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President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he finishes speaking during an event at the Whirlpool Corporation facility in Clyde, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

As Trump digs in, will it be US versus China in tech?

By ZEN SOO and TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The Latest: Michigan State stops workouts amid positive test

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a news conference before an NBA preseason basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors in Saitama, near Tokyo. It’s been over three months since the commissioners of major sports cancelled or postponed events because of the coronavirus. Enough time for us to grade them on how they’ve handled the virus so far. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) **FILE**

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee senator, questions NBA’s relationship with China

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

A woman looks through an art installation of Rattana Sudjarit at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Daily life in the capital is resuming to normal as the Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business and activities that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Housing spark and clothes shopping is back, at least online

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, leaves the federal court following a status conference with Judge Emmet Sullivan, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Michael Flynn adversary’s law firm backs Democrats: FEC records

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, photo released by Maggie Zhang, Zhang uses a laptop computer at her parents' home in in the northwestern city of Zhangye in Gansu province. Zhang, founder of SheTalks, a company in Beijing that organizes events for women, is working out of her parents' apartment after she went back for the Lunar New Year and said she might stay through March. (Maggie Zhang via AP)

China’s virus crackdown leaves millions working at home

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

A doctor checks the conditions of a patient in Jinyintan Hospital, designated for critical COVID-19 patients, in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. China on Thursday reported 254 new deaths and a spike in virus cases of 15,152, after the hardest-hit province of Hubei applied a new classification system that broadens the scope of diagnoses for the outbreak, which has spread to more than 20 countries. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Outbreak and uncertainty; virus challenges global companies

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group Daniel Zhang Yong attends the Alibaba Group's listing ceremony at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) in Hong Kong. Known globally as an online retail platform, Alibaba chief marketing officer Chris Tung announced Wednesday Jan. 15, 2020, plans to change how broadcasters, fans and organizers experience the Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, FILE)

Ahead in the clouds: Alibaba plans to change the Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Prof. Alex Wai, second from left, a vice president with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University prepares to lead a team to look for holed up protesters on the university campus in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam refused to offer any concessions to anti-government protesters despite a local election trouncing, saying Tuesday that she will instead accelerate dialogue and identify ways to address societal grievances. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Hong Kong campus siege ends with lone protester found

By Eileen Ng and Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

FILE - This May. 3, 2009 file photo shows an oil facility in Jubeil, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, which will see a sliver of the firm offered on a local stock exchange in hopes of raising billions of dollars for the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Saudi Aramco seeks record-setting IPO with value up to $1.7T

By JON GAMBRELL and MALAK HARB - Associated Press

ADDS TRANSLATION - SoftBank founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday, it has tumbled into losses for the second quarter over money-losing investments, including a bailout for office-space sharing startup WeWork. The letter reads: Deficit. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Softbank posts big losses after WeWork debacle

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Founder of Alibaba group Jack Ma arrives for the Tech for Good summit, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in Paris. World leaders and tech bosses meet Wednesday in Paris to discuss ways to prevent social media from spreading deadly ideas. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

A.I.’s lure of 12-hour work week a recipe for human disaster

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Friday Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Alibaba to run Olympic ticketing for Beijing, likely beyond

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UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, left, listens to UEFA Executive Committee Member Zbigniew Boniek prior to the start of the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: UEFA unhappy at clubs’ snub of video review meet

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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, escorts Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda during an IOC Executive Board meeting in Tokyo. France's financial crimes office says International Olympic Committee member Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Financial Prosecutors office says Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, was placed under formal investigation for &quot;active corruption&quot; on Dec. 10.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

IOC marketing chair from Japan investigated for corruption

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2018, file photo the Huawei Mate10 Pro phone is displayed at the Huawei booth during CES International in Las Vegas. The CES 2019 gadget show, which kicks off Sunday, will showcase the expanding influence and sway of China’s rapidly growing technology sector. But some of its firms are stepping back from the spotlight amid rising U.S. national-security concerns over Chinese tech and a trans-Pacific trade war launched by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Chinese tech firms lay lower at CES 2019 amid trade tensions

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this Sept. 25, 2018, photo Mars Chairman Stephen Badger discusses his family's multinational candy company in New York. Badger spoke to The Associated Press about candy, nutrition and other parts of Mars’ business. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Insider Q&A: Mars Inc.’s Stephen Badger

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

A board makes a milestone of sales passing the RMB10 billion or US$1.4 billion mark minutes into the start of Alibaba's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival held in Shanghai, China, early Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. What started out ten years ago as a day of online promotion with US$7.8million in sales has grown into the world's biggest e-commerce event generating US$25.3billion in 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s annual shopping frenzy shatters records again

By BORG WONG and YANAN WANG - Associated Press

Ford revamps China business, hires former Chery exec as CEO

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