Ford will offer 300 million common shares to shore up cash reserves, avoid a federal bailout, and keep it out of bankruptcy as its Detroit competitors GM and Chrysler struggle to restructure. School of Management Dean Louis Lataif, a former Ford executive, can offer strategic perspective on the move. Contact Louis Lataif, 617-353-2668, lelataif@bu.edu
Sources report that media mogul David Geffen is trying to buy a stake in the financially troubled New York Times. College of Communication journalism Professor Christopher Daly, who is writing a book on the struggles of newspapers to remain financially viable, is available to put the Geffen move in context. Contact Christropher Daly, 617-353-4295, cdaly@bu.edu
With the White House unveiling a $210 billion plan to tax more of U.S. firms’ overseas earnings and crack down on tax-avoidance loopholes, School of Law Professor Daniel Berman, a former Treasury Department official and now director of the graduate tax program, can look at the historical track record of presidents on such proposals. “Many […]
As a former long-time ABC News foreign correspondent, College of Communication journalism Professor Robert Zelnick can offer unique perspective on the decision by the Iranian government to free American journalist Roxana Saberi. “The freeing of Roxana Saberi, a courageous journalist whose three months imprisonment rightly triggered international outrage, shows that even Iran cannot be completely […]
With the Obama administration’s top antitrust official announcing plans to restore an aggressive antitrust enforcement policy, School of Management Professor Michael Salinger, a former FTC official, can offer some perspective on the likely impact. “I will be interested to hear the specifics of what she says about monopolization cases. This is an inherently more controversial […]
With the government’s “stress tests” now completed on the nation’s largest banks, School of Management risk expert Mark T. Williams, a former Federal Reserve bank examiner, looks at the lessons learned and what happens next. “Stronger capital requirements, better regulatory risk oversight, and banks with a stronger handle on fundamental risk-management principles should help reduce the […]
With leading health-care industry groups offering the Obama administration $2 trillion in savings over the next decade, School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson can discuss the implications. He is the author of the soon to be published book “In Urgent Need of Reform: Saving the U.S. Healthcare System.” “These organizatons are promising to reduce their […]
Despite billions of taxpayer dollars poured into it to help revive the US economy, GM plans to add many of its new automaking jobs overseas under its restructuring. The Washington Post reports that the GM plan looks to double the number of cars it sells in the US that will be built Mexico, China, and South Korea. School […]
Google acknowledges the FTC is asking about antitrust implications of the ties between the boards of Google and Apple. Though they share two directors and compete on cell-phone operating systems, browser software, and online video distribution, Google says there’s no antitrust there. School of Management Professor Michael Salinger, a former FTC official, and Law Professor Keith […]
With Boston Globe Newspaper Guild members still considering the final contract offer from owners at the New York Times, the Globe’s publisher is predicting more reductions but a future for New England’s largest paper. Meantime, sources say the Times is looking for a buyer. College of Communication Dean Tom Fiedler, a former executive editor of […]
