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New iPhones hit stores, record sales expected in first weekend

NEW YORK/SYDNEY (Reuters) – The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus hit stores around the world on Friday, at the start of what is expected to be a record weekend for sales of Apple Inc’s marquee product. Eager buyers – joined by at least one robot – flocked to Apple stores from Sydney to New York, itching to get their hands on the new models, which boast a 3D touch feature

China sees steady economic growth of 'around' 7 pct in Q3

China’s economic growth will be largely stable in the third quarter as the impact from a stock market plunge will be limited, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. Bureau spokesman Sheng Laiyun also defended the accuracy of Chinese data – amid widespread scepticism – saying that the 7 percent growth pace reported for the first half was “generally in line with” changes in the country’s power consumption, rail