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Rohan Goswami

Rohan Goswami

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South Korean president warns Trump after Hyundai ICE raid

President Lee Jae Myung said the raid had “flummoxed” the Korean business community and that the US’ tough visa requirements could make it difficult to keep investing there.
Korean workers being detained by ICE. ICE/Handout via Reuters.

Shareholder democracy enters its Disney-princess-BuzzFeed-quiz era

The big firms are trying to offload the politically sensitive issue of proxy voting back to regular investors. But do investors want it?
Wall Street.Kylie Cooper/Reuters

Musk’s $19 billion spectrum deal turns heat up on telecom companies

The deal, spurred in part by regulatory pressure from FCC chair Brendan Carr, is the latest spectrum land grab.
Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany.Patrick Pleul via Reuters

London’s transplants find US investors a tough crowd

Some of London’s companies have moved or considered moving their stock listings to New York, but are finding it difficult to deal with investors in the US.
A view of the City of London.Yann Tessier/Reuters

Nestlé’s CFO acknowledges board waited to launch deeper CEO probe

Chair Paul Bulcke now faces investor pressure over whether he slow-walked an investigation while the company’s stock and business were performing well.
Nestlé’s CFO Anna Manz.Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Elliott’s $4B bet on Pepsi adds to corporate drama

The outlook for the food industry is murkier than ever, feeling the impact of tariffs, shifting tastes, and the uptake of GLP-1 drugs.
A Pepsi truck is pictured in Irwindale, California, July 11, 2017.Mario Anzuoni/File Photo/Reuters

Can investors make The New York Times into the Netflix of news?

Fivespan Partners has taken a stake in the Grey Lady.

France’s government nears collapse for the second time this year

Paris’ borrowing costs spiked as the Prime Minister bet the house on a confidence vote over austerity plans to reduce government borrowing.

AT&T won the first battle for spectrum. Elon Musk and Amazon could be next.

AT&T’s deal to buy $23 billion worth of spectrum licensing from Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar this week was a reminder that bandwidth is a limited commodity.

Musk’s Starlink, T-Mobile eye EchoStar’s spectrum after AT&T deal

AT&T scooped up the lion’s share of EchoStar’s licenses for $23 billion Tuesday, but Charlie Ergen still has valuable airwaves to bargain with.

FCC Chair Carr takes his Comcast fight to the ballpark

Brendan Carr backed the Yankees’ YES Network in its carriage dispute with Comcast, and threw the first pitch at Yankee Stadium as the standoff deepens.

An Intel stake is bad for shareholders

The government wants to take more stakes in other companies, potentially changing how boards think about their relationship with shareholders.

Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan soothes Trump in Oval Office

Tan rolled the dice on a face-to-face meeting with the president Monday and made a favorable impression.

‘You’re welcome’: Biden’s antitrust chief points to Figma IPO as vindication of his policy

Jonathan Kanter, a former Justice Department official, says it was their robust antitrust approach that helped the design software firm thrive.

Tesla gives Musk $29B to keep his ‘energies focused’

New shares would give the billionaire 16% control of the carmaker, which is competing for his attention with AI, space, brain implants — and politics.

Executives look to beef up building security after Manhattan shooting

C-suites were already on edge after an insurance executive was assassinated last year, and now have to grapple with panicked employees and security overhauls.

$85 billion merger would create largest railroad in US

Union Pacific struck an $85 billion deal for Norfolk Southern, a combination that would create the US’ largest railroad, pending regulatory approval.

Nate Anderson rebuts pardoned Nikola founder

The short-seller, whose research sent Nikola CEO Trevor Milton to prison, hit back against a Tucker Carlson show portraying the executive as a deep-state victim.