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737 Max Boeing may have been hoping that it could resume 737 Max deliveries to its customers next month, but the FAA is publicly pushing back, saying it intends to inspect and sign off on every individual aircraft before delivery. "The FAA has not completed its review of the 737 Max aircraft...

Twitter Cull Twitter's user numbers are about to become more realistic, after the firm announced an imminent cull of inactive accounts—including those belonging to the deceased. So expect follower counts to go down and long-blocked usernames to become available. And if you're a user who hasn't...

Lobby Power Fortune's Nicolas Rapp and Brian O'Keefe have examined tech giants' spending on lobbying. The biggest cash-splashers? Few surprises here: Alphabet ($21.7 million in 2018), then Amazon ($14.4 million), Facebook ($12.6 million), Microsoft ($9.6 million) and Apple ($6.7 million). Fortune

Direct Listings Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange want changes to their listing rules that would allow companies to launch direct listings on their exchanges. Direct listings are cheaper than bank-led IPOs due to lower fees, but have so far only been used to offer existing shares to...

Activist Investor Seeks to oust Trump Friend Barrack from CEO Job at Colony Capital (Reuters) BOSTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Activist investor Blackwells is pushing to remove Tom Barrack, a billionaire friend of President Donald Trump, as CEO of Colony Capital, saying his mismanagement of the real...

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“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” - James A. Michener

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Can you sell a country like you sell a Coca-Cola? Colombia, Rwanda, and Croatia have seen major tragedy in the past couple decades. They’ve since rebounded to become bucket-list travel destinations. AsThe New York Times reports, their success can provide a rebranding playbook for other...

This year’s Merger Monday served up a bountiful harvest What in the name of Dow Jones is Merger Monday, you ask? Well, real holidays tend to beget made-up holidays. Most of us probably know Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving when online retailers discount the bejesus out of all of...

LVMH and Tiffany Fortune's Phil Wahba has examined LVMH's imminent takeover of Tiffany, and sees many opportunities for the European luxury house to make the 183-year-old New York jeweler shine. He writes: "Here is Tiffany's dirty little secret: It's not really a luxury brand like, say, a...

The Hedge-Fund War for Talent (Bloomberg) These are difficult times for hedge funds: Market-beating returns are elusive and underperformance is the norm. Those people who can consistently generate alpha, or market-beating returns, are highly sought after. Thus, the “war for talent,” says this...

“I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.” - Tina Turner