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GE Powered the American Century—Then It Burned Out

The company that was once America’s biggest and most admired, the maker of power turbines, the seller of insurance, the broadcaster of “Seinfeld,” has become a shadow of its former self. This is the story of how generations of managers, who thought they could fix any company in any industry, finally ran into a problem they couldn’t solve.

How Money Flowed (and Ebbed) at GE

Former Employees Reflect on Their Time at GE

At Gathering of Spy Chiefs, U.S., Allies Agreed to Contain Huawei

Spy chiefs from the West’s most powerful intelligence alliance agreed in a July meeting in Canada they needed to contain Huawei Technologies Co.

Why Apple Chose Austin, Seattle and Culver City for Its Jobs Push

Apple’s plan to add thousands of jobs in Austin, Texas, San Diego, Seattle and Culver City, Calif., sketches out a road map toward a future reliant on services and higher-priced devices.

Austin Emerges as High-Tech Hub

Facebook Bug Potentially Exposed Millions of Users’ Unshared Photos

Facebook said unshared pictures of up to 6.8 million users may have been exposed by a software issue that granted app developers access to the photos, the latest in a series of privacy snafus at the social-media company.

California Claims PG&E Falsified Gas Safety Records

PG&E falsified natural gas pipeline-safety records over a five-year period ending in 2017, California regulators said, dealing another blow to the state’s largest utility.

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