• Boston Globe: Break Up Google for Internet Search Monopoly
  
  The Boston Globe's editorial board on Thursday called for the breakup of Google and said the U.S. should lead the charge in disbanding tech monopolies.
• Amazon Faces Questions From Senators About Echo Privacy
  
  Amazon.com Inc. is facing questions from U.S. lawmakers about consumer privacy regarding its popular voice-activated Echo speakers, after an incident last month when an Oregon couple's conversation was recorded by their device and sent to an acquaintance.
• IPhone Assembler Foxconn Announces North American HQ in Wisconsin
  
  Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn said it would establish its North American corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, following the purchase of a building in the city's downtown area.In a statement, Foxconn said more than 500 people would work at the...
• Boeing 737 Pitted Against Chinese Spacecraft as Trade War Grows
  
  Chinese spacecraft face steep new U.S. tariffs unveiled by the Trump administration. The same goes for "turbojet" engines and large airliners like the Comac C919.The only problem: The U.S. doesn't import any of these items, and the Chinese industries creating them are just...
• Apple Signs Oprah to Multiyear Program Deal
  
  Apple Inc has signed a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey to create programming as part of the iPhone maker's push into original entertainment, the company said on Friday.
• European Commission Approves Comcast's Bid for Sky
  
  The European Commission has unconditionally approved Comcast's proposed bid for Sky. It has already approved the rival bid for the European pay-TV giant from 21st Century Fox. The Commission said Friday that the "transaction would raise no competition concerns in Europe."In...
• Looming Fox Bidding War Has Comcast Debt Investors Seeing Red
  
  Credit downgrades already forecast on $65 billion offer; Disney weighs counter as media consolidation wave grows
• Sprint, T-Mobile Plan to File Deal Application to FCC on Monday
  
  Wireless companies Sprint and T-Mobile US have informed the Federal Communications Commission that they will formally file an application asking for approval to merge on Monday, according to a document seen by Reuters.
• Who's That Selling Steaks off a Truck? It's Amazon
  
  Amazon has also used the trucks to try to bring people into Whole Foods, the grocery chain it bought last year. The service debuted two years ago and the trucks now roam nearly 40 cities in the United States and England .
• Facebook Sees Users as Human Guinea Pigs for Research
  
  The professor was incredulous. David Craig had been studying the rise of entertainment on social media for several years when a Facebook Inc. employee he didn't know emailed him last December, asking about his research.
• AT&T Closes $85 Billion Deal for Time Warner
  
  AT&T Inc, the No. 2 wireless carrier, on Thursday closed its $85 billion deal to acquire media company Time Warner Inc after it reached an agreement with U.S. antitrust regulators.
• Will Amazon's Work to Kill Seattle Tax Spook Other Cities?
  
  A tax on large companies such as Amazon that was meant to fight a growing homelessness crisis got rolled back during a raucous Seattle City Council meeting that exposed divisions over how much companies that have fueled booming economies should help pay to alleviate the...
• Comcast-Disney Fight for Fox Highlights Shifting Media Landscape
  
  The battle for Twenty-First Century Fox reflects a new imperative among entertainment and telecommunications firms, which are amassing ever more programming to better compete with technology companies such as Amazon and Netflix for viewers' attention , and dollars.
• Microsoft Takes Aim at Amazon With Push for Checkout-Free Retail
  
  Microsoft Corp. is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com's automated grocery shop.
• Rolls-Royce Cuts 4,600 Jobs at 'Pivotal Moment' for Business
  
  Rolls-Royce is to cut 4,600 jobs over two years in the latest attempt by boss Warren East to reduce costs and complexity and make Britain's best known engineering company more profitable and dynamic.
• WeWork Sales Doubled Last Quarter to to $342 Million on Global Office Expansion
  
  As WeWork Cos. grows globally, the startup is also packing more people into its rental office spaces. The move helped drive revenue up 110 percent to $342 million last quarter, according to a staff email Thursday about the co-working company's financial performance.The...
• Citi Wants Analysts to Add Python to List of Languages on Resume
  
  Forget Wall Street lingo. The language Citigroup Inc. wants its incoming investment bank analysts to know is Python.
• Retailers Fume Over Tax Law Typo That Makes Renovations Pricier
  
  Retailers and restaurants were supposed to be the big winners under the Republican tax law, but a last-minute drafting error that doubles the tax costs for badly-needed store renovations could eat into those gains.
• Comcast Offers to Buy Fox Media Assets for $65 Billion in Swipe at Disney
  
  Comcast Corp on Wednesday offered $65 billion for the businesses Twenty-First Century Fox had already agreed to sell to Walt Disney Co, a day after AT&T won approval to buy Time Warner.
• Volkswagen Fined $1.2 Billion in Germany Over Diesel Scandal
  
  Automaker Volkswagen says it's being fined 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) by German authorities in connection with the diesel emissions scandal.
• Senate Dems Seek Probe of SEC Member Who Assailed Citi on Guns
  
  U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission's inspector general to investigate reports that Commissioner Michael Piwowar "may have abused his position" to pressure Citigroup.
• US Accuses Fiat Chrysler, Union of Conspiring to Break Labor Laws
  
  Top officials of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union conspired to violate U.S. labor laws, federal prosecutors alleged in a court document, saying a former executive at the automaker knew bribes paid to union leaders were designed to "grease...
• WSJ: White House Seeks to Block Senate Bid to Kill ZTE Deal
  
  The White House will aim to block legislative language before Congress that would block a Trump administration agreement allowing China's No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker, ZTE Corp., to resume business with U.S. suppliers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
• Toyota Investing $1 Billion in Ride-Hailing Company Grab
  
  Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to buy a $1 billion stake in Southeast Asia's Grab in the biggest investment by a carmaker into a ride-hailing firm, at a time when traditional automakers are racing to team up with disruptive tech companies.
• Report: Amazon Destroys Large Amount of New, Returned Goods
  
  German public broadcaster ZDF is reporting that online retailer Amazon destroys a large amount of new and returned goods even though they are in working order.In a program that aired Tuesday,

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