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The company is now looking at operating profit of $4 billion for the year, down from its prior projection.

U.S. stocks were mostly higher in early trading Monday as Wall Street nears the end of a relatively strong earnings season and looks ahead to key trade talks between the U.S. and China.

___ Socialist Maduro seeks to raise dollars with appeal to greed CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's currency controls for years have made exchanging money a stressful ordeal of searching for illegal currency dealers, logging into banned websites, and sending wire transfers to foreign banks.

Major U.S. stock indexes finished mostly higher Monday as Wall Street looked ahead to key trade talks between the U.S. and China this week.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:40 a.m.

Here’s more fuel for an already lit market while Europe and Japan head into recession and China heads south.

Apple recently stopped reporting iPhone unit sales in all regions, long considered to be a crucial bellwether for the health of the company’s business.

The latest round of U.S.-China trade talks are expected to conclude Wednesday.

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Monday as traders watched for developments on a fresh round of trade talks between American and Chinese officials in Beijing this week.

Many of these products had already seen a price hike in 2018.

Asian stocks were mixed on Monday as traders watched for developments on a fresh round of trade talks with the United States this week in Beijing.

___ AP sources: Prosecutors probing Enquirer after Bezos report NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are looking into the National Enquirer's handling of a story about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' extramarital affair to see if the tabloid's publisher violated a cooperation agreement with prosecutors.

U.S. stocks dipped in early trading Friday to join a worldwide drift lower as concerns remain high about global trade and the strength of the economy.

Major stock indexes ended unevenly Friday after a late-day recovery erased most of the market's early losses.

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

One equity index closed lower, while the other two closed higher.

Asian markets tumbled on Friday after President Donald Trump said he doesn't plan to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping before a tariffs truce ends in March.

Hasbro lost sales from the collapse of retailer Toys 'R' Us and a challenging retail environment in the UK.

The bank said ATM services have been restored and are available for customer use,

___ Bankruptcy judge gives Sears another chance NEW YORK (AP) — A bankruptcy judge has blessed a $5.2 billion plan by Sears chairman and biggest shareholder Eddie Lampert to keep the iconic business going.