March 14 – CEO Larry Culp says he’s hitting the reset button for the beleaguered conglomerate. But as Antony Currie and Tom Buerkle explain, selling assets and restructuring businesses will take time – and depend on avoiding problems that are beyond Cu…
Weed is getting a new kind of celebrity endorser. Trian’s Nelson Peltz will bring his consumer-products nous to Aurora Cannabis in exchange for options for a 2 percent stake. John Foley says this is a smokin’ deal for the activist, whose options are al…
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar have called for tighter antitrust enforcement of tech giants in their presidential campaigns. With pressure for action growing, Jen Saba says Silicon Valley would do better to work with regulators rather than…
The plane maker’s shares fell on Monday after the second fatal accident involving its new 737 MAX 8 model in six months. Even if the financial hit proves smaller than the market reaction suggests, Boeing’s prospects could still be impaired by the disas…
Gender equality hasn’t improved much in C-suites and boardrooms worldwide since the last International Women’s Day, but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank sets a strong example to follow. Katrina Hamlin and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss what the $46 bln company get…
Boss Mark Zuckerberg wants to take the social network in a radical new direction focused around private, encrypted communications. That may address concerns over the firm’s data breaches, but as Jen Saba explains, it could undermine its ad-driven busin…
Traders might complain about low volatility, but conditions are ideal for those who want to borrow cheaply and lend at higher rates. The carry trade has made a comeback, but if it unwinds sharply, it won’t just be speculators who get whacked, Swaha Pat…
Lyft and Uber could between them raise twice as much from their IPOs as all U.S.-listing tech firms did last year. Antony Currie and Robert Cyran explain how, with the likes of Palantir, Slack and Airbnb also mulling going public, there may be more sup…
Lyft is hitting the trail for its initial public offering just ahead of larger ride-hailing rival Uber. Rob Cyran discusses how investors might react to the money-losing company’s effort to achieve a valuation up to $25 billion – with Uber and other bi…
Layoffs are sweeping across China’s once-booming high-tech industry, including at Didi, JD and Netease. Internet-related job openings fell by half on one recruitment site. Robyn Mak and Jeffrey Goldfarb discuss the implications for the country’s burgeo…