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Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, hog farms

Flooded rivers from Florence’s drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the swollen waterways approach their crests Monday. North Carolina environmental regulators say several open-air manure pits at hog farms have failed, spilling pollution. State officials also were monitoring the ongoing threat from the breach of a Duke Energy coal ash landfill near Wilmington. …read more […]

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Fitbit erases its losses after report says smartwatches won't be on tariff list (FIT)

Fitbit shares erased their losses after a Bloomberg report said the US won’t include smartwatches in the next round of tariffs. The Asia-Pacific market was a bright spot for the company. Fitbit shares erased their losses after Bloomberg reported the US won’t include smartwatches on the list of $200 billion worth of Chinese goods that will be hit with upcoming tariffs. …read more […]

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U.S. to spare some Apple products from latest China tariffs: Bloomberg

A product code that covers the Apple goods and similar smart watches and fitness trackers made by competitors including Fitbit Inc (FIT.N) is not on the list of Chinese products that will attract a tariff, Bloomberg reported. The United States is preparing to announce tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Monday, as part of an intensifying trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies. …read more […]

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Apple's making it harder than ever to know which iPhone to buy (AAPL)

Apple announced three new phones last week: the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR. As of 2018, Apple’s iPhone naming convention is officially off the rails. In addition to the already existing iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple is introducing three new models with non-sequential names. …read more […]

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Marijuana May Take Shopify Stock to New Heights

As recreational cannabis becomes legal in Canada starting next month, Shopify Inc. is emerging as the place to get it. Several Canadian provinces have picked Shopify to run their e-commerce websites and the company has also signed deals with marijuana companies including Canopy Growth Corp., KeyBanc says. Cannabis is an “opportunity no one is talking about,” analyst Monika Garg writes. …read more […]