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Amid vendor pressure, Sears looks to more sources of cash

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg| Getty Images A Sears store in Peoria, Ill. Sears Holdings announced Wednesday a number of steps it’s taking to gain more liquidity as its sales continue to erode at a double-digit pace. Sears entered into an agreement with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, releasing about 140 …

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GoPro earnings Q3 2017

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nick Woodman, founder and chief executive officer of GoPro GoPro shares plunged after reporting disappointing fourth quarter guidance, despite posting earnings that topped Wall Street expectations. The fourth quarter includes the holiday shopping season. The company said it expects fourth quarter earnings between …

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The economy is strong and is about to get even stronger: Atlanta Fed

Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Workers on the assembly line for gas turbines at the General Electric energy plant in Greenville, South Carolina. You may not have noticed, but the U.S. economy is on a tear. Or at least that’s what an economic model at the Atlanta Federal …

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China is getting excited about the iPhone X

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The iPhone X is displayed during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. Chinese consumers are picking up on the highly anticipated features not seen in previous iterations of the iPhone: Online, fans are saying that …

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North Korea hacked Daewoo Shipbuilding, took warship blueprints: South Korea lawmaker

Lee Jae Won | Reuters The plant of South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding is seen in Koeje island of South Kyongsang province, about 470 km southeast of Seoul May 15, 2001. North Korea probably stole South Korean warship blueprints after hacking into Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd’s database in …

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Tropical storm warnings issued for western Cuba, northwestern Bahamas

Adalberto Roque | AFP | Getty Images A man walks against heavy winds after the passage of Hurricane Irma, at Caibarien, Villa Clara province, 330km east of Havana, on September 9, 2017. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for western Cuba and northwestern Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) …

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Apple investors don’t need to worry about a long wait for the iPhone X, analyst says

Qi Heng | VCG | Getty Images Attendees take photos of iPhone X during the Apple launch event on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino,California. Apple fans may be miffed about the supply chain delays hitting the much-anticipated new iPhone X, but Apple investors don’t have much to worry about, according …

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Extent of VW emissions cheating reportedly discussed earlier than known

Patrick Pleul | AFP | Getty Images A measuring hose for emissions inspections in diesel engines in the exhaust tube of a Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI diesel car. Volkswagen engineers told top managers that diesel emissions manipulations went far beyond issues in the United States two days before the carmaker …

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Growth in China’s industrial profits accelerates to over 27% in September

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker walks past end frames for shipping containers at the Singamas Container Holdings factory in Qidong, China, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. Profits earned by China’s industrial firms in September surged 27.7 percent from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Friday, …

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Dynegy shares jump on report it is close to a deal to be bought by Vistra Energy

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hennepin Power Plant, owned by Dynegy Inc., stands in Hennepin, Illinois. Power producer Vistra Energy is close to a deal to buying fellow Texas merchant generator Dynegy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Shares of Dynegy jumped more than 17 percent in …

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