AP Top Business News at 5:17 p.m. EDT

Walmart joins forces with Google on voice-activated shopping

2017-08-23T16:58:52Z

NEW YORK (AP) -- Walmart is diving into voice-activated shopping. But unlike online leader Amazon, it's not doing it alone....

Trump bashes NAFTA in midst of talks to revamp trade deal

2017-08-23T18:44:20Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just a week into talks to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement, President Donald Trump is already threatening to abandon the 23-year-old pact with Canada and Mexico....

US new-home sales fell in July, yet still ahead of last year

2017-08-23T14:31:45Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new U.S. homes plummeted 9.4 percent in July, the sharpest one-month drop in nearly a year. But the decline followed strong sales in previous months, and sales so far this year are outpacing last year's....

Regulators, Whole Foods shareholders approve Amazon deal

2017-08-23T21:15:40Z

NEW YORK (AP) -- Whole Foods shareholders and federal regulators approved Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of the organic grocer, a deal that could bring big changes to the supermarket industry and how people order groceries online....

Court upholds insider trading conviction of money manager

2017-08-23T15:22:00Z

NEW YORK (AP) -- The conviction of an Ivy League-educated ex-portfolio manager accused of engineering the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time while working for billionaire Steven A. Cohen was upheld Wednesday by a divided federal appeals court....

How to tell if the price is right on your next prescription

2017-08-23T13:55:27Z

Filling a prescription is no longer the simple errand you run after a doctor visit....

Warming Arctic spurs battles for riches, shipping routes

2017-08-23T05:17:18Z

LANCASTER SOUND, Nunavut (AP) -- From a distance, the northern shores of Baffin Island in the Arctic appear barren - a craggy world of snow-capped peaks and glaciers surrounded by a sea of floating ice even in the midst of summer....

Up from the ashes: Samsung unveils successor to Note 7 phone

2017-08-23T20:03:28Z

NEW YORK (AP) -- Samsung is trying to move past last year's disastrous Galaxy Note 7 launch with a successor sporting a dual-lens camera, animated messages, expanded note-taking - and lower battery capacity....

Judge allows money laundering charges against Backpage execs

2017-08-23T21:17:26Z

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A California judge is allowing money laundering charges against the creators of a website that prosecutors have labeled an online brothel....

Studies: Automated safety systems are preventing car crashes

2017-08-23T14:48:18Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to reduce crashes significantly, according to two studies released Wednesday....

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