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Anthony Weiner
Second Opinion ends the week with news that the U.S. is charging a Virginia man with a fraudulent Fitbit stock scheme, Spotify acquires an AI startup Niland and Anthony Weiner pleads guilty in sexting case while his estranged wife and top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin files for divorce. Oh well...
Roger Ailes
In Second Opinion, Lowe's is buying Maintenance Supply Headquarters for $512 million, FCC votes to scrap net neutrality rules and Fox News' ex-CEO Roger Ailes dies suddenly at 77.
Red Arrow Down Dashboard VC
In Second Opinion, TPG is reportedly close to a deal to acquire cable operator Wave for more than $2 billion, JPMorgan predicts that Amazon stock will reach $1,110 per share this year and the Dow sinks 300 points as worries about the Trump presidency escalate.
Biz Stone
In Second Opinion, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is returning to the company, a computer outage hits Starbucks stores in the U.S. and Canada and Hillary Clinton launches Onward Together, a Trump resistance group.
low unemployment
Second Opinion ends the week with news that the Justice Department is reportedly probing Uber's controversial "Greyball" program, Porsche opens a digital tech hub in Silicon Valley and unemployment is now at a 10-year low.
GOP healthcare bill
In Second Opinion, Indonesia's Uber rival Go-Jek raises $1.2 billion in a Tencent-led round, Amazon's fashion division is leaving and The House passes the GOP healthcare bill.
Puerto Rico bankruptcy
Second Opinion wraps up the day with news that IBM is acquiring Verizon's private cloud and managed hosting businesses, Intel's top-ranking executive takes a leave of absence and Puerto Rico files for bankruptcy.
Fox News
Second Opinion closes out the day with news that Apple's cash pile is set to surpass $250 billion, Airbnb settles lawsuit with San Francisco and Fox News co-president Bill Shine is out in latest shake-up at the network.
Second Opinion wraps up the week with news that Time pulls itself from the auction block, data startup Rubrik raises $180 million, putting it at a $1.3 billion valuation and 21,000 AT&T workers could strike on Monday.
Second Opinion ends the day with news that Bitcoin jumps to a new all-time high, Purdue University is acquiring for-profit online school Kaplan University and Google launches a virtual reality artwork gallery on the web.
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