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Tech: Apple 'Black Friday' 2017: The Best iPad, iPhone, MacBook Deals

As we’ve already established , the  Apple AAPL -0.55%  website is not the place to do your Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2017 shopping. Instead the best deals on iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and MacBooks will be found at the biggest retailers like Best Buy, Kohl’s, Target and Walmart. But who has the best deals? With more deals now available, here’s my new Apple Black Friday 2017 guide...  This post was done in partnership with BestBlackFriday.com , which specialises in unearthing holiday season sales. Deals highlighted on this page are independently chosen editorial picks and linked to for your convenience. BestBlackFriday may earn affiliate commissions that support its work.

Technology: States are so eager to win Amazon's HQ2 they're offering the company as much as $7 billion

New Jersey proposed $7 billion in potential credits against state and city taxes if Amazon locates in Newark. Credit ratings and research company Moody's has ranked Austin as the most likely to win based on its labor pool, costs of doing business and quality of life, among other criteria. Amazon has said it will announce a decision for its second campus, in addition to its Seattle headquarters, next year. U.S. cities are offering  Amazon  as much as $7 billion in tax breaks ahead of a Thursday deadline as they compete to house its second headquarters.

Business News: DailyFX US AM Digest: British Pound Drops on Retail Sales Dollar Lower with US Yields

The US Dollar (via DXY Index) has seen its losses from Wednesday, triggered by a round of US weaker than expected housing data, trickle into Thursday absent any new bullish developments in the past 24-hours otherwise. As September US economic data has started to roll in, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will have had a materially negative impact on Q3’17 GDP. Yesterday, the Atlanta Fed, New York Fed, and St. Louis Fed all downgrading their Q3 US GDP estimates after Wednesday’s data.

Entertainment: Actress Lauren Holly says naked Harvey Weinstein used toilet in front of her, asked for massage in hotel room

Actress Lauren Holly says Harvey Weinstein lured her to a hotel suite two decades ago, got naked without warning, used a toilet in front of her and became “angry” when she declined to massage his naked body. The “Dumb and Dumber” actress appeared Monday on the Canadian talk show “The Social” and said the terrifying ambush left her in tears, with hives covering her body.