• Apple Nears 7-Month Low as More Analysts Cut iPhone Estimates
  
  Apple Inc. fell on Friday, with shares on course to close at their lowest level since April, as more analysts joined the chorus of bears and skeptics warning about the prospects for iPhone sales.
• T-Mobile, Sprint See US Approval for Deal After Huawei Concessions
  
  T-Mobile US and Sprint expect their merger to be approved by a U.S. national security panel as early as next week, after their respective parent companies said they would consider curbing their use of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
• CNBC: Intel, TPG in Talks to Sell McAfee to Thoma Bravo for $4.2B
  
  Private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC is in early talks to buy security software company McAfee from TPG Capital and Intel Corp for more than $4.2 billion, CNBC reported.
• Reuters: J&J Knew for Decades of Asbestos in Baby Powder
  
  A Reuters examination of many of those documents, as well as deposition and trial testimony, shows that from at least 1971 to the early 2000s, the company’s raw talc and finished powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos.
• Joe Lieberman to Give ZTE 'Independent' National Security Assessment
  
  Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has agreed to provide Chinese telecommunications company ZTE with an “independent” assessment of their products’ potential to harm national security, Politico reports.
• Retail Apocalypse Crushes BC Partners' Italy Clothing Chain
  
  Even in a difficult environment for retailers, the woes of Italian discount clothing chain OVS SpA stand out.
• Ford: Factory Jobs Will Be Shifted, Not Cut
  
  A United Auto Workers union local is warning of as many as 230 layoffs at a Ford Motor Co. factory in Michigan, though the company says workers will be offered jobs at another plant.
• Amazon Lures Office Workers With Compact Cashier-less Food Store
  
  Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday opened a compact version of its cashier-less Amazon Go food stores, broadening its footprint in the bricks-and-mortar world in a move to add shops in places such as office lobbies and hospitals.
• Toyota Advances Plans to Replace Takata Airbags in 65,000 Vehicles
  
  Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday it is advancing by a year plans to replace Takata airbags in about 65,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the United States it had previously replaced.
• Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionization Push
  
  A committee of employees at Amazon's recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center is going public with a unionization campaign, a fresh challenge to the e-commerce giant in a city where it plans to build a major new campus.
• Activist Fund Elliott Takes $1.05B Stake in Drinks Giant Pernod
  
  Elliott Management has taken a stake in Pernod Ricard worth more than 930 million euros ($1.05 billion) and will work with the family-backed French drinks company to try to improve its performance, the activist hedge fund said on Wednesday.
• Tesla's Elon Musk Getting Last Laugh on Wall Street After Wild 2018
  
  Tesla’s stock is right back near the highs it reached on the day of Musk’s infamous tweet.
• Apple May Move iPhone Output if Tariffs Hit 25 Percent
  
  Apple Inc.'s suppliers will consider shifting iPhone production away from China should tariffs on U.S. imports skyrocket, but the U.S. company plans to sit tight for now, people familiar with the company's thinking said.
• Netflix Awakens a New Bear as Disney, AT&T Threaten Its Dominance
  
  Netflix Inc. has brought a new bear to market, adding to signs of an increasingly crowded landscape for streaming platforms.
• Whole Foods Ranked Worst on Cancer-Linked Chemicals in Packaging
  
  Whole Foods Market, hailed for its high standards for healthy food, ranked worst in a study of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging at its popular hot-food bar.
• Amazon HQ Touted as Big Win for NY, but Math Is More Complex
  
  New York officials tout their deal to land a new Amazon headquarters as can't-miss math. The city and state put up $2.8 billion in tax breaks and grants.
• Verizon Takes $6.7B in Charges for Voluntary Buyouts, AOL Deal
  
  Verizon Communications said Tuesday it will take a $4.6 billion charge related to its Oath media assets - Yahoo and AOL - and a severance charge of up to $2.1 billion for voluntary buyouts, in the fourth quarter.
• Uber's Dominant Size May Rob Smaller Lyft of Its IPO Oxygen
  
  Uber Technologies and smaller rival Lyft are driving side-by-side on the road to a stock market debut, and that may not bode well for Lyft as investors decide where to place their bets in the ride-hailing sector.
• Google CEO to Testify He Leads Company 'Without Political Bias'
  
  The chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday defended the integrity of the company's products a day ahead of a congressional hearing where he is expected to face tough questions from U.S. lawmakers.
• China's Huawei Executive Seeks Bail in U.S. Extradition Case
  
  A Canadian provincial court on Monday weighed whether to grant bail to a top executive of one of the world's biggest telecommunications companies, Huawei Technologies, while she awaits a ruling on extradition to the United States.
• Fed's Powell: Wells Fargo Won't Be Allowed to Grow Unless Problems Fixed
  
  Wells Fargo & Co. must keep a lid on its growth until the bank has hardened its risk management policies to prevent any further abuse of its customers, said Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve.
• China Ruling Could Ban Some Apple iPhones Sales Amid Qualcomm Fight
  
  Qualcomm Inc. on Monday said it had won a preliminary order from a Chinese court banning the importation and sale of several Apple Inc. iPhone models in China that the court found violated two of Qualcomm patents.
• Nutella Maker Ferrero in Race to Buy Campbell's International Business
  
  Ferrero SpA is interested in buying Campbell Soup Co.'s international business, which includes biscuit brand Arnott's, two sources close to the matter said on Monday.
• Court Filing: Ghosn Wanted to Retrieve Cash, Artwork From Rio Apartment
  
  Ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn sought to retrieve "personal belongings, documents, cash, objects and art pieces” from a Rio de Janeiro apartment that the carmaker says could contain evidence of financial misconduct, according to a Brazil court filing by Nissan last week.
• Verizon to Shed 10,400 Jobs by Middle of Next Year
  
  Verizon Communications Inc. said on Monday that about 10,400 employees will be leaving the U.S. wireless carrier by mid next year as part of the company's voluntary separation program.

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