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OPINIONCall Hillary’s bluff
William McGurnFBI director James Comey and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are getting what they deserve.
Nadella: we missed mobile
Jay GreeneAzure, LinkedIn, HoloLens and AI are on Microsoft’s agenda as Nadella agrees the company was too late into mobile.
CenturyLink in Level 3 buyout
DREW FITZGERALD, JOSHUA JAMERSONCenturyLink has reached a cash and stock deal to buy Level 3 Communications for $US25 billion.
Carney to stay on for Brexit
JASON DOUGLAS, NICHOLAS WINNINGBank of England governor Mark Carney plans to serve an extra year as head of the British central bank.
GE chief gambles on recovery
Ted MannJeff Immelt is casting GE’s planned merger of its oil and gas unit with Baker Hughes as a bet on energy recovery.
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Call Hillary’s bluff
William McGurnFBI director James Comey and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are getting what they deserve.
Nadella: we missed mobile
Jay GreeneAzure, LinkedIn, HoloLens and AI are on Microsoft’s agenda as Nadella agrees the company was too late into mobile.
CenturyLink in Level 3 buyout
DREW FITZGERALD, JOSHUA JAMERSONCenturyLink has reached a cash and stock deal to buy Level 3 Communications for $US25 billion.
Carney to stay on for Brexit
JASON DOUGLAS, NICHOLAS WINNINGBank of England governor Mark Carney plans to serve an extra year as head of the British central bank.
GE chief gambles on recovery
Ted MannJeff Immelt is casting GE’s planned merger of its oil and gas unit with Baker Hughes as a bet on energy recovery.
Asset bubbles threaten China
JOHN LYONS, SHEN HONGThe biggest apparent bubble is in housing, but prices have surged for niche assets, too, such as calligraphy
Comey under gun on emails
DEVLIN BARRETT, DAMIAN PALETTAThe Justice Department will resolve the Clinton email investigation as soon as possible, a letter to congress said.
Seoul billions keep ships afloat
KWANWOO JUN, IN-SOO NAMSouth Korea plans to spend $US9.6bn on ships from local yards to stave off the collapse of its shipbuilding industry
Amazon, Netflix diverge in India
Shalini RamachandranThe contrasting approaches highlight differences in how the streaming giants pursue international growth.
Self-serving FBI chief must go
BRET STEPHENSThe FBI director is always on the right side of Beltway wisdom and consistently on the wrong side of justice.
Forces circle Mosul outskirts
Ben KeslingSecurity forces are aiming to enter the city, a new phase in the effort to retake Islamic State’s last stronghold in Iraq.
Clinton’s emails: what we know
DANIEL NASAWWhat did the FBI find in the latest tranche of emails and will the public get to see any of them before Election Day?
China Crown probe sends tremors
MIKE CHERNEY, WAYNE MAChina’s detention of 18 employees of Crown Resorts is reverberating from Macau to Las Vegas and beyond.
Why humble PC still computes
Dan GallagherRumours of the death of personal computers have been greatly exaggerated.
Pricing puts fear into oilmen
Russell GoldWall Street investors have fallen in love with properties in the Permian Basin.
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