The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * Apple Inc said on Wednesday it is buying Beats Electronics LLC for $3 billion to bolster a music business that has lost some of its mojo, as streaming-music services encroached on the downloads dominated by Apple's iTunes service. (r.reuters.com/tyt69v)* One of the General Motors Co engineers at the center of the controversy over the company's handling of a deadly ignition switch defect has met with congressional investigators, indicating lawmakers are accelerating their probe, according to people familiar with the matter. (r.reuters.com/vyt69v)
Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Shares of AAPL fell by 0.26% or $-1.62/share to $624.01. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $388.87 and as high as $629.83. On average, 9564510 shares of AAPL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 11274555.
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