Buckle Up, Corporate America

Well, THAT column didn't age well. Yesterday I wrote about how top U.S. corporate trade groups were urging patience for all the votes to be counted in Tuesday's elections. Like everyone else I expected it would take a while for the White House race to be decided. You know the rest.
    
I'm still including a column link in today's newsletter below however as the discussion about companies' political roles remains relevant. I'm also adding links to a story about a corporate-governance reform proposed for News Corp, and one about the end of a strike at Boeing.         

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Top U.S. business leaders largely played it safe when talking about the presidential election held Tuesday, resisting calls to denounce Republican candidate Donald Trump, the once and future U.S. president, over questions like his regard for the rule of law and tendency to call out particular companies by name.
    
Even some critics of the approach conceded it would be difficult for CEOs of public companies to get so specific, and maybe  nobody cares about CEO endorsements anyway. Now that Trump has won, companies will see whether their approach looks wise.
    
You can regard parts of yesterday's column as outdated digital birdcage liner. But many parts still matter such as concerns the U.S. Chamber of Commerce raised about disinformation. You can read it all by clicking the button below.

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