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◼ CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek November 11, 2019

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◼INBRIEF 11 SoftBanktakesa beating● SaudiAramco’sIPOis a go
◼AGENDA 12 Germanytiltstowardrecession● HerecomesSingles’ Day
◼OPINION 12 A golden opportunity for Europe’s Green parties

◼ REMARKS 14 For a preview of America’s future, look at California now

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BUSINESS 18 Gene-therapycuresposea threattopubliccoffers
20 ▼ A startup helps Indians put their heirlooms to work

21 CEO Erik Nordstrom makes the case for flagship stores

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TECHNOLOGY 22 Savinglivesviasatellitein theworld’smostremoteplaces
24 Indiana goes way long on tax breaks to lure data centers

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FINANCE 26 Totrulytaxthewealthy,Democratswillhavetotaxwealth
28 BigIPOflopsbringthepartydowna notchin SiliconValley
29 Climate change creeps into muni investors’ due diligence

ECONOMICS 30 ChristineLagardewillneedallherpoliticalskillsattheECB
32 Brazil tries to cut its enormous tax code down to size

POLITICS 34 Thewidespreadeffectsofteargasin HongKong
36 WealthyDemocratsfeelshutoutofthetopcampaigns
38 A battle over billions in proceeds from 5G bandwidth

SOLUTIONS 41 StudentspushMBAprogramsfortrainingin sustainability
42 BloombergBusinessweekranksthetopU.S.B-schools
44 Helping managers and data scientists talk to one another

◼PURSUITS 75 Stressed-outbankersheadtothe farm for more work
78 Careerchoicescanbefun!
80 It’spieseason.Topchefstellyouwheretofindtheirfaves
82 A shockinglyfast—andeffective—waytoworkout
83 You won’t believe the time it takes to make this watch

◼ LAST THING 84 Store brands make a name for themselves
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