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Apple says proposed China tariffs to boost product prices

Bloomberg Apple Inc. said proposed US tariffs on $200 billion worth of products imported from China will raise prices for some of its popular consumer goods such as the Apple Watch and AirPods headphones. The Mac mini desktop computer, Apple Pencil stylus accessory for iPads, various chargers and adapters and tooling equipment used to manufacturer and design some products in ...

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‘Europe is in no rush to regulate crypto market’

Bloomberg Crypto traders reeling from a week of losses are getting a soothing message from the European Union. Finance ministers gathering in Vienna agreed that they won’t rush with steps to further regulate the market, and that they’ll wait for the outcome of a thorough analysis by European authorities before deciding on any steps, according to officials involved in the ...

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VW diesel-scandal cost could top $35bn

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG’s bill for cheating on diesel emissions could potentially top $35 billion as a legal battle with thousands of investors heats up in the German carmaker’s own backyard. A court in the town of Braunschweig, just over 20 miles from VW’s Wolfsburg headquarters, has scheduled a series of hearings starting on September 10 in a case combining claims ...

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Musk rebuilds Tesla team from within amid chaotic exits

Bloomberg Elon Musk made a series of internal promotions to rebuild Tesla Inc.’s senior management team and downplayed media coverage of the electric-car maker, assuring employees that production and deliveries are surging. The chief executive officer filled the voids left by departing heads of human resources and communications and elevated Jerome Guillen to president of automotive operations. While Musk stopped ...

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Why we don’t prepare for the country’s future

Does America adapt by crisis or consensus? Do we spontaneously change because we see we must, or must we be coerced by events that leave us no choice? — “The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement” That’s what I wrote more than 20 years ago. Americans would solve their most pressing problems through ...

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Carney’s nuclear option for no-deal Brexit

For a staunch supporter of central bank “forward guidance,” Mark Carney changes his mind a tad too often. From when he will leave his job running the Bank of England (BOE), to when the BOE’s Monetary Policy Committee will next raise interest rates, there are plenty of examples. Yet on one crucial subject for the British economy, Carney has been ...

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Deutsche Bank would be better off without HNA

Another day, another negative headline about Deutsche Bank AG. First came the warning that the battered German lender is being evicted from the index of the top 50 stocks in the euro zone. Then came the another news that China’s HNA Group Co., one of the bank’s top shareholders, is selling its entire stake. The shares fell as much as ...

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China’s 5G bonanza may leave investors on hold

State technological, geopolitical and social objectives are the driving force behind what could be China’s biggest-ever telecom merger. Shareholders celebrating the deal might do well to remember that. Shares of China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. and China Telecom Corp. surged after Bloomberg News reported that top leaders were reviewing a proposal to merge their state-controlled parents. The Hong Kong-traded units ...

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Amazon at $1 trillion is more dream than reality

The stock market is a weighing machine of companies’ potential rather than their current circumstances. That is doubly true for Amazon. Amazon.com Inc. has briefly reached a stock market value of $1 trillion. It’s a meaningless (and unoriginal) milestone but a notable symbol for a company that until recently hardly looked like a world-shaking giant. Amazon’s market cap is six ...

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The sound of corrupt cash being sucked through Europe

Europe’s national regulators are discovering the limits of their ability to police cross-border money laundering in a complex and globalized financial system that’s full of holes. As incomplete and imperfect as the region’s banking union may be, more supranational oversight and co-operation would help. The severity and complexity of corruption probes hitting supposedly humdrum, diversified consumer-and-business banks should be a ...

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