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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Wednesday, June 6, 2018

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#WR Analysis: Facebook tries to put distance from the dangerous Chinese. @WSJ and others comment that since 2007, the giant of the social media was linked with four Chinese tech companies accused to spy US targets. Now, Facebook says it will cut all the dangerous links.

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#WR Opinion: Ironic situation of Facebook with the Chinese. According to @WSJ, Facebook had good connections with Huawei since 2007. However, till now, Facebook didn’t have success in China as a social media for the domestic market despite big efforts of Mark and his team.

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#WR Opinion: American neighbors fighting against Trump administration. @WSJ and @Reuters are talking in the last few days about the negative reactions of the governments of Mexico and Canada for the decision of the Trump administration to continue with its tariffs plan.

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#WR Opinion: Germany vs. Trump administration. @DW has repeated several times that the Angela Merkel's team tries to maintain good relationships with US despite they disagree in a series of issues with the current White House administration. They don’t want a new war.

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#WR Opinion: China versus Trump administration. @WSJ wrote that China and US didn’t achieve about the trade tariffs. And in fast movement, Chinese relaunched a new list of retaliations against US products. We have to observe if the two parts comeback to the negotiation table.

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#WR Opinion: At the 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple showed that till now the sun shines for the tech giant. During the last few days, @TechRepublic posted a series of comments about new software, augmented reality and other subjects. Good reaction from Wall Street!

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Tuesday, June 5, 2018

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#WR Analysis: Apple gives important step in software. @Reuters: “Apple unveiled software upgrades that would let older iPhones run faster, help parents limit their children’s screen time and make its Siri voice assistant work more like a rival feature from Amazon.”

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#WR Analysis: Apple and Augmented Reality. At the WWDC, Apple introduced "new tools for augmented reality, saying users would be able to share worlds in games, for instance. LEGO, the maker of interlocking toy blocks, showed off an app in which two players using iPads." @Reuters

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#WR Opinion: A tit-for-tat response ! @WSJ wrote: “Mexico’s Economy Ministry published a detailed list of US goods that will face import tariffs in retaliation for the US decision to place duties on Mexican steel and aluminum, including American staples such as bourbon.”

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#WR Analysis: Koch brothers vs Donald Trump. @Reuters wrote the Kochs keep distance from Trump since the 2016 presidential election. Now, "the brothers said they will launch a multi million-dollar campaign to oppose President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and to champion free trade."

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#WR Analysis: Chinese business of the steel. @WSJ posted “China’s Foreign Steel Gambit” by Paul Page where the author explains China's state companies have steel plants in Serbia, Indonesia, India, Brazil and other countries. This situation complicates the Trump tariffs plans.

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Monday, June 4, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Monday, June 4, 2018

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#WR Opinion: Why our soldiers will die for Yemen? @WSJ wrote “The Trump administration is weighing an appeal from the United Arab Emirates for direct U.S. support to seize Yemen’s main port for humanitarian aid.." Frequently, US runs to help others, but sometimes w/ human losses.

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#WR Analysis: Apple holds its summer's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, CA between June 4-8. Erik Eckel, writer of @TechRepublic, wrote that in this year, the analysts don’t expect major announcements about MacBooks or iPad. However, Apple always has surprises.

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#WR Opinion: Don’t travel to Russia with smart-phone. @DW wrote “One of Germany's state-level interior ministries has warned employees about Russian espionage. Nevertheless, Russian authorities are already collecting extensive data about World Cup visitors via so-called fan ID.”

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#WR Analysis: Climate change in the agenda of G7. @DW says: “Several huge investment firms, including Germany's Allianz Global Investors, have urged G7 leaders to increase their fight against climate change. The pleas will likely fall on deaf ears in the Trump administration.”

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#WR Opinion: A cloud giant tries to spread its clouds @WSJ wrote “Microsoft is buying the software-code repository GitHub Inc. for $7.5 billion in stock, a move that could help the software giant persuade more developers to create applications for its cloud-computing business.”

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