August, 2017

• 13 August

  Fired Google employee gives his account

  

  Bloomberg The former Google engineer, whose controversial memo has triggered a nationwide debate on gender differences and diversity efforts in technology, defended his views in an interview Wednesday with Bloomberg Television, saying company executives are smearing him in its wake. James Damore, who until Monday worked as an engineer on video and image search at Alphabet Inc.’s Mountain View, California, ...

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• 13 August

  UK consumers get no relief from inflation

  Bloomberg UK shoppers are in the “teeth” of a squeeze on their pockets and they’re going to have to ride it out for the rest of the year. That’s the view of Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, who said this month that consumers may have to wait a bit longer to see real wage growth again. Data next week ...

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• 13 August

  Silicon Valley wants to help you never pump gasoline again

  

  Bloomberg For Dana Dwyer, an Oracle Corp. employee and mom, a full tank of gasoline at the end of her workday is something she describes with just two words: “It’s happiness.” Dwyer spends an hour each morning fighting through 20 miles of Bay Area traffic to get her child to school and herself to work. At night, “making one more ...

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• 13 August

  Trump condemns hatred, bigotry, violence on many sides in Virginia

  

  Bloomberg Donald Trump condemned hatred, bigotry and violence “on many sides” after clashes at a white nationalists’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, capped off by incidents which left three people dead, including a pedestrian and two in a helicopter crash. The president spoke after two days of violent protests in the city that’s home to the University of Virginia, triggered by ...

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• 13 August

  Iran OKs funds for missiles, Guards after US sanctions

  DUBAI / Reuters Iran’s parliament gave initial approval on Sunday to a bill to boost spending on Tehran’s missile programme and the elite Revolutionary Guards in retaliation for new sanctions imposed by the United States. Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the outlines of the bill to “counter America’s terrorist and adventurist actions” as some chanted “Death to America”, the state broadcaster IRIB ...

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• 13 August

  Merkel challenger slams Trump ahead of election

  Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief rival, Social Democrat Martin Schulz, slammed US President Donald Trump and said he still stands a chance to win the election despite polls showing him trailing six weeks ahead of the contest. Schulz said he wouldn’t criticize Merkel’s approach to a possible nuclear conflict over North Korea, saying German political parties should stand together. ...

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• 13 August

  US general to meet S Korea’s Moon amid strife

  

  Bloomberg The US’s top general plans to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday, just days after his counterpart Trump said military options against North Korea were “locked and loaded.” General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with senior military officials along with Moon, according to an official with South Korea’s Blue ...

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• 13 August

  Zuma seeks action against lawmakers who backed ouster

  Bloomberg South African President Jacob Zuma indicated that ruling party lawmakers who backed an opposition attempt to oust him should face disciplinary action and said he may consider firing his higher education minister, who has criticized his leadership. More than two dozen members of the ruling African National Congress backed a motion of no confidence in the president on August ...

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• 13 August

  Kenyan opp claims 100 killed in vote clashes

  

  Bloomberg Kenya’s main opposition said state security forces killed more than 100 people in clashes related to last week’s disputed elections. The authorities said they had no knowledge of any deaths and that the country remains largely peaceful. Displaying a handful of spent cartridges at a briefing on Saturday in the capital, Nairobi, Senator Johnstone Muthama of the National Super ...

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• 13 August

  Argentina pits Macri reforms against Fernandez comeback

  Bloomberg Argentine voters will give President Mauricio Macri a good indication of the risks to his reform program in primaries on Sunday as ex-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner returns from the political shadows to the mainstage. Argentines are voting to select candidates to stand in legislative elections of October 22. Candidates from all parties are on the same ballot in ...

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