Like GM the day before, Ford beat earnings estimates but saw its stock fall. Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle discuss the underlying forces obscuring the…
Breakingviews TV: M&A for books
Lauren Silva Laughlin and Richard Beales discuss the latest activist investor at $560 mln bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, and why going private makes sense…
Breakingviews TV: GE and Honeywell
Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle discuss new boss John Flannery’s challenge in turning around GE’s prospects and share price, and the strong start Darius Adamczyk…
Breakingviews TV: Dog-days IPO
PetIQ shares soared on their debut, bucking the bad trend set by similarly trendy Snap, Blue Apron and YogaWorks. Kate Duguid and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss…
Breakingviews TV: Self-imploding watchdog
Antony Currie and Gina Chon explain how CFPB Director Richard Cordray could play right into Republicans’ plans to defang the consumer regulator if he runs…
Breakingviews TV: Saucy governance
July 19 – Jen Saba and Tom Buerkle discuss the sudden board walkout at vegan-mayonnaise maker Hampton Creek, and the broader lesson it offers to…
Breakingviews TV: Making Wall Street great again
July 18 – Antony Currie and Richard Beales review the big U.S. banks’ second-quarter earnings, including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America today, and discuss…
Breakingviews TV: BlackRock and a hard place
July 17 – Tom Buerkle and Richard Beales discuss how Larry Fink, boss of $5.7 trln asset manager BlackRock, is staying ahead of the shift…
Breakingviews TV: Banks fail to excite
June 14 – Investors shrugged at earnings beats by JPMorgan, Citi and Wells Fargo. Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle discuss how tepid growth in the…
Sam Brownback, Kansas governor, nominated by Trump for religious freedom post
President Trump will nominate Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to serve as the State Department’s ambassador at large for international religious freedom, the White House announced…