San Diego–based Qualcomm, the world’s biggest smartphone chipmaker, on Wednesday dropped its $44 billion bid to buy Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors after Chinese authorities declined to approve the deal. China, the world’s largest market for chips and smartphones, was the last of nine markets needed to approve the merger. The deal is considered a high-profile victim of the rising trade tensions between the United States and China.

U.S. markets dropped early Friday after President Donald Trump indicated he is prepared to impose tariffs on every product imported from China but rose after news of strong quarterly results came out, with the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq composite all rising.

Comcast said Thursday it is dropping its bid for control of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment business to focus on its pursuit of the European pay-TV operator Sky. Fox owns 39 percent of Sky and is trying to buy the 61 percent it doesn’t own. Last week Comcast boosted its offer to $34 billion for Sky, which has 22.5 million customers in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and the U.K. Its offerings include English Premier League soccer and Game of Thrones.

As a mounting trade war between the United States and other countries heats up, Harley-Davidson announced Monday it would move some production overseas. The Milwaukee, Wis.–based company said the motorcycles it sells in Europe will soon be made there after the European Union slapped a tariff on U.S. exports in retaliation for Trump administration tariffs on steel and aluminum. U.S.

A federal judge on Tuesday approved AT&T’s merger with Time Warner, rejecting the U.S. government’s argument that it would hurt competition and force consumers to pay hundreds of millions of dollars more to stream TV and movies. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon announced the ruling on Tuesday, concluding one of the biggest antitrust trials in recent years. The $85 billion merger will allow AT&T to absorb the owner of CNN, HBO, and the Warner Bros. movie studio.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined new changes to Facebook on Tuesday at the company’s annual developer conference in San Jose, Calif. The 35-minute presentation was Zuckerberg’s first unapologetic appearance after six weeks of damage control over the Cambridge Analytica scandal involving the research company’s access to users’ data without their knowledge. Zuckerberg reiterated the company is making large investments in safety and security, including a new feature that allows users to clear their browsing history from the platform.

Remington, the U.S. gun-maker with a history dating back to 1816, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, citing mounting debts and declining sales. Several trends contributed to the company’s downfall, including the consolidation of gun ownership in the United States. A recent study by Harvard and Northeastern universities found 3 percent of the population owns half of the country’s guns, making the market volatile.