The five big tech companies are worth almost $3 trillion, so must pursue huge deals to keep growing

The big five technology companies have so much market value — $2.85 trillion — that analysts and investors are constantly asking how they’re going to spend it. Increasingly the answer is, they’re going to buy into new markets. “Over the...

Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile

By MITCH SMITH June 16, 2017 ST. PAUL — A Minnesota police officer, whose fatal shooting of a black motorist transfixed the nation when his girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath, was acquitted of all charges on Friday. The officer, Jeronimo Yanez, had...