The newspaper reported that Cook travelled to the White House last month to warn Trump of the potentially adverse effects of Trump's trade policies on Apple in China but did not specify precisely when Trump made the commitment to Cook. Apple and the White House were not immediately available for comment.
Tesla may have more trouble on its hands than layoffs and production
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Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk accused an employee of "extensive and damaging sabotage" to the company's operations in an email sent on Monday to company employees. Musk said an employee had made code changes to the company's operating system and exported "large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties," according to the email, which was obtained by Reuters. The company is investigating whether the employee "was working with any outside organizations," the email said.
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk just invoked a late tech titan in urging workers to keep an eye out for any funny business after a fire briefly halted car output. In a “strange incident that was hard to explain,” a small fire on a manufacturing line in Tesla's plant stopped production for several hours, Musk wrote in an email to employees Monday. Tesla can ill afford manufacturing setbacks now.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports on an email from Elon Musk obtained by CNBC about a fire Sunday night at the electric car company's Fremont, California factory.
