CEOs Caught Between Duties to Shareholders and Trump
What does “fiduciary duty” mean now? Plus: It’s a make-or-break autumn for the German chancellor.
Pro-Jimmy Kimmel signs outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where his show is performed, on Sept. 18, while it was off the air.
Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images North America
President Donald Trump this morning is threatening new tariffs on foreign films and furniture manufacturers, continuing his political effort to remake the American economy. Christopher Beam writes today about whether companies have a legal duty to go along with other administration demands or to push back in the interest of shareholders. And in Germany yesterday, runoff elections offered Chancellor Friedrich Merz a bit of relief, but not much, as a populist movement builds. Bloomberg News Berlin editor Chris Reiter explains below. And introducing our daily word game: Alphadots!
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