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A win on China car tariffs is irrelevant for automakers

The “will they, won’t they” chatter over China’s car tariffs misses where the real action is for automakers. Confusion has abounded over the deal struck between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Trump tweeted that China was reducing and removing its 40 percent tariffs on US car imports – two very different things. Car stocks rallied ...

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US can’t stop AT&T deal or TV’s balkanisation

Changes in the TV-entertainment industry’s competitive dynamics are already causing consumer frustration through channel blackouts and general difficulty finding content. The US Department of Justice has fixated on the role played by the gargantuan AT&T Inc.-Time Warner Inc. merger, but its Hail Mary attempt to undo the deal appears doomed to failure. In June, AT&T won a long-fought trial over ...

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Mark Zuckerberg is more ruthless than clueless

Lawmakers in the United Kingdom released a trove of Facebook Inc. documents that provide an intriguing glimpse inside the company — and obliterate any remaining notions of its chief executive officer as an innocent babe in the woods. As Nate Lanxon and Sarah Frier wrote, internal emails show Facebook wielding user data like a “commodity that could be harnessed in ...

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