Bloomberg Businessweek Europe - 19.08.2019

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◼ CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek August 19, 2019

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◼IN BRIEF 7 CBS-Viacom; the Volcker Rule; endangered species

◼ AGENDA 8 The G- 7 in Biarritz; a Merkel-Orban summit

◼ OPINION 8 Whatever Boris thinks he’s doing on Brexit, it’s a mistake

◼ REMARKS 10 To understand the chaos in Hong Kong, look to 2047

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BUSINESS 14 If it’ s not a force for good, Unilever says, we won’t sell it

16 France ma y ditch those money-losing broadcasting laws

17 China’s novel way of monetizing video game streaming

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TECHNOLOGY 19 The FT C and Facebook: Sound and fury signifying little

21 AMD, long Intel’s whipping boy, is fighting back

22 The downside to giving tax incentives to tech startups

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FINANCE 24 ▼ Student debt, the taker that keeps on taking

26 Consumers don’t spend, and interest rates go negative

ECONOMICS 28 E-commerce revives Sparrows Point, a formerly

moldering Baltimore industrial hub

POLITICS 32 A politic al upset, and panicky investors, in Argentina

34 Brutality. Arrests. But Russian protests just keep growing

SOLUTIONS 37 The hack ers are coming. Are the polls prepared?

39 How to outwit a con artist, from a famous con artist

◼ PURSUITS 59 Museums want spotless money. Easier said than done

62 The s tartups seeking a slice of the golf-ball market

63 Nonalcoholic beer that actually tastes like beer

64 A brigh ter picture for point-and-shoot cameras

66 It’s no t only a massage, it may be a way to shed pounds

67 Overcoming fitful sleep with a smarter alarm clock

◼ LAST THING 68 China needs to boost R&D, but it’s trickier than it looks