AP Huawei Technology Ltd., the world’s biggest maker of telecoms equipment, said its 2016 sales rose 32 percent from a year earlier but profit increased by only 0.4 percent due to higher spending on research and marketing. Huawei said it earned 37 billion yuan ($5.4 billion) on total revenue that rose 32 percent to 521.6 billion yuan ($75.6 billion). …

  Bloomberg BlackBerry Ltd. is finally starting to look like a real software company. After three years of acquisitions, layoffs and trying to convince customers it could do more than build smartphones, the Canadian company’s software revenue and profit margins are growing in the way Chief Executive Officer John Chen wants them to. The stock too: It rose the most …

  NEW HAMPTON, NY / AP Through smoke and sparks and staccato banging from his anvil, John Lundemo forges swooping swords that look like they should be pulled from a stone, swung by a samurai or thrust on “Game of Thrones.” The 60-year-old has carved out a niche making pricey blades that are inspired by history but liberally mix in elements …