Thursday, May 4, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Hold the iPhone

Apple is increasing dividends and stock buybacks in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of its pioneering smartphone. Rob Cyran and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss whether it's enough to satisfy investors.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Money-management woes

Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle explain how AllianceBernstein CEO Peter Kraus’s ouster fits into the tough battle active managers are fighting as passive funds win assets and crush fees.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Deal finance 101

Purdue University is buying online diploma factory Kaplan in a first-of-its-kind-transaction. Kate Duguid and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss whether the idea makes the grade.

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Monday, May 1, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Crunching Oreos

Mondelez may be seeking a new CEO and remains under pressure from activists. Lauren Silva Laughlin and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss whether the numbers would stack up in a possible sale to Kraft Heinz.

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Friday, April 28, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Buoyant boutiques

With Lazard joining Evercore and Moelis in reporting strong earnings, Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle discuss how smaller investment banks are cleaning up on the rise in M&A activity.

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Tech hype drives Didi Chuxing to $50 bln valuation

Enthusiasm for tech funds has China's top ride-hailing app pegged for a $50 billion valuation, on the back of a new round of fund-raising. Reuters Breakingviews Robyn Mak explains that it's less clear what they'll spend that money on.

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Breakingviews TV: Twitter's challenge

The human newswire's user growth rose in the first quarter, but revenue declined. Jennifer Saba and Rob Cox discuss why advertisers are shying away from Twitter.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Tyson’s tasty deal

Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle explain why the poultry company’s $3.2 bln offer for AdvancePierre makes financial sense both for Tyson and its target’s biggest shareholder, Oaktree.

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Breakingviews TV: $24 bln of needles and tubes

Robert Cyran and Richard Beales discuss the rationale for Becton Dickinson's agreed purchase of U.S. medical-devices rival C.R. Bard given the weakness of the financial logic.

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Breakingviews TV: 100 billion reasons

Breakingviews editors chew over potential candidates for a record-breaking $100 billion cash-financed acquisition, a hypothetical possibility recently floated by JPMorgan's M&A chairman.

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Friday, April 21, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Verizon's M&A call

The U.S. wireless giant lost customers and its profit fell, perhaps helping explain CEO Lowell McAdam's recent remarks about mergers. Jennifer Saba and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss.

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Morgan beats Goldman

Morgan Stanley hit its return target with $1.8 bln in first-quarter earnings. Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle discuss how the strong showing put traditional rival Goldman Sachs in the shade.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Netflix original

Jen Saba and Richard Beales explore why Netflix's usually volatile stock didn't react to its quarterly earnings on Monday, and what the video streaming service seems to be getting right.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Grabbing MoneyGram

Jeff Goldfarb and Antony Currie explain why Euronet might be better off hoping regulators kill Ant Financial’s increased $1.2 bln bid for the payments firm rather than offering more money.

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Bank bonanza

Citigroup, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo all delivered results that exceeded expectations amid investor exuberance. Antony Currie and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the valuation disconnects.

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Toshiba’s travails

Antony Currie and Richard Beales explain how poor governance, bad dealmaking and a lack of focus took the Japanese electronics-to-nuclear-power conglomerate into an existential crisis.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Breakingviews TV: United in sorrow

Antony Currie and Rob Cox explain why the airline’s poor response to a passenger’s forced removal from a flight is a reminder to companies to apologize first and ask questions later.

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Breakingviews TV: Tesla's ludicrous mode

Antony Currie and Richard Beales figure out what's needed to justify Tesla's $51 bln market value – more than GM or Ford – and whether those assumptions are realistic.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Banking on clawbacks

Tom Buerkle and Richard Beales wonder whether Wells Fargo's board has done enough following its investigation into practices that led to an embarrassing fake-accounts scandal.

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Monday, April 10, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Comcast's crossed lines

The $180 bln U.S. cable colossus is now selling mobile service, too. Jen Saba and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss why Comcast is getting into the cutthroat market as its telecom rivals move into TV.

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Friday, April 7, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Bezos’ space race

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is selling $1 bln of stock a year to fund his space venture. Rob Cyran and Tom Buerkle discuss how the firm’s cloud-computing wealth is rocket fuel for his ambitions.

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Breakingviews TV: M&A bread maker

Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle explain why the yeasty premium on JAB’s $7.5 bln deal for Panera is unlikely to be replicated in other deals in the fast-consolidating restaurant industry.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Fox and fewer friends

Jennifer Saba and Richard Beales evaluate the impact on Fox News' business of past and present allegations of sexual harassment against the likes of on-air host Bill O'Reilly and former Chairman Roger Ailes.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Yuan percent

Tom Buerkle talks to Richard Beales about why the Chinese currency makes up only 1 pct of global central banks' reserves, according to the IMF, and how that may change over time.

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Monday, April 3, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Hollywood drama

Stagnant ticket sales, competition from streaming services, studio turmoil: Jen Saba and Tom Buerkle discuss the litany of woes plaguing the movie industry.

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Friday, March 31, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Mexico railroads U.S.

Miner outfit Grupo Mexico is paying $2.1 bln for a Florida railway. Martin Langfield and Tom Buerkle discuss how the U.S.-Mexican relationship is not all one-way traffic, wall or no wall.

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Breakingviews TV: EU’s antitrust future

European regulators told DuPont to hive off its R&D labs under its merger with Dow Chemical. Rob Cyran and Tom Buerkle discuss why trustbusters are focusing more on tomorrow’s competition.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Climate winds change

President Donald Trump is rolling back global-warming considerations in U.S. energy policy, but Richard Beales and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss why scientists and investors have momentum on their side.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Kushner's business

Rob Cox and Tom Buerkle discuss how business ideas can sometimes make government better and why Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, probably isn't the person to make that happen.

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Monday, March 27, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Painting a deal

Jeffrey Goldfarb and Richard Beales discuss U.S.-based PPG's $24 billion interest in Dutch paints giant Akzo Nobel, and why the target would summarily reject a buyer already offering too much.

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Sears seared

Jennifer Saba and Richard Beales discuss Sears' warning about its future as a going concern and the financial implications for the retailer's CEO and long-time investor Eddie Lampert.

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Petrobras shows way

The state-owned oil firm returned to the black in the fourth quarter. Martin Langfield and Tom Buerkle discuss the reforms behind the turnaround, and what they portend for Brazil’s recovery.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Uber vs. Lyft

Rob Cyran tells Tom Buerkle how Uber’s woes, including the departure of its president, could give a boost to rival Lyft as it seeks to raise $500 mln and accelerate its expansion efforts.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Duopoly money

Google is getting squeezed in Britain over ad policies while Facebook faces outcries over fake news. Jen Saba and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the mounting pressure on the duo's digital dominance.

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Monday, March 20, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Battery-free chicken

Rob Cyran and Tom Buerkle discuss a new technique for growing poultry meat in a vat. It ticks the environmental and humane boxes, but faces a chicken-and-egg problem in getting to market.

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Friday, March 17, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Fed's engine-tuning

The U.S. central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months. Tom Buerkle and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss what it means for expanded consumer balance sheets.

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Unicorns’ IPO prance

Snap burned public-market investors but opened the floodgates for similarly high-valued private tech firms like Yext, Okta and MuleSoft, columnist Robert Cyran tells Rob Cox.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Chomping at bitcoin

An attempt to bring the crypto-currency to the masses was struck down by U.S. regulators, but blockchain technology is gaining traction. Tom Buerkle and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss bitcoin's fate.

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Self-driving Intel

Antony Currie and Robert Cyran explain how the chip firm’s $15 bln deal for autonomous-car parts supplier Mobileye pits a rapidly growing market against Intel’s patchy M&A record.

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Monday, March 13, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Trump's jobs lift

Tom Buerkle and Gina Chon discuss how a strong February employment report could put wind in the sails of the president’s economic agenda if he can focus on tax cuts and infrastructure.

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Friday, March 10, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Help wanted at AIG

Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle explain why CEO Peter Hancock’s departure leaves the insurer needing to find a successor able to fix the company and fend off calls for a breakup.

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Money manager M&A woes

Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle explain why poor fund performance, messy governance and flight risk are making investors lukewarm about Standard Life’s 11 bln pound merger with Aberdeen.

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Ill healthcare reform

The long-awaited Republican proposal to replace Obamacare is fraught with financial and political problems. Robert Cyran and Jeffrey Goldfarb deliver the grim prognosis.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Shopping brawl

Upscale-mall owner Taubman Centers is battling it out with an aggressive investor who wants to shake up the company. Jennifer Saba and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the industry's woes.

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Monday, March 6, 2017

Breakingviews TV: India's new unicorn

Alibaba's investment in Paytm's e-commerce unit at a $1 bln valuation ratchets up competition with Amazon and others. Una Galani and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss where the Indian market is heading.

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Friday, March 3, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Wells/Yahoo clawbacks

Jennifer Saba, Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle assess the pay penalties Wells Fargo and Yahoo are imposing on their executives for the companies’ respective fake-account and hacking scandals.

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Breakingviews TV: SoftBank targets

The Japanese conglomerate led by Masayoshi Son, who also has a new $100 bln investment fund, is on a buying binge. Breakingviews columnists break down the strategy.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Selling Italians coffee

Starbucks is opening its first outlet in the country where Howard Schultz found inspiration for his company – and may find success, Lisa Jucca tells Rob Cox.

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Breakingviews TV: Apple of Buffett's eye

Robert Cyran and Richard Beales run the rule over the $720 billion iPhone maker's valuation and explain why Warren Buffett isn't stretching far to believe it might reach the $1 trillion mark.

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Mark-to-Mnuchin

The new U.S. Treasury secretary says investors are reacting positively to President Trump's policies. Gina Chon and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss what happens when the stock rally inevitably reverses.

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Friday, February 24, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Tesla's new gear

The electric-car maker's results did not provide any insight into why its shares have been on a tear. Richard Beales and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the growing cult of Elon Musk as a factor.

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Latam trumps populism

Antony Currie and Martin Langfield explain why a second round for Ecuador's presidential election is a victory for sensible politics in the region, but U.S.-inspired jingoism is a threat.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Witch-Kraft

The proposed $143 bln takeover of Unilever by Kraft Heinz was yanked almost as quickly as it surfaced. Breakingviews editors discuss what leftovers the deal might cook up.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Breakingviews TV: CNN to CBS?

Jennifer Saba and Richard Beales discuss the possibility that Time Warner, selling itself to AT&T for $85 bln, may be forced by regulators to sell CNN – and why CBS might buy it.

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Friday, February 17, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Snappy pricing

Jeffrey Goldfarb tells Richard Beales why investors will probably struggle to stay away from the nearly $20 bln initial public offering of Snapchat's parent, despite plenty of red flags.

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Breakingviews TV: SoftBank storms Fortress

The Japanese telecom titan's $3.3 bln acquisition of a private-equity firm may be a smart, albeit strange, so-called acqui-hire. Tom Buerkle and Jeffrey Goldfarb consider the merits.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Moteurs Généraux

Antony Currie and Richard Beales explore why the French maker of Peugeot cars may want to acquire General Motors' European operations and why offloading Opel and Vauxhall could suit GM, too.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Ice sculpture M&A

Antony Currie and Robert Cyran explain why Allergan's $2.5 bln deal for fat-freezing firm Zeltiq offers more certainty of cold, hard cash than some of its other recent acquisitions.

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Monday, February 13, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Moelis of Arabia

Boutique investment bank Moelis landed a role advising on what could be the world's biggest IPO, of Saudi oil producer Aramco. Antony Currie and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the significance.

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Friday, February 10, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Trumping NAFTA

Martin Langfield and Richard Beales explore how the president might use the scrapped TPP pact to improve America's trade deal with Mexico and Canada, and why Canada has to walk a fine line.

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Tequila priced to sell

Underwriters will uncork Jose Cuervo's IPO at a valuation that is sure to whet investors' thirst despite the political ructions between Donald Trump and Mexico, Tom Buerkle tells Rob Cox.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Breakingviews TV: City of alights?

A Parisian trade group is trying to woo British bankers as they mull their Brexit plans. Rob Cox and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the financial, cultural and political considerations.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Dodd-Frank rollback

Antony Currie and Richard Beales dissect the future of U.S. bank regulation after Friday's executive order from Donald Trump and comments from his new lieutenant, ex-Goldman No. 2 Gary Cohn.

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Monday, February 6, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Snap's crackle and pop

In its IPO plan, the vanishing-message app called itself a camera company and disclosed nearly $1 bln of cash-burn over the last two years. Breakingviews columnists look at the big picture.

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Friday, February 3, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Facebook gets liked

Jen Saba and Tom Buerkle discuss the drivers behind Facebook’s blowout quarter and the challenges its digital dominance poses for Snap as it prepares to release financials for its IPO.

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Apple's bounce

The iPhone maker's market value gained $35 bln after reporting fiscal first-quarter profit of nearly $18 bln and pledging to double revenue from services. Rob Cox and Rob Cyran discuss.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Under Armour pummeled

Jen Saba and Tom Buerkle discuss the challenges facing the athletic-wear maker and its founder, Kevin Plank, after a sharp slowdown in sales knocked a quarter off the firm’s market value.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Immigration overload

Breakingviews editors explain why banning citizens from seven mostly Muslim countries should scare investors wedded to the Trump rally - and how firms face a dilemma in whether to respond.

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Monday, January 30, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Trump's GDP dilemma

Subpar fourth-quarter growth should be catnip for the new president. But Antony Currie and Gina Chon explain how his protectionism could whack exports - and his pledge to boost the economy.

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Friday, January 27, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Verizon's M&A Charter

Jennifer Saba and Richard Beales discuss the $200 bln Verizon's possible interest in $84 bln cable firm Charter, and why it's a long shot in interesting times.

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Breakingviews TV: Shkreli shreds pharma

Big Pharma’s latest PR push backfired when industry bad boy Martin Shkreli lampooned his rivals’ record on pricing and innovation. Rob Cyran tells Tom Buerkle why this kerfuffle matters.

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Breakingviews TV: Verizon's M&A Charter

Jennifer Saba and Richard Beales discuss the $200 bln Verizon's possible interest in $84 bln cable firm Charter, and why it's a long shot in interesting times.

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Shkreli shreds pharma

Big Pharma’s latest PR push backfired when industry bad boy Martin Shkreli lampooned his rivals’ record on pricing and innovation. Rob Cyran tells Tom Buerkle why this kerfuffle matters.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Invitation to profit

Blackstone is taking its massive portfolio of U.S. single-family residences on the road with the initial public offering of Invitation Homes, which Tom Buerkle says is priced to sell.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Davos nonsensus

Just back from the World Economic Forum gathering in Switzerland, Rob Cox talks to Jeffrey Goldfarb about the conventional wisdom among the global elite most likely to turn out wrong.

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Monday, January 23, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Middle-manager Trump

Antony Currie and Jeff Goldfarb discuss how the 45th U.S. president has made grandiose promises but so far spent too much time sweating small details and meeting, or bashing, celebrities.

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Friday, January 20, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Trump's terrible deal

The president-elect is keeping his business in the family. Gina Chon and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss why this conflicts-of-interest plan falls well short and how it could hurt Trump.

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Postcard from Davos

Blackstone's John Studzinski breaks down the events of the penultimate day of the World Economic Forum, including UK Prime Minister Theresa May's speech, with Breakingviews editor Rob Cox.

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Breakingviews TV: Goldman earnings shine

A post-election surge in trading boosted the investment bank’s fourth-quarter profit. Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle discuss how the rise will lift bonuses even if it leaves the stock flat.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Postcard from Davos

Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped into the vacuum of globalism left by retreating Americans and Brits. Rob Cox and Peter Thal Larsen discuss from the World Economic Forum.

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Breakingviews TV: Postcard from Davos

At the annual World Economic Forum gathering, Donald Trump and deregulation are all the rage. Rob Cox and Carmel Crimmins beam in from the mountains.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Bank bonanza

BofA, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo all reported fourth-quarter results Friday. Antony Currie and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss whether the big post-election run-up in their stock prices is warranted.

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Infrastructure blueprint

There are some cracks in President-elect Donald Trump's $1 trillion plan to build and repair U.S. roads and bridges. Richard Beales and Jeffrey Goldfarb break them down.

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Yahoo’s alt-ego

The internet firm plans to rebrand itself as Altaba after selling its search and ad units to Verizon. Jennifer Saba and Tom Buerkle discuss what this says about the odds of closing the deal.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Breakingviews NY Predictions 2017: Seismic shifts

Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has the potential to shift the political and financial landscape across the entire world. Reuters Breakingviews hosts a free-wheeling debate to assess what’s in store for the coming year.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Detroit’s big plans

New trucks and sport utility vehicles were the talk of the Detroit Auto Show. Antony Currie tells Tom Buerkle how the trend might rev up the automakers’ bottom lines - and share prices.

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Breakingviews TV: Mars gets pet friendly

Jennifer Saba and Richard Beales discuss the confectionery giant's $7.7 billion deal to buy VCA, an animal-healthcare specialist, and how it fits with Mars' past and future.

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Monday, January 9, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Driving forces

With the big annual auto hootenanny set to kick off in Detroit, Antony Currie and Jeffrey Goldfarb talk Toyota, technology and Trump.

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Breakingviews TV: M&A's enviable toolkit

Antony Currie and Richard Beales explain how serial-acquirer Stanley Black & Decker has fashioned another fine deal with its $900 mln purchase of Craftsman from Sears.

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Breakingviews TV: An insider at the SEC

Avowed swamp-drainer Donald Trump named Wall Street legal ace Jay Clayton to run the SEC. Rob Cox and Tom Buerkle discuss what his record and Goldman ties mean for the market watchdog.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Trump's trade tirade

Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle explain that the president-elect's pick for U.S. trade rep, Robert Lighthizer, heralds a far harsher attack on cross-border commerce than his tweetstorms.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Breakingviews TV: Disney's Netflix fix

Antony Currie and Jen Saba outline how buying the streaming-video service could help the House of Mouse solve both its consumer technology and CEO succession issues – at a price.

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