Viewsroom
Breakingviews columnists talk about the big numbers, crunchy deals and nasty spats in global business and economics, offering a weekly dose of financial insight that goes beyond the concise and provocative views readers get from our columns every day.
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Pandora putsch, MetLife slam, M&A scam
The music-streaming service picks a golden-oldie CEO, while the mega-insurer sheds its too-big-to-fail tag. Plus: Even Wall Street pros can fall prey to determined swindlers.
25 min
402
Tennis jerks, Boss bonuses, Water woes
A tournament head gets axed for demeaning the women's game, while two banks lighten CEO wallets. Plus: There's no drought of H2O optimism.
22 min
403
Valeant spiral, Chinese tourists, top-court pick
The funky pharma firm is coming to grips with mortality, while China's Anbang gobbles up U.S. hotels at high prices. Plus: Corporate America gets a Supreme Court nominee it can live with.
30 min
404
Sexist boards, fintech flaws, Gutfreund farewell
Gender quotas for directors don't work, a new study finds. And who's policing high-tech lenders and payments firms? Plus: the late Solomon Brothers boss changed Wall Street forever.
25 min
405
Wall Street frenemies, Ackman, AT&T
Trump and Hillary Clinton bash banks while taking their money, and the controversial investor sticks it out at Valeant and Herbalife. Plus: aging telecoms shake up cable TV.
23 min
406
Fed follies, Dish dish, Scalia scraps
The Minnesota Fed boss shocked colleagues with a call to break up the banks, and the satellite TV firm has left investors confused. Plus: How the Supreme Court justice's death affects Corporate America.
19 min
407
Bookstores back, Redstone out, Zika lurks
Internet-retailer Amazon embraces bricks and mortar, while the soap opera around Viacom's aged founder continues. Plus, panic over the dangerous virus is Brazil's Achilles heel.
25 min
408
Facebook, Twitter and Apple
The social media giant rode mobile ads to riches, while Jack Dorsey's company watched bosses head for the exits. And Apple may be stuck in iPhone purgatory. All on the Viewsroom tech edition.
25 min
409
Gas guzzlers, Al Jazeera and VW follies
The falling price of oil is putting U.S. carmakers in a quandary – and may have contributed to the demise of Al Jazeera America. Plus: Volkswagen can’t seem to keep its foot out of its mouth.
19 min
410
Flicks and automobiles
Netflix goes global – big time, while China's richest man takes a stake in Hollywood. Plus: Automakers greet the New Year with GM's Lyft investment, a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show and plans to impress in Detroit with their own pow ...
19 min
411
Cracking the predictions book
Breakingviews' volume of prescient insight for 2016 includes forecasts about M&A, oil, interest rates, the Olympics, Star Wars booty and much more. Ren Holding and Antony Currie pick their favorites.
25 min
412
The predictions edition – Star Wars, interest r...
Disney is destined to make a pile on the new Star Wars movie, and the Fed's big tease is over: Will rising interest rates revive old school metrics? Plus: what does the economy tell us about who will be president?
33 min
413
DuPont flirts, Yahoo fades, trustbusters gripe
Activist investors could be the big winners in a DuPont and Dow Chemical merger, and Yahoo should stop dithering its way to irrelevance. And what's with this game of chicken companies keep playing with antitrust enforcers? All on this week's ...
22 min
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Sumner Redstone, BTG Pactual and the Paris clim...
The 92-year-old controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS is showing his age, while the Brazilian bank's boss is in jail: Should either remain at the helm? Plus, the case for chipping away at climate change. All in this week's edition of the ...
11 min
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Introducing Viewsroom
A preview of the Viewsroom, a new Reuters podcast where each Breakingviews columnists will talk about the big numbers, crunchy deals and nasty spats in global business and economics, offering a weekly dose of financial insight that goes beyond...
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