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To wrap up your Monday, the Justice Department countersued North Carolina over the controversial transgender "Bathroom Bill" that prompted a boycott. Lending Club's CEO is out, and Viv, successor Siri, is in. And Facebook workers admitted to filtering out conservative content from the site's trending stories.
To end your workweek, wealthy families are now investing like private equity firms, buying up whole companies, and Lenovo is launching a new fund targeting advanced technology.
To wrap up your Thursday, a new CFPB rule spells trouble for Wall Street; McDonald's will soon have muzak streamed by a startup; and Apple teamed up with SAP to make apps for businesses.
To wrap up your Wednesday, the owner of the NYSE won't bid for its London rival, and Gannett won't acquire Tribune Publishing. Adidas might sell its golf unit, and Uber's got a new global advisory board.
To wrap up your Tuesday, Canadian VC funding hit a record, while U.S. deals stayed sluggish. Good news for Fiat Chrysler, whose vans will go driverless with Google, and bad news for Apple, barred from India's used phone market.
To conclude your Monday, Halliburton is losing big on its blocked merger with Baker Hughes, while Gannett has its sights set on Tribune. GNC might put itself up for sale, and Oracle made its second acquisition in as many weeks.
To wrap up your Friday, Medivation rejects a $9.3 billion takeover offer by Sanofi, Berkshire Hathaway acquires Goodall Homes, and Google expands an experimental feature allowing companies to post content directly to its search results.
Second Opinion ends your day with news Google founders pass the torch, Priceline CEO resigns over office relationship and NY Times CEO faces discrimination allegations.
To end your week, we have news that the Slack has raised $200 million at a $3.8 billion post-money valuation, Saudi Arabia is creating the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund for the kingdom’s most prized assets, and you know the Tesla Model 3 doesn't exit yet, right?
To close out your day, SecondOps delivers news the Dow posts biggest quarterly comeback since 1933, Fintech startup boom said to threaten bank jobs and DraftKings, FanDuel suspend contests on college sports.
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