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MarketWatch rounded up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week.

1. Zuckerberg’s performance

Facebook FB, +0.40%  CEO Mark Zuckerberg fared quite well in his testimony before two congressional committees this week. Here’s additional coverage and opinion:

Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, and the internet is outraged — at Congress

What Mark Zuckerberg didn’t tell Congress: You’re risking more than your data on Facebook

The uncomfortable question Zuckerberg kept facing: Is Facebook a monopoly?

Which of your Facebook friends leaked your data to Cambridge Analytica?

Facebook screwed up royally, but Congress should be careful not to kill it

Facebook has to change its business model because it’s using us as unpaid laborers

2. Other tech stocks

Here are five overlooked tech stocks that could leave the FAANG group behind. (FAANG stands for Facebook, Apple AAPL, +0.34% Amazon.com AMZN, -1.22% Netflix NFLX, +0.78% and Google holding company Alphabet GOOG, -0.31% GOOGL, -0.12% )

3. Bed Bath boo-boo

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond dropped 20% on Thursday. Here’s one reason the company is having difficulty competing.

4. Paul Ryan is leaving

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has announced he will not seek reelection in November. He plans to remain speaker until the end of his term, but some Republicans question whether it is a good idea to have a lame-duck speaker heading into the elections. Tim Mullaney believes Ryan is leaving behind a terrible mess.

Don’t miss: Paul Ryan is just two years away from collecting a federal pension — here’s how much he’ll get

5. IPO of a company that expects to ride a tremendous trend

More companies are moving to subscription models to keep money flowing in and Zuora ZUO, +3.00% expects to ride this trend by providing better enterprise resource planning (ERP) software than its major competitors, which include SAP SAP, +0.20%  and Oracle ORCL, +0.44%

6. This retailer is forcing its suppliers to behave

The actions of this retailer reflect a growing industry trend to force wholesalers to be more environmentally responsible.

7. A more realistic way to plan for retirement

Traditional retirement planning no longer works, according to Mark Jaeger, who offers a different approach.

8. Advice for investors from the head of the world’s largest asset management company

During a period of higher market volatility with swings and frightening headlines every day. this advice from Larry Fink is remarkably simple.

9. Trade bluster cools for now

William Watts considers the meaning behind China President Xi Jinping’s recent comments about trade import restrictions.

10. Intriguing coming attractions for the Apple Watch

Patent filings indicate future models of the Apple Watch will be able to do some amazing and helpful things.

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