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Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has taken a new stake in Canadian firm Suncor Energy and trimmed its huge Apple stake.

Berkshire also bought shares in General Motors and cloud-computing company Red Hat.

___ Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says it will not be building a new headquarters in New York, a stunning reversal after a yearlong search.

New figures showing that last month's holiday sales were far worse than previously expected helped drive stocks lower on Wall Street early Thursday, threatening to end a four-day winning streak for the S&P 500 index.

Stocks drifted to a mixed finish Thursday as losses for banks and consumer products makers outweighed gains elsewhere in the market.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

The company that is building a passenger rail service from South Florida to Orlando is stopping its plan to go public.

Amazon announced it had abandoned the plan, which promised to add 25,000 high-paying jobs, because of opposition from local political leaders.  

Retail sales recorded their biggest drop in more than nine years.

Coca-Cola topped Wall Street estimates for the tenth straight time.

Rubio’s plan would seek to eliminate differences in the way corporate buybacks and dividends are treated in the tax code.

Asian stocks were mixed in narrow trading on Thursday as China and the U.S. kicked off two days of trade negotiations in Beijing.

Stocks extended their gains in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors remain optimistic that the U.S. and China will make more progress in resolving their trade dispute.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state's consumers should get a piece of the billions of dollars that technology companies make off the personal data they collect.

The chairman and chief executive officer of casino operator MGM Resorts International on Wednesday decried a U.S. Department of Justice opinion that is threatening the viability of online gambling and also blamed the recent partial government shutdown for fewer Las Vegas visitors during the Chinese New Year.

U.S. authorities are accusing a former Apple attorney of brazenly breaking insider trading rules that he helped draft, while profiting from stock sales and investments that he made after receiving confidential information about the company's finances.

___ Q&A: Should anyone worry about a $22 trillion national debt?

Stocks extended their gains on Wall Street as investors remained optimistic that the U.S. and China will make more progress in resolving their costly trade dispute.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): ____ 9:35 a.m.

Well-known jeans company Levi Strauss & Co. says it plans to raise about $100 million through an initial public offering.