under the shadow of its emissions testing scandal.
The report updates the reader on this latest deal as the company and market regulators attempt to work out a settlement. The deal will go before a federal judge in California, as BBC News (2017) states. That hearing is set for February 14th. The article notes Bosch, the German supplier, has not admitted any wrongdoing in the scandal but that it is willing to settle with regulators as part of an effort to assist in the "transformative process" and enable its buyer (VW) to regain its foothold in the market once this scandal is behind them. The article succinctly covers the background of the scandal while providing the reader with an assessment of this latest update, containing no indications of bias: what are written are just the facts.
Dou (2017) reports for The Wall Street Journal that Apple faces stiff competition in China as a result of Chinese "upstarts like Oppo" which are eating into Apple's smart phone sales. The article depicts the situation in China as one in which the American tech company has faced significant and substantial hurdles over the years -- and this one, the rise of competitor companies scratching away at Apple's market share -- is just the latest. Dou (2017) shows in vivid terminology that Apple is not unstoppable in China, as she uses words to dramatize the barriers Apple faces: "The walls of the train station in the eastern metropolis are papered with reminders of Apple Inc.'s challenge in China. The terminal is blanketed with giant green Oppo Electronics Corp. ads showing a young starlet…
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