Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Trump freezes Venezuela gov’t assets in escalation, by Joshua Goodman, Deb Riechmann
Former executive sues Tinder, claims sex assault by ex-CEO
Fortune
Apple, Google, and Amazon May Have Violated Your Privacy by Reviewing Digital Assistant Commands, by Natalia Drozdiak, GIles Turner
After Trump Slams Video Games for Violence, Grand Theft Auto Saves the Day for Take-Two Stock, by Nick Turner
CNN
High-end retailer Barneys files for bankruptcy, by Rob McLean, Jackie Wattles
The Fed is getting into the real-time payments business, by Clare Duffy
CNBC
Shake Shack taps Grubhub for nationwide delivery, by Kate Rogers
American tries to woo business travelers with better seats and faster airport screening, by Leslie Josephs
Reuters
Goldman Sachs sees no trade deal before 2020 U.S. election, now expects three rate cuts, by Thyagaraju Adinarayan
Vivendi in talks to sell 10% of Universal Music Group to Tencent, by Sudip Kar-Gupta
News about business journalism
Greeley named U.S. econ editor at Financial Times
CoinDesk hires DiCamillo from American Banker
NY Times hires McCabe to cover tech policy
Washington Post hires Dadouch of Reuters
Milwaukee Biz Journal hires Naczek as manufacturing/tourism reporter
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…
The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…
CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…
Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…