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First Read closes out the week with news that Smith & Wesson will become a standalone gun business, Goldman Sachs promotes 465 managing directors, with women making up 29 percent and Taylor Swift asks Carlyle Group for help.

First Read begins the day with news that Disney reports 10 mln users for its new streaming service, Americans now have a record $14 trn in debt and McClatchy explores options.

First Read kicks off the day with news that Juul is laying off 650 in a $1 bln cost-cutting plan, Dean Foods files for bankruptcy and suspicionless phone, computer searches in airports violate fourth amendment.

First Read begins the day with news that SpaceX is launching 60 more internet satellites, WeWork is in talks to hire T-Mobile's CEO and WeWork co-founder's family office reportedly explored bid for Barney's NY.

First Read begins the week with news that Alibaba is planning a $15 bln Hong Kong listing, Alphabet's self-driving car project Waymo is closing its Austin operations and Slack continues to sink.

First Read closes out the week with news that Apple redesigns its privacy pages, T-Mobile and Sprint are reportedly having merger talks and Trump ordered to pay $2 mln for misuse of funds related to Trump Foundation.

First Read begins the day with news that China is considering investing up to $10 billion in Aramco's IPO, HP confirms it received an offer from Xerox, and the DOJ charges two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia.

First Read kicks off the day with news that Boeing's CEO is taking a massive pay cut, Walgreens Boots is exploring a potential take-private deal, and SoftBank is taking a $4.6 billion hit from WeWork.

First Read begins the day with news that McDonald's HR head leaves after CEO exits, Apple commits $2.5 billion to address California's housing crisis and homelessness, and dozens of companies in SoftBank's Vision fund have struggled lately

First Read begins the week with news that the U.S. added 128,000 jobs in October, Google is buying Fitbit for $2.1 billion, and Steve Easterbrook is out as McDonald's CEO and president.