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Volkswagen partners with Walmart to install EV charging stations

The markets traded mixed during the midday with the Dow slipping 4 points to 24,782. Nasdaq gained 26 points to 7307.


Volkswagen partnered with Walmart to install electric vehicle charging stations at Walmart locations across the country. Stores along highways will be equipped with approximately 80% of the charges while metro areas will receive 20% of the charging stations. Volkswagen's Electrify America unit plans to install charging stations at more than 100 Walmart locations by June 2019.


Best Buy will be the exclusive seller of Amazon Fire-edition smart televisions beginning this summer. Customers will be able to choose from more than ten 4K and HD Fire TV Edition televisions equipped with Amazon Fire TV. The televisions will be able to stream content from Hulu, HBO, Netflix, and Prime Video and will be able to pair with any Echo device.


Amazon launched an international shopping feature that allows customers from around the world to purchase items from the United States. The new shopping feature is currently available in Brazilian Portuguese, simplified Chinese, English, German and Spanish and allows transactions in 25 currencies. Shipping costs and import duties will be displayed for transparency.


In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 5 to 3 on the NYSE and by more than 5 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 rose 7 points to 2,714. Bitcoin leaped $208 to $8,116.


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