back at his Nov. 20 trip to Austin, Texas: "I opened up an Apple computer plant. " — Florida rally Tuesday. THE FACTS: He didn’t do that. He visited an...
In a first, IBM’s computer debater faces off against itself
CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) — The chamber hushed as the debate got underway at the Cambridge Union and the teams launched into their carefully crafted opening statements. The topic - whether artificial intelligence would do more harm than good - was something each side had a big stake in because both were...
Away from Washington, Trump praises Apple’s Texas expansion
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump got away from the impeachment inquiry in Washington on Wednesday and celebrated tech behemoth Apple keeping its Mac Pro computer manufacturing plant in the Texas state capital. Trump’s visit follows Apple’s announcement in September that it would...
Apple detectives comb US Northwest for ‘lost’ varieties
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — The apple tree stands alone near the top of a steep hill, wind whipping through its branches as a perfect sunset paints its leaves a vibrant gold. It has been there for more than a century, and there is no hint that the tree or its apples are anything out of the ordinary. But this...
Coty and Medicines jump while HP and ConocoPhillips stumble
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: HP Inc., down 17 cents to $20.01 The computer and printer maker rejected a roughly $33.5 billion takeover offer from Xerox. The Medicines Co., up $6.67 to $58.65 The pharmaceutical company reported encouraging results from a key...
Chinese buyer of British Steel looks to grow abroad
BEIJING (AP) — Jingye Group's purchase of British Steel Ltd. gives the privately owned Chinese steelmaker a chance to grow outside a home market dominated by giant state-owned mills. The deal adds to a string of global acquisitions by Chinese companies that want to speed their growth in industries from...
HP says it has received a 'proposal' from Xerox
NEW YORK (AP) — Computer and printer maker HP Inc. said Wednesday it had received a "proposal" from copier maker Xerox and has had conversations "from time to time" with the company about a potential business combination. HP said Wednesday that it received the proposal on Tuesday but did not provide...
Mueller documents: Manafort pushed Ukraine hack theory
WASHINGTON (AP) — During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort's deputy told investigators during the special counsel's Russia probe. The unsubstantiated...
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