US Stocks Waver as Retailers Rise and Tech Companies Slip<br />Investors appeared to be pleased with some of Apple’s plans Tuesday, including new features<br />that are being added to the Apple Watch, but the company’s stock took a small loss a day ago<br />Target said it will hire far more workers for the holiday season this year, which has investors hoping for a strong holiday shopping period.<br />Western Digital wants to buy that business and has filed a lawsuit to stop Toshiba from selling that business to anyone else.<br />JILTED: Hard drive maker Western Digital slumped $4.71, or 5.3 percent, to $84.07 after its partner Toshiba<br />said it will sell its computer memory business to a consortium led by Bain Capital Private Equity.<br />Toshiba has said it needs to sell the division to help offset losses by its Westinghouse<br />Electric nuclear business, which filed for bankruptcy protection in March.<br />NEW YORK — U. S. stock indexes are hardly budging Wednesday as banks<br />and technology companies give back some of their gains from earlier in the week while retailers and energy companies trade higher.
