China, Staples & Quantum Computers

Now that China and the US are negotiating nicely, Jackie explores the pain their standoff caused businesses on both sides of the Pacific and the compromises recently struck. Were investors who bet the new deals struck would benefit semi stocks be proven right? … Also: The S&P 500 Consumer Staples sector holds some industries with share price indexes that have surged northward in recent months and others that have surged southward. Today, we look at the two extremes and reasons for their disparate performances. … And: IBM announces a quantum-computing leap: It has discovered a way to make a “fault tolerant” quantum computer that corrects its own mistakes.