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Railroad company Norfolk Southern Corp. is moving its headquarters from Norfolk, Virginia, to Atlanta, bringing with it 850 jobs and more than $500 million in economic investment, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday.

___ Trump comments upend US approach to Huawei, trade talks WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China have taken pains this week to emphasize that their trade talks are entirely separate from the U.S. case against a top Chinese technology executive.

The company said it expects revenue to grow by about 3 to 4 percent in 2019, falling short of Wall Street’s forecast of 5 percent growth.

Shares in Chinese streaming music giant Tencent Music Entertainment are up 7 percent to $13.90 in afternoon trading Thursday, their first day of trade The company's initial public offering of 82 million shares was priced at $13 a share and is expected to raise between $1.07 billion and $1.23 billion.

U.S. stocks couldn't hang on to a big gain Wednesday, but they still finished broadly higher as technology and health care companies rose.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m.

Same-store sales declined 1.3 percent in the third quarter, falling at a sharper rate than Wall Street had expected.

Madoff unknowingly became a poster child for investor protection.

Switzerland's second-biggest bank confirmed commitments to distribute half of net profit to shareholders.

Equities closed up as uncertainties about geopolitical tensions eased.

___ Canada-China relations turn icy over arrest of Chinese exec VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — China has detained a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing in apparent retaliation for the jailing of a top Chinese executive at the request of the United States, escalating a legal and diplomatic wrangle between the three countries.

Stock markets around the world jumped Tuesday on hopes that trade tensions between the world's largest economies may ease after U.S. and Chinese officials spoke on the phone.

U.S. stocks careened between big gains and losses on Tuesday before indexes ended the day mixed, the latest dizzying run for a market that's been dominated by them in recent months.

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

Google is expected to earn $47.89 billion in U.S. digital advertising revenue in 2019.

The deal is expected to close on Dec. 28, and Dell will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “DELL” the same day.

Verizon also said it expects a severance charge of between $1.8 billion and $2.1 billion from an ongoing voluntary buyout program.

Shares of U.S. automakers including General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co rose about 2 percent in premarket trading.

Asian markets were mixed Tuesday in narrow trading on doubts that U.S. and China can manage to resolve their festering trade dispute.

Upbeat sentiment, however, was offset somewhat by continued concerns about the uncertainty around Brexit.