news paper: January 2019

Facebook bolts higher, Wall Street surges

The Dow surged above 25,000 in a broad rally Wednesday before big momentum stocks Facebook, Tesla and Microsoft reported their results. Fred Katayama recaps the action.


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Exclusive: Foxconn rethinking Wisconsin plant plans

Foxconn Technology Group is reconsidering plans to make advanced liquid crystal display panels at a $10 billion Wisconsin campus, and said it intends to hire mostly engineers and researchers rather than the manufacturing workforce the project originally promised. Zachary Goelman reports.


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U.S., China launch high-level trade talks

The United States and China opened a pivotal round of high-level trade talks amid deep differences. Fred Katayama reports.


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Don't rule out China's economy, says RiverFront's Konstantinos

RiverFront Investment Group's chief investment strategist Chris Konstantinos tells Reuters' Fred Katayama investors can conservatively play China by buying emerging market funds or Japan, which he's also bullish on.


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Polar vortex produces flight cancelations

A blast of bone-chilling Arctic air spreading across the Midwest and Eastern U.S. Wednesday is snarling transportation in the Midwest. Fred Katayama reports.


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Breakingviews TV: Dull Apple

The iPhone maker’s sales fell, just as CEO Tim Cook had warned. Booming demand for apps and other services provides some offset near term, explains Rob Cyran, but Apple will probably need new gadgets like health devices to get growth, and the stock price, going again.


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Global oil braces for turmoil from U.S. crackdown on Venezuela

Oil prices rose more than 1 percent on Wednesday, boosted by concerns about supply disruptions following U.S. sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry but pegged back by uncertainty over the global economy Pascale Davies reports.


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Siemens steels itself for EU rejection of rail merger with Alstom

Siemens will accept defeat if the EU rejects its pleas to allow it to combine with Alstom to create a powerful Franco-German rail business, it indicated on Wednesday as it announced first quarter results that disappointed investors. David Pollard reports.


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VW holds onto top spot among carmakers, just

Include trucks, and VW has held onto the top spot among global automakers for a fifth year, but Renault-Nissan is snapping at its heels. Julian Satterthwaite reports


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How a teen discovered Apple's FaceTime bug

A 14-year-old from Tuscon, Arizona tried to warn Apple last week about a FaceTime glitch that turned iPhones into eavesdropping devices. Linda So reports.


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SHO of Hisar's women police station on the run

Hindus Should Give Up Halal Meat, Eat Only Jhatka, Says Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Asks People Not To 'Spoil Dharma'

A few weeks ago, Singh had also written a letter to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to ban the sale of food products labelled as ”halal” ...