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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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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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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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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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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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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