Two major market events that have the potential to send U.S. equity volumes sky-high will collide Friday. The first is the quarterly event known as “quadruple witching” — when futures and options on indexes and individual stocks expire. The anticipated spike in turbulence will hit a market already roiled by rising trade tensions between the…

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Listings for an Amazon Echo Sub subwoofer and an Amazon Smart Plug were leaked ahead of a company event on Thursday. The subwoofer is designed to work with Amazon’s Echo speakers, which would also get stereo sound functionality, according to the leaked listings on Amazon UK first spotted by the website Pocket-lint. The Amazon Smart…

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Jack Ma said his promise to create 1 million jobs in the U.S. is impossible to fulfill because of the U.S.-China trade war, a setback in one high-profile effort for deeper cooperation between the world’s two largest economies. Ma, China’s richest man, made the remarks in an interview in the…

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Shares of U.S. supermarket chains Kroger Co (KR.N) and Target Corp (TGT.N) fell between 1 and 2 percent following the news. Amazon shares were down about 1 percent. The company currently has three Amazon Go stores in Seattle, and plans to expand in Chicago, San Francisco and New York.

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Buffett’s 2008 financial crisis investing strategy has paid off.

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Qualcomm Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Mollenkopf said a bitter standoff between the chip maker and Apple Inc. is entering a period when both sides have an increasing incentive to settle. In coming months, the companies will be forced to make their case in front of jurors and judges in the U.S., China, Germany and…

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“Sorry, we’ve gone from production hell to delivery logistics hell, but this problem is far more tractable. Should be solved shortly,” Musk said in a tweet in response to a customer complaint on delivery delay. The 47-year-old billionaire who earlier this month faced investor ire over smoking marijuana on a live web show, has indicated…

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Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus plans to move beyond mobile devices for the first time ever with a new product: The OnePlus TV. OnePlus founder Pete Lau says his vision is to make a TV with seamless connectivity to a user’s smartphone. The OnePlus TV is in the early stages of development, and could be launched…

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The U.S. aerospace giant remains on track to outpace its European rival in terms of aircraft orders this year.

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AMC Stubs A-List continues to grow at the expense of Helios and Matheson Analytics' multiplex subscription service.

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