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Apple stock falls after cutting Q1 guidance on weak iPhone sales

Apple is set to open more than 8 percent lower Thursday, a day after slashing first-quarter revenue guidance in a rare acknowledgement of waning sales. That plunge would make for Apple’s worst day of trading since 2013 if the losses hold, and it extends a painful year-end trend for Apple …

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General Motors sales slip as it places big bet on pickup trucks

Rene Johnston | Toronto Star | Getty Images SUVs at a Chevrolet dealership in Oshawa, ON. General Motors’ sales slipped during the fourth quarter, but the automaker said pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, and crossovers are still selling strong. The largest U.S. automaker said Thursday its Chevrolet and GMC brands …

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Tim Cook on China after revenue forecast slashed

ARis Oikonomou | AFP | Getty Images Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaks in Brussels, on October 24, 2018. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has blamed an economic slowdown in China, and the Sino-U.S. trade war, for its downgrade to its first-quarter sales guidance. That marks a dramatic change in …

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China lands Chang’e 4 spacecraft, first on far side of the moon

China News Service | Visual China Group | Getty Images Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar probe program, talks about the Chang’e-4 rover at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on August 15, 2018 in Beijing, China. China successfully landed the Chang’e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon …

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Former Bernie Sanders aide who joked about harassment now chief of staff

Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, speaks to members of the media following a briefing on the murder of U.S-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.  …

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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Apple, Netflix and more

Greg Baker | AFP | Getty Images Customers look at products in an Apple store in Beijing on December 11, 2018. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Apple shares fell 7 percent as the company lowered its first-quarter-revenue forecast on Wednesday. The company said it now expects …

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Cook says he isn’t worried about China visits after Huawei CFO arrest

VCG | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook attends China Development Forum 2017 – Economic Summit at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 18, 2017 in Beijing, China. Apple CEO Tim Cook isn’t worried about traveling to China in the wake of the Huawei CFO’s recent arrest on U.S. warrants, dismissing …

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Here are the ‘Dogs of the Dow,’ a simple strategy that beats the market

It’s a classic value investing strategy that could be primed to work even better this year if the market remains shaky in the face of a slowing global economy and trade battles. Investors may look to names like these for more steady dividend income. International Business Machines, Exxon Mobil and …

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Investors are officially panicking, Citigroup says

Stock-market investors entered panic mode after the wild ride to end 2018, meaning it might be a good time to buy equities, according to Tobias Levkovich, chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup. Citigroup’s Panic/Euphoria model hit panic levels after a massive drop in stock prices last month, Levkovich said. This …

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No sign of deal to end shutdown at Trump’s first 2019 Cabinet meeting

Evan Vucci | AP President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington. David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of Interior, is left and Patrick Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense, is right. President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted his first Cabinet meeting of …

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