Ireland’s forbidden fruit

An EU tax ruling held that Apple owes Ireland more than €13 billion; why is the Irish government likely to reject the windfall? Host Anne McElvoy is joined by Matthew Valencia to explain. And, Ryan Avent digs deep into work, status and technological disruption.

UPDATE 1-AT&T-Time Warner deal sparks calls for scrutiny in Washington

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – AT&T Inc’s agreement to

acquire Time Warner Inc for $85 billion drew skepticism

from both Democrats and Republicans on Sunday, making it more

likely that regulators will scrutinize the effort to create a

new telecommunications and media giant.

Foreign Stock Markets Beginning To Move

Today I want to look at the most important charts as we head into next week. Even though the Mario Draghi leaned toward a more optimistic tone on the euro zone outlook and the efficacy of the ECB’s current monetary policy, the rates and currency markets didn’t follow the message.   The German 10-year yield, which