Viewsroom

Viewsroom: AT&T’s dog of a deal

27 Oct 2016

CEO Randall Stephenson's $85 bln offer for Time Warner lacks strategic rationale, has politicians of all stripes criticizing it and has destroyed shareholder value while denying owners a vote. All it lacks – so far – is an activist shareholder demanding it be scrapped.

Viewsroom: Airing Trump TV

20 Oct 2016

The presidential candidate's poor showing is hurting his businesses, but a news network could pay off if he loses the election. Saudi Arabia's monster bond deal can't mask bigger problems. And bank earnings take in the Wells Fargo effect while Netflix investors lose the plot.

Viewsroom: Samsung’s fiery future

13 Oct 2016

Cancelling production of its self-combusting Note 7 smartphone puts the company's reputation as well as $17 bln or more at risk. Cities, businesses and investors are putting Trump and Clinton to shame on climate change. Plus: Brexit politics get shaken up by the pound's decline.

Viewsroom: Twitter’s takeover meltdown

7 Oct 2016

The social network's stalled user and revenue growth is sending shareholders of Salesforce and other potential bidders running for cover. Meanwhile, Yahoo's email scans for U.S. authorities have rattled buyer Verizon. Plus: Is John Stumpf's time as Wells Fargo CEO nearing an end?

Viewsroom: One hundred days of Brexit

30 Sep 2016

Oct. 2 marks 100 days since Britain’s vote to leave the EU. How has the economy fared, and will the City of London weather Brexit? Breakingviews writers discuss trade deals, financial services and the scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Theresa May.

Viewsroom: Apple’s driving ambition

23 Sep 2016

The iPhone maker’s desire to enter the auto market could benefit from taking a stake in Elon Musk’s Tesla.  Recent actions by the BOJ may help kickstart the Japanese economy.  And what it means that hedge-fund manager Leon Cooperman is fighting the SEC rather than settling.

Viewsroom: Wells Fargo stagecoach hits a ditch

16 Sep 2016

The bank that steered clear of the financial crisis breaks down after creating 2 mln fake accounts. New evidence undermines Donald Trump's claims few benefit from the U.S. economic recovery. And why Hanjin's corporate capsize may prompt attempts to fix to shipping-industry woes.

Viewsroom: Trump immigration plan deports $1 trln

12 Sep 2016

The iPhone 7 may seem like an underwhelming upgrade, but it sets the company up well for the rise of augmented reality. Donald Trump's plans to curb visas and send illegal immigrants home defy economic logic. And scandal-prone VW takes its truck ambitions stateside.