Bloomberg Businessweek Europe - 23.09.2019

◼IN BRIEF 6 Israeli paralysis; Hong Kong’s stalemate; FedEx falters

◼ AGENDA 8 A climate summit convenes; the Tories gather; Austria votes

◼ OPINION 8 The Democrats need an immigration plan

◼ REMARKS 10 A weakened Iran can still take the whole world hostage

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BUSINESS 14 There’s a lawyer who’s sure all that riffing is gold,

and he’s suing forStairway to Heaven

17 Seeking a stable source of crude, Exxon returns to Brazil

18 Japan’s one-word plan for the Rugby World Cup: Beer

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TECHNOLOGY 21 New York, the city that will never let Airbnb sleep

23 A startup that rents attorneys to startups

24 Is there a way to make bees, well, busier?

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FINANCE 26 A note from the Bubble Opportunity Hedge Fund

27 Boardinghouses make a comeback in Atlanta

29 Stephen Schwarzman takes a long view on China

ECONOMICS 30 Trump tries to keep his farmer friends close

32 Before it botched Brexit, the U.K. bungled welfare

POLITICS 34 While the U.S. delayed regulation, vaping took hold

35 ▼ Cornering a wool market—and shaking a country

SOLUTIONS 39 Glimpses of a more multigenerational future

41 Putting away the rocker and getting into business

42 The ideal retirement community is full of millennials

◼ PURSUITS 63 Virtual-reality dining is a trip—but does it leave a bad taste?

66 Yummy, fluffy milk bread crosses the Pacific

67 That Japanese whisky is actually Canadian

68 Running a hedge fund is a cinch. Try running a restaurant

70 Tailgating the way they did it at Downton Abbey

71 Sausage for $26 a pound? You’ll pay it happily

◼ LAST THING 72 With startups, it turns out there’s a magic number

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◼ CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek September 23, 2019

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