Boeing Shares, Tesla Swerve, Renault Alliance: CEO Daily for March 11, 2019
Good morning. Fed Chairman Jay Powell went on 60 Minutes last night to say that the U.S. economy is doing just fine, there is no need to raise rates, and President Trump can't fire him. Fed chiefs...
View ArticleGoogle Sprawl, Boeing Woes, Capitalism Warning: CEO Daily for March 12, 2019
Good morning. Is bigness bad? Elizabeth Warren thinks so. She has put #BreakUpBigTech at the center of her campaign for the presidency. And in this new age of populism, it has a nice ring to it. But...
View ArticleHealth Records, Boeing Concerns, Worldpay Sale: CEO Daily for March 18, 2019
Good morning. At Fortune, we believe in the power of technology to make the world a better place. But we also know that the best-intended technology can sometimes turn sour. That appears to be the case...
View ArticleGermany Pushes for Deutsche Bank-Commerzbank Merger As It Seeks a National...
After years of speculation, Germany’s two biggest lenders, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, have formally decided to begin discussing a potential merger. The tie-up between the struggling banks could...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Loaned Trump Billions: Report
In the midst of the New York attorney general’s and two different Congressional committees’ simultaneous investigations into President Donald Trump’s relationship with Deutsche Bank AG, the New York...
View ArticleBrexit Extension, Facebook Passwords, Boeing Orders: CEO Daily for March 22,...
Good morning. David Meyer here, filling in for Alan from Berlin. Apologies for harping on about Brexit, but it’s just too momentous and horrific a saga to avoid right now, and British Prime Minister...
View ArticleBoeing Probe, Lyft IPO, Not-Brexit Day: CEO Daily for March 29, 2019
Good morning. Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan is stepping down, after two years of trying valiantly, but unsuccessfully, to demonstrate that an insider could clean up the bank's broken culture. Fortune's...
View ArticleGhosn Back, Tesla Drop, Boeing Report: CEO Daily for April 4, 2019
Good morning. Health care was topic of the week for the Trump-obsessed media, as the president first promised to devise a replacement to the Affordable Care Act, then abruptly abandoned the effort...
View ArticleFacebook Fine, Tesla Loss, Ghosn Bail: CEO Daily for April 25, 2019
Good morning. Boeing reported yesterday that its earnings fell 21% in the first three months of the year after the grounding of its 737 Max jet, following two fatal crashes. The company backed off its...
View ArticleUber IPO, Daimler Slump, Deutsche Bank: CEO Daily for April 26, 2019
Good morning. Since it's Friday, some feedback. Mike Luttig, the general counsel of Boeing, had a strong reaction to my suggestion that Boeing might have a Wells Fargo problem. He writes: "Your piece...
View ArticleBayer Revolt, Boeing Safety, Avengers Triumph: CEO Daily for April 29, 2019
Good morning. If you are wondering why the scam at Theranos went on for a decade without any of the departed employees who were aware of the fraud blowing the whistle, there is an easy answer: NDAs....
View ArticleTrump Suit, Alphabet Stumble, Huawei Backdoor: CEO Daily for April 30, 2019
Good morning. Four years ago, I spent an evening at the now infamous White House Correspondents Dinner seated between Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and Marriott CEO Arne Sorensen. (You can read Fortune's...
View ArticleTrump Family Sues Deutsche Bank To Keep Financial Records Secret
President Donald Trump sued to block Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp. from complying with congressional subpoenas targeting his bank records, escalating the president's showdown with...
View ArticleChina Talks, Markets Recover, Anadarko Bids: CEO Daily for May 7, 2019
Good morning. Ron Williams, the former CEO of Aetna, has a new book out this morning called Learning to Lead. You may wonder whether the world really needs another leadership primer. But Williams has a...
View ArticleHuawei Vendors, T-Mobile and Sprint, Trump vs Pelosi: CEO Daily for May 23, 2019
Good morning. Thanks to all who tried out our Fortune 500 CEO poll. Some clear differences emerged between the CEO Daily reader and the 500 chief execs: -CEO Daily readers are slightly more pessimistic...
View ArticleFCA Renault, Alibaba Listing, Deutsche Bank: CEO Daily for May 28, 2019
Good morning. I spent some of the Memorial Day weekend reading The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier. The book is not new--it was published in late 2018. But it was called to my attention last week,...
View ArticleInvestment Banks Are Pressing ‘Play’ on Podcasts
Perhaps you’ve already devoured all three seasons of "Serial,” subscribe to "WTF with Marc Maron," and have The New York Times‘ "The Daily" on heavy rotation--what’s next on your podcast playlist?...
View ArticleTech Regulation’s Deft-Hand Problem: CEO Daily
Good Monday morning. The rising drum roll to regulate digital platforms has understandable roots. Consider: - From an economics perspective, the marginal benefit of adding each new customer to a...
View ArticleFinance Is on the Cusp of Huge Change: CEO Daily
Good morning. It was a rainy day in Montauk yesterday, but that turned out to be a good thing. The conversation inside the Fortune Brainstorm Finance tent deserved no distractions. What made the event...
View ArticleMust-Read Books for CEOs: CEO Daily
Good morning. If you are looking for a book to take to the beach this summer, CEO Daily readers have lots of suggestions. When we asked the question: "What's the best book you've read in the past...
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