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Sing it from the mountains, iPhone supercycle is dead

Whisper it in the cafes of Silicon Valley, mutter it in the teashops of Shenzhen, yell it from the Austrian mountain top, where only the goats will hear you. The supercycle is dead. I’m calling it. Before Apple Inc. unveiled the iPhone X in September, some investors expected the company’s new flagship product to drive a multi-year growth cycle, much ...

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Technology is getting EU privacy rules all wrong

Internet users throughout the European Union – and, in some cases, in the rest of the world as well – are starting to get gently pushed towards accepting various companies’ new service and privacy terms that comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is going into effect on May 25. Trying to deal with it has convinced ...

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BOE rate-hike forecasts dumped as growth shock proves last straw

Bloomberg Economists abandoned predictions that the Bank of England (BoE) will increase interest rates next month after two weeks of disappointing data and the public doubts of Mark Carney. The shock near-stagnation of the economy proved the final straw after the BOE governor raised questions about such a move last week. Firms including NatWest Markets, SEB, Berenberg and ING have ...

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