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Big news from DC yesterday, as the Supreme Court handed a rare win to prosecutors in an insider-trading case against business executives sharing confidential information with relatives – NYTimes and WSJ and Law360

So the next FOMC meeting looks like the big one [finally] for a rate hike.  But then what? – WSJ

More on Wells Fargo’s attempts to use arbitration to “kill lawsuits” by customers caught up in the bank’s fake account scandal – NYTimes

Wells, by the way, is predicting that fallout from the mess will likely cost it “tens of millions of dollars” – WSJ

Here’s an interesting take on the future of the labor market (especially for an emerging generation that is better with a screen than eye contact)—because robots and AI will be able to take over anything that’s routine, people skills, including critical thinking and empathy, hold the key to American jobs in the coming decades – Bloomberg

We just profiled SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son the other day. And it’s a good thing we’re getting to know him, because he (and $50 billion of his fortune) may be an increased presence in the U.S. – NYTimes

A recent 100-page cybersecurity report from the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity offers a “mixed bag” to business, according to Law360, with suggestions for increased collaboration and lighter regulation winning fans but calls for more tightly monitoring the internet of things and a potential cybersecurity “nutrition label” raising corporate eyebrows – Law360

Written in stone?  Yeah, turns out that for ancient lawyers, that was literally a thing – WSJ

Let’s give it up for some Minnesota kids doing their best to bring a questionable holiday classic into the 21st century – Soundcloud

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