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
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has hired Savannah Sicurella to cover the business of the region's entertainment industry, including…
Bloomberg News has hired Jorgelina do Rosario as an emerging markets reporter based in London. She had…
Sandali Handagama, the deputy managing editor at CoinDesk, is leaving the cryptocurrency publication. Handagama is…
Lucia Moses of Business Insider writes about the growing unease at The Wall Street Journal under…
Kylie Robison is joining The Verge as senior AI reporter, where she’ll lead the technology…
Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees board authorized a strike vote to be conducted by its…