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Trump and Powell Put Trade, Fed Center Stage

(Bloomberg) — Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify or Pocket Cast.The two biggest players in the U.S. economy will take the stage this week, as President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speak amid signs the nation’s trade war with China may be thawing.Trump will deliver a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, with investors hoping he sheds light on a planned initial deal with China. Any comments on trade from the president could prove key to Powell’s outlook when he …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-With discounts galore and Taylor Swift, Alibaba eyes another record Singles' Day

Alibaba Group will kick off its annual 24-hour shopping extravaganza on Monday with deals and deep discounts galore, and a performance by American popstar Taylor Swift to top it all, as it pushes to rake in another record Singles’ Day sales. This year’s Nov. 11 bash comes as the $486 billion Chinese retail juggernaut navigates through a major turning point, the resignation in September of its flamboyant co-founder Jack Ma as chairman, and looks to raise up to $15 billion via a share sale in Hong Kong as early as this month. Akin to Black Friday and Cyber …read more […]

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Woody Allen, Amazon end legal dispute over movie deal

Woody Allen has ended his $68 million lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc for backing out of a four-picture production and distribution agreement and refusing to distribute a film he had finished. Allen and Amazon notified the federal court in Manhattan late on Friday night that the lawsuit was being voluntarily dismissed. Lawyers for Allen and Amazon did not immediately respond on Saturday to requests for comment. …read more […]

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Goldman faces probe after entrepreneur slams Apple Card algorithm in tweets

A probe into Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s credit card practices has been initiated after tweets from a tech entrepreneur alleged gender discrimination in the new Apple Inc card algorithms that are used to determine credit limits. In a series of Twitter posts starting on Thursday, David Heinemeier Hansson railed against the Apple Card for giving him 20 times the credit limit that his wife got, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

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Goldman faces probe after entrepreneur slams Apple Card algorithm in tweets

A probe into Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s credit card practices has been initiated after tweets from a tech entrepreneur alleged gender discrimination in the new Apple Inc card algorithms that are used to determine credit limits. In a series of Twitter posts starting on Thursday, David Heinemeier Hansson railed against the Apple Card for giving him 20 times the credit limit that his wife got, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. …read more […]

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Goldman faces probe after entrepreneur slams Apple Card algorithm in tweets

A probe into Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s credit card practices has been initiated after tweets from a tech entrepreneur alleged gender discrimination in the new Apple Inc card algorithms that are used to determine credit limits. In a series of Twitter posts starting on Thursday, David Heinemeier Hansson railed against the Apple Card for giving him 20 times the credit limit that his wife got, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. Hansson, who is the creator of web-application framework Ruby on Rails, didn’t disclose any specific income-related information for himself or his wife but said they filed joint tax returns …read more […]