Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Breakingviews TV: Cognizant's consult

Hedge fund Elliott wants the $35 billion IT services provider to improve its margins and return capital to shareholders. Rob Cyran and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the merits of the advice.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Breakingviews TV: Calling Time

Jennifer Saba and Richard Beales talk about a report that Time Inc has rejected an offer from Edgar Bronfman Jr. and others, and why it suggests the magazine group is now for sale.

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Monday, November 28, 2016

Breakingviews TV: Trumping climate change

Jeffrey Goldfarb and Antony Currie explain how market forces and initiatives by U.S. states and cities can mitigate the environmental damage of a global-warming skeptic in the White House.

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Friday, November 25, 2016

Breakingviews TV: To Wells and back

Wells Fargo's fake-accounts scandal has brought yet another punishment. Antony Currie and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the bank having to run hiring and firing decisions by its regulator.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Breakingviews TV: Facebook's $6 bln diversion

Amid a slew of stumbles the social network launched its first-ever stock buyback. It's a case of look here, not there, Jen Saba and Rob Cox argue.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Breakingviews TV: Trump U-turn

The president-elect will pay $25 mln to settle allegations of fraud against his real-estate seminar program. Jeffrey Goldfarb and Rob Cox discuss whether voters may soon feel duped, too.

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Monday, November 21, 2016

Breakingviews TV: Fake-news reality

New Balance, Pepsi and Ford all have confronted Trump-related misinformation in the days following the U.S. election. Kevin Allison and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss this conundrum facing Corporate America.

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