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U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s summary of Robert Mueller’s report on whether President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said the special counsel found no evidence of it. Barr also said Mueller hadn’t concluded whether Trump should be charged with obstruction of justice. Barr then did it for him, clearing the president. Now, Trump has weighed in, warning along with a close Republican ally that “people” behind the probe would soon find themselves being investigated.
Here are today’s top stories
Barr passed judgment on Mueller's findings less than 48 hours after announcing he’d received the report on the multiyear investigation.
Democrats hoping for a devastating blow now face a major test of party unity as they weigh whether to pursue impeachment.
Some of Germany’s wealthiest families have long been tainted by Nazi ties. Now the dynasty behind Panera Bread and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts faces a similar reckoning.
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has long threatened members of Parliament with the risk of no-deal Brexit, or no Brexit at all. On Monday she added a new flavor of debacle: a “slow Brexit.”
Uber is set to announce a $3.1 billion deal to acquire its Dubai-based rival Careem Networks as early as this week.
One by one, global bond markets are flashing the same warning about a global recession. The stock market didn’t quite know what to do.
What’s Joe Weisenthal thinking about? The Bloomberg news director is still impressed by an argument Nellie Bowles made in the New York Times this weekend: As technology allows people to learn and communicate from anywhere, human contact is increasingly becoming a luxury good.
What you’ll need to know tomorrow
- A British Airways flight to Germany accidentally landed in Scotland.
- Michael Avenatti was charged with attempting to extort Nike.
- The health of a country’s economy is hiding in plain tweets.
- YouTube bows out of the Hollywood arms race with Netflix.
- Apple announced a new credit card with Goldman Sachs.
- The Galapagos is evolving—to accept more luxury yachts.
- What emergency personnel don’t know about fiery electric cars.
What you’ll want to read in Bloomberg Pursuits
Americans bought 524,000 small, starter pickup trucks last year, but not one of them had removable doors. In a few weeks, that noteworthy gap in the market will be filled by the Jeep Gladiator. Fiat-Chrysler’s long awaited truck is drastically different from rivals—and it’s not just the lack of doors.
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