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After plenty of flirting with potential suitors, Time Inc. has decided to remain independent – NYTimes

Fed officials are meeting this week, and disappointing growth numbers for Q1 out last week are likely to help along a decision to stand pat on rates – WSJ

We know that China’s Didi Chuxing is powerful enough to have driven Uber out of China altogether.  So what happens when Didi sets its sights outside of Chinese borders?  Flush with $5.5 billion in new funding, Didi is likely to let us know soon – NYTimes

The battle for American stomachs turns way more on the battle for shelf space than you may think.  Here’s a look at how changing consumer tastes are affecting food giants in grocery stores across the company – WSJ

A group of indirect investors have filed suit against JPMorgan, Bank of America, and other major banks over their alleged role in manipulating the Forex market. Defendants have already been ordered to pay more than $11 billion to government regulators over their purported involvement in the scheme – Law360

Amazon’s deliberate March to the Sea through traditional American retail sectors is in its apparel phase, and its new emphasis on custom-fit clothing is one line of attack – NYTimes

There’s some mortgage trouble brewing north of the border, as alternative mortgage-lender Home Capital is scrambling to address the fallout of a falsified documents scandal and the resulting loss of deposits. The greater concern is that the trouble over this particular lender isn’t emblematic of a larger problem in the overheated Canadian housing market – Bloomberg

The theft of $90 million from Bangladesh’s central bank helped expose the cyber vulnerabilities of Swift—a global messaging network that serves as the backbone of payment services for more than 11k banks, corporations, and other institutions around the world. The Journal gives us a deep dive into Swift’s defenses that reveals a cooperative better equipped for physical security than cyber – WSJ

Turns out that counting our blessings (and truly appreciating them) may do a lot to help us tackle pernicious inequality – NYTimes

I don’t know if this scene is more of a commentary on Canadians or on hockey fans.  But either way—hard to beat – MarketWatch

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