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Apple’s privacy ad helps tech giants

What some have called the mobile advertising Armageddon is finally upon us. Starting on Monday, Apple Inc will put in place new privacy protocols that will make it much harder for apps to gather user data for personalising digital ads. The change will have vast ramifications for how the app economy works and alter the dynamics of power among the ...

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Amazon workers’ vote sends message to union

Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, voted by a margin of more than two to one not to join a union. It’s a heavy blow for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, for the wider labour movement, and for the many politicians and activists who wanted the union’s push to succeed. But the workers have spoken — and ...

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Bond traders are falling for Treasuries again

US Treasuries aren’t exactly an asset class that people should want to root for. Sure, there are any number of bond bulls who see ultra-low yields as a permanent fixture of a world beset by aging demographics and rapid technological change. But hoping for a strong and inclusive global economy, which I’d like to think most everyone wants to see, ...

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