Android users, start your engine search; EU settles on IMF candidate, and more top news

The news professionals in Europe are talking about now, curated by LinkedIn’s editors. Join the conversation on today's stories in the comments. 

Google is set to give Android users in Europe a choice of default search engines. From early 2020, users will be presented with four options when they first set up their new phone or tablet: Google, and three rival search providers. To be included in the choice screen, search providers will be required to bid through an auction process — a move critics say helps Google profit whilst complying with the EU's antitrust ruling that saw the internet giant fined €4.3 billion last year. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Kristalina Georgieva has been nominated to lead the International Monetary Fund. The World Bank’s chief executive, from Bulgaria, was selected by European leaders after a fractious 14 hours of voting, narrowly beating out Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem despite failing to meet the required 65% population criterion. Georgieva is now the favourite to replace Christine Lagarde, who resigned after her appointment to the European Central Bank. Traditionally, the IMF is led by a European, while an American heads the World Bank. ? Here’s what people are saying.

A sharp increase in African swine fever outbreaks has been reported in Eastern Europe. Last month, Romania reported around 300 new outbreaks, up from 80 in June, while Bulgaria reported 18 new cases and Slovakia its first. The European Commission says the virus — which saw 4 million pigs in Asia culled — poses an “extreme and urgent challenge” to Europe’s pig herds, with analysts warning it could have “devastating consequences” should it spread to leading pork-production nations such as Germany, France and the Netherlands. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Today’s planned strike by workers at Heathrow Airport has been called off at the eleventh hour. Some 2,500 workers had planned to strike in a row over pay, with talks now set to continue to prevent a further walkout on Tuesday. Air Canada, Aer Lingus and Etihad Airways are among those to have reinstated Monday’s flights from Heathrow. Passengers criticised Heathrow for failing to tell them if their flights had been cancelled after the airport said 177 flights would be cut on both days as a precaution, affecting around 30,000 people. ? Here’s what people are saying.

If you feel like you’re being punished for being bullied at work, a new study suggests that you’re not alone. The research shows that managers are likely to blame — and discount the performance of — employees who are mistreated by coworkers. Bosses are also prone to excuse perpetrators’ behavior if they are close to those employees or if they are top performers. Managers can guard against this behavior by thinking like a judge and separating facts from biases. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Idea of the Day: Focus on the greater outcome for the business rather than how to divide that outcome up, advises Ray Dalio, co-CIO and co-chair of Bridgewater Associates.  

“The best negotiations are the ones with someone in which I say, “You should take more,” and they argue back, “No you should take more!” People who operate this way with each other make the relationship better and the pie bigger — and both bene?t in the long run.”

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