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Google Adopts Open JDK For Android

Alphabet ‘s ( GOOG ) Google is replacing Oracle’s Java application programming interface (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK (also an Oracle initiative) in order to steer clear of copyright lawsuits brought upon it by Oracle in 2010. Google’s Android N

China Market Crash Torches Sky Solar, JinkoSolar

Sky Solar and JinkoSolar led a big solar-stock sell-off Monday after a halt in China stock market trading spooked investors worldwide, sending the Dow Jones and Nasdaq down more than 2% apiece. In early trading on the stock market today, Hong Kong-based Sky Solar (SKYS), a 2014 IPO, dropped nearly 8%. JinkoSolar (JKS) fell about 6%. JinkoSolar’s fall came three days after Chief Strategy Officer Arturo Herrero resigned, effective Jan. 1, citing

Qunar, Alibaba, Other China Stocks Plunge

A marquee collection of prominent China stocks traded in the U.S. plunged Monday following a December report spotlighting weakness in China’s manufacturing sector, a fifth straight month of contraction that set investors on edge — and ground stock trading in China to a halt. On U.S. exchanges, Chinese online travel company Qunar Cayman Islands (QUNR) — nicknamed the “Kayak.com of China” — showed the biggest decline among a basket of China-based