Monday, September 12, 2016

Breakingviews: Deportation economics

Gina Chon and Rob Cox discuss how the costs of Donald Trump's promise to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants outweigh the benefits.

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Breakingviews: Apple seeds future

The new iPhone 7 gets rid of the headphone jack but more importantly adds new photo and video capabilities. Rob Cyran and Jeffrey Goldfarb break down the sales outlook.

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Breakingviews: Un-mergers

Breakingviews editors discuss the record M&A activity in 2015 and why outstanding deals that may not close could make it close to a record year for failed mergers, too.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Breakingviews: Murdoch's settlements

Jen Saba and Rob Cox discuss how the high-profile harassment cases against Fox News and its former chief highlight poor oversight of the controlled media group.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Breakingviews: Drugmakers' D.C. dealing

As Congress prods Mylan over EpiPen in the latest probe on prescription prices, the pharmaceutical industry's massive lobbying spend gets put to the test. Gina Chon and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss.

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Friday, September 2, 2016

Breakingviews: Elon Musk's math

A $400 mln error was spotted by Lazard in a SolarCity valuation linked to its agreed sale to Tesla. Breakingviews editors break down this latest spreadsheet fail.

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Breakingviews: Brazil after Rousseff

Antony Currie and Martin Langfield lay out how new President Michel Temer can help turn around the economy after his predecessor's impeachment – and how lawmakers could be a big impediment.

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