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• : Uber showed drivers lower fares than passengers, blames California law it supported
  Uber Technologies Inc. acknowledged Friday it had been showing drivers lower fares than what riders actually paid, and promised to change the practice while saying it was all due to the new California law the company spent tens of millions of dollars to pass.
• Earnings Outlook: What will Apple say about the next iPhone at earnings time? Maybe more than usual
  The pandemic may add a wrinkle to the guessing game that normally accompanies Apple Inc.'s June-quarter conference call.
• Mutual Funds Weekly: These money and investing tips can help you see clearly with stocks at all-time highs
  Money and investing stories popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week.
• In One Chart: Cost of the Olympics: How the 2020 Tokyo Games are one of the most expensive ever
  How the Tokyo Olympics ranks among the most expensive Games of all time
• Earnings Outlook: Question not whether AMD can take market share from Intel, but just how much
  Advanced Micro Devices Inc. enters its next earnings report more of a threat to its larger rival Intel Corp. as it has ever been, where the question has become how much market share can the smaller company snatch before the larger one can right its own ship.
• Personal Finance Daily: The cost of the Olympics’ ‘runaway arms race’ and new hope for student loan borrowers in bankruptcy, and Mario Batali and ex-partner reach $600K settlement with sexual harassment victims
  Friday's top personal finance stories
• : About 100 U.S. athletes at the Tokyo Olympics are unvaccinated, medical chief says
  83% of U.S. athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have been vaccinated, much higher than the national rate in the United States.
• The Moneyist: I successfully renovated a condo building. My new husband offered to manage my next project — and it all went horribly wrong
  ‘He now wants the $40,000 he invested in my building that he tore apart and left destroyed.’
• The Moneyist: My daughter no longer speaks to me or my husband, and mocked our family values. Do we cut her out of her $2 million inheritance?
  ‘She has told us that we are toxic parents, and she doesn’t need the stress we create for her with our beliefs.’
• Mark Hulbert: Why stock-trading apps like Robinhood plus social media are a potent brew for investors
  People tend to take riskier bets when their peers are watching.