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Privacy is the price we pay for our internet lives

  President Donald Trump is poised to sign legislation to overturn Federal Communications Commission rules forbidding internet service providers from selling data they have vacuumed up about the online habits of their customers. Privacy groups are understandably perturbed. But I wonder whether all the brouhaha is just shouting at the horse to come back long after he’s left the barn. …

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UK seeks to kill foreign bank rule as Brexit snare looms

  Bloomberg The UK is trying to kill a planned European Union rule for foreign banks that will become crucial for its own lenders after Brexit. Teaming up with Luxembourg, a host for many foreign banks’ EU units, London declared its opposition to plans to force banks from outside the bloc to consolidate their activities under a single entity, according …

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Credit Suisse taken by surprise in five-nation tax probe

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG and its home country of Switzerland were surprised by a tax evasion and money laundering investigation that spans five countries from Australia to the UK and potentially involves thousands of account holders. Two people were arrested by Dutch authorities, who also seized a gold bar, paintings and jewelry and are still probing dozens more …

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