Oops: Trump’s “Historic” Economic Growth Downgraded To “Meh”

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View this email in your browser | Unsubscribe      Hand-picked business coverage for our readers of WIRED, The New Yorker, and more The $26.5B T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Moves a Big Step Forward The Justice Department approved the $26.5 billion deal, with conditions. But it still faces a lawsuit from 13 states and DC. Read More Amazon's Revolutionary Retail Strategy? Recycling Old Ideas Opinion: Amazon's prevailing business strategy is to try everything—even what's been done before—to reshape retail. Sound backward? It's actually brilliant. Read More Apple Spends $1 Billion to Take Control of Its 5G Destiny Apple said it is buying the Intel unit that makes smartphone modems. The deal allows the iPhone maker to further customize the components inside its devices. Read More Do Good Climbers Make Good Capitalists? At a recent special appearance, Alex Honnold, perhaps the world's most famous living climber, seemed to have something to teach entrepreneurs, though what those teachings were, exactly, was not clear. Read More Oops: Trump's "Historic" Economic Growth Downgraded To "Meh" The Commerce Department blows up Trump's spot as his trade war drags down GDP and his tax cuts fail to deliver. Read More The FTC Wants More Privacy, Less Zuckerberg, at Facebook As part of a $5 billion settlement, Facebook agreed to potentially sweeping changes in how it manages privacy. But some doubt they'll alter the company's culture. Read More Teen Love for Snapchat Is Keeping Snap Afloat Left for dead after a disappointing IPO and Instagram copied a key feature, Snap is doing quite well, thank you. Its stock has more than doubled this year. Read More Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up here for a weekly digest of the latest in business. Condé Nast One World Trade Center New York, NY 10007 Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy Copyright © 2019 Condé Nast. All rights reserved.