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June 30, 2019, 12:20 PM

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump says he will allow sales of US equipment to Huawei, where there are no national security issues, for now; US will not impose new tariffs on China  —  U.S. agrees to halt additional tariffs on Chinese goods for now  —  OSAKA, Japan—President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed …
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the challenges, downsides, and huge costs of 5G rollout in the US, which may take a decade or more to complete  —  As carriers launch their 5G networks, the promise of superfast wireless is clashing with the reality of the rollout; ‘the real onslaught has not yet begun’
Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
Ex-Equifax CIO Jun Ying sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading; he pleaded guilty to selling Equifax shares prior to 2017's breach announcement  —  Four months of jail time  —  The Justice Department announced this week that former Equifax CIO Jun Ying has been sentenced to four months in prison for insider trading.
Celia Chen / South China Morning Post:
Profile of Foxconn's new chairman Liu Young-way, who joined the firm as a special assistant to Gou in 2007 and was named head of semiconductor business in 2017  —  Gou remains the largest shareholder with 10 per cent of the company's shares and retains his seat on the board Low profile head …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
A look at a dispute among Wikipedia administrators and some on the Wikimedia Foundation board after a prolific, long-serving administrator was banned for a year  —  The once-derided open-source encyclopedia is the closest thing the internet has to an oasis of truth.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Booster, which enables fuel delivery directly to cars via an app in more than 20 US cities, raises $56M Series C, bringing total raised to $88.5M  —  Booster, a San Mateo, California-based startup offering same-day fuel delivery service in the U.S., today announced that it's raised $56 million …

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