Business Beast: Apple & Samsung’s Messy Divorce

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1 TECH Apple & Samsung's Messy Divorce Apple is soon to drop Samsung as a supplier, fundamentally changing how every iPod and iPad gets made. Alex Klein explains the angry breakup. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 POLICY Obama's Fiscal Fun Announcing an emerging cliff deal, the president took some jabs at his Capitol Hill foes. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 BIG IDEAS Mandatory Gun Insurance? Forcing owners to buy liability insurance may help a few victims, but it won't stop crime, writes Megan McArdle. Read it at The Daily Beast Ford declared Monday that its Focus compact car is the bestselling car in the world for the 2012 sales year.” READ IT NOW › 5 WORTH A LOOK The Week's Best Biz Reads High-speed traders, budget scolders, and more of this week's best business stories. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 C-SUITE 2012's Reputational Crises Banks, controversial nonprofits, and companies with supplier issues in China lead the list. By James Warren. Read it at The Daily Beast 2013 Wall Street Predictions Love on the Assembly Lines In response to 2012's Worst Reputational Crises: Oh, come now. Congress still has the worst reputation. — Lbeast In response to Xmas Sales Disappoint: It was hard to be particularly festive and free-flowing with money with a fiscal Sword of Damocles hanging above everything. I was very appreciative of family and friends and Christmas was very serene. I could not help but feel like the rest of the year, from Sandy and derechos to Aurora and Newtown, all the way to the utter disrespect and dismissive attitude Washington still foists upon the people of this country, took a lot of the joy out of our time. — DwDunphy

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