Podcasts

Viewsroom: Trump budgets his way to la-la land

25 May 2017

Basic economics - and decency - fall by the wayside in the administration’s pitch that it can create $2 trln of revenue by cutting $3.6 trln of costs. OPEC and U.S. fields battle for oil supremacy. Zimbabwe invents the zollar. And Bill Ford escapes his CEO’s crash unscathed.

Viewsroom: CEO presidency needs boardroom pushback

17 May 2017

Donald Trump’s promise to run the government like a business is proving difficult but Congress could act like strong independent directors to rein in his wayward management.  China’s ambitious Silk Road project could leave its people holding the bag. Plus: job cuts at Ford.

Viewsroom: Comey ouster bad for business

11 May 2017

Donald Trump’s surprise firing of the FBI director could bog down policies from tax cuts to regulatory reform and even throw the rule of law into question. South Korea elects a new leader to put its own presidential scandal in the past. Plus: Coach goes shopping for Kate Spade.

Viewsroom: Apple starts iPhone birthday bash early

4 May 2017

Lucre from apps and other services should get investors in the party mood ahead of the company’s iconic device turning 10. Big Oil gets buoyed by rising prices – and the New York Times by more readers. And Coach shows the retail industry how to cope with upheaval, up to a point.

Viewsroom: Europe’s electoral frenzy

27 April 2017

France is about to choose a new president. The UK has called a surprise election. Germans head to the polls soon and Italians and Greeks could be close behind. As Brexit gets in motion and President Trump settles in, Europe’s election season will bring risks and opportunities.

Viewsroom: Theresa May’s big Brexit gamble

20 April 2017

The UK PM wants an early general election to strengthen her majority in parliament, stoking market hopes of a friendly exit from the EU. Those may be misplaced. Elsewhere, Trump’s Buy American, Hire American plan is deeply flawed. And Goldman takes a beating from Morgan Stanley.

Viewsroom: United joins corporate culture chaos

13 April 2017

Taking three days to offer a basic apology to the passenger dragged off a flight suggests deeper problems at the U.S. airline. Poor leadership and processes took a toll on Wells Fargo and Toshiba, too. Executives and boards ignore the lessons of cultural failures at their peril.

Viewsroom: Jamie Dimon’s bank-reform cheat sheet

6 April 2017

The JPMorgan CEO’s latest shareholder letter hands President Trump and Republicans plenty of tips and sound bites for rolling back post-crisis rules. But the administration’s failure to replace the Fed’s departing top regulator throws more doubt on a Dodd-Frank overhaul.

Viewsroom: David Einhorn pokes under GM hood

30 March 2017

The activist’s proposal that the automaker split its stock to give some shareholders a perpetual dividend is a risky maneuver.  President Trump’s plan for skilled-worker visas may make Canada great again. Plus, Republicans face high hurdles to overhaul the U.S. tax code.

Viewsroom: Google, Facebook under the gun

23 March 2017

The ad kings have faced criticism over questionable content. Now Google is in the hot seat as brands like L’Oreal pull their digital spending.  Also, Lyft finds an opening as Uber hits roadblocks. Plus: Not all is copacetic between Goldman Sachs alumni in Washington.