Financial News Roundup for the Week of Dec. 3, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of Dec. 3

Markets & Economy:

• How NAFTA talks are harming Christmas tree growers (Bloomberg)
• Was your identify stolen to push for net neutrality repeal? (Slate)
• A tale of two bubbles - the dot coms and bitcoin (MarketWatch)

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Morgan Stanley will launch roboadvisor (Business Insider)
• Bear Stearns’ last CEO tries to keep Guggenheim together (Bloomberg)

Long(er) Reads:

• How Dollar General became rural America’s store of choice (WSJ)
• Millions are hounded for debt they don’t owe, one fought back with avengence (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

Alternatives:

• Hedge funds plan to trade against bitcoin (Bloomberg)
• SEC said to probe is banks helped hedge funds inflate returns (Bloomberg)
• CalPERS Chief Operating Investment Officer Steps Down (II)

Media Industry and Journalism:

• Fortune’s faded glory (O’Dwyers)
• How brands buy their way into high-profile stories and blogs (The Outline)
• New York Times announces nearly doubling its audience (NYT)
• WNYC confronts its own sexual harassment demons (WNYC/NPR On the Media)

What the changes mean at the Wall Street Journal (TalkingBizNews)