Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2019-08-19)

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◼ CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek August 19, 2019

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◼INBRIEF 7 CBS-Viacom;theVolckerRule;endangeredspecies

◼AGENDA 8 TheG-7in Biarritz;a Merkel-Orbansummit

◼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’snota forceforgood,Unileversays,wewon’tsellit

16 Francemayditchthosemoney-losingbroadcastinglaws

17 China’s novel way of monetizing video game streaming

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TECHNOLOGY 19 TheFTCandFacebook:Soundandfurysignifying little

21 AMD,longIntel’swhippingboy,is fightingback

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-commercerevivesSparrowsPoint,a formerly

moldering Baltimore industrial hub

POLITICS 32 A politicalupset,andpanickyinvestors,in Argentina

34 Brutality. Arrests. But Russian protests just keep growing

SOLUTIONS 37 Thehackersarecoming.Arethepollsprepared?

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

◼PURSUITS 59 Museumswantspotlessmoney.Easiersaidthandone

62 Thestartupsseekinga sliceofthegolf-ballmarket

63 Nonalcoholicbeerthatactuallytasteslikebeer

64 A brighterpictureforpoint-and-shootcameras

66 It’snotonlya massage,it maybea waytoshedpounds

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