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From Immigration to Taxes, Execs Talk Trump Effect on Innovation

Xconomy

In 2018, geopolitical events—in particular, President Donald Trump’s hard-line stances on trade and immigration, and the repeal of net neutrality rules—were top of mind for several business executives we interviewed recently.

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A VC’s Take: Global Volatility Hurts U.S. Venture Ecosystem

Xconomy

As Xconomy’s editors looked back at the year just passed, we asked technology leaders to comment on the trends they’d observed in 2018, and the developments they expected in 2019.

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U.K. Slaps Maximum Fine of $645,000 on Facebook for Privacy Violations

Xconomy

The company’s net income in the second quarter alone was more than $5 billion. The purpose of the U.K.’s s enforcement actions is to change the behavior of organizations that mishandle the sensitive private information of individuals, but the fine announced Thursday represents a minuscule fraction of Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB ) earnings.

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