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Apple investors are finding a glimmer of hope in Taiwan

Apple Inc. investors looking for any ray of hope may have found it in Taiwan. Shares of Apple have fallen more than a quarter since October on concern that iPhone sales are slowing, a prospect that’s been exacerbated by the threat of US tariffs on devices made in China. Revenue at the two main assemblers of iPhones showed growth that ...

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UK’s May should admit that Brexit has failed

Facing a historic defeat for her Brexit deal in Parliament, British Prime Minister Theresa May has, almost unbelievably, managed to make things worse. In a speech before the House of Commons on Monday, May postponed a vote on the deal and vowed to reopen talks with the European Union on the most contentious aspect of the whole undertaking, the Irish ...

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As Brexit vote looms, who is the real Theresa May?

British Prime Minister Theresa May is doing something politicians almost never do: She is charging into a battle she will almost certainly lose. Does she have a plan to survive and lead the aftermath or, like the Spartan Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae, will she sacrifice herself and her troops for a position she can’t hold? How the weeks ...

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