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D.C. Political News Round-Up | May 2025

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In this month’s deep dive, Frost Brown Todd D.C. Partner-in-Charge Jonathan Miller interviews attorney and tariff expert Jan de Beer to discuss how businesses can navigate the United States’ ever-evolving tariff policies....more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.16.2020 | Top Story: WTO Finds U.S.’s 2018 Tariffs on China Broke Trade Rules

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A World Trade Organization panel on Tuesday declared that the U.S.’s 2018 tariffs on China “violated international trade rules,” siding with China and its allegations that the White House’s trade war broke, among other...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.16.2020 | Top Story: US and China Make Phase One Official While Trade Questions Linger

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Well, Phase One is official, thanks to a White House signing yesterday that included Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. With that act comes our first substantive look at the deal that’s been thus-far shrouded in secrecy. Some...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.15.2020 | Top Story: Dating Apps Face Scrutiny for Likely Data Privacy Violations

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Popular app-based dating services—from Tinder to OkCupid to Grindr—are the subject of unwanted scrutiny this week after a report by the Norwegian Consumer Council that they’re “spreading user information like dating choices...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.13.2019 | Top Story: US Announces Phase One Trade Agreement With China, But No Confirmation From Chinese

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The US and China have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the “final terms of a phase one trade deal, moving both countries closer to signing a pact that” the White House originally announced in October and averting...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.14.2019 | Top Story: Fed Chair Talks Economy and Rates During Congressional Testimony

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Fed Chair Powell was far from the main attraction on the Hill yesterday, but hey, let’s keep it on topic here and note his belief that the U.S. economy is performing well even as certain risks—including “sluggish growth...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.13.2019 | Top Story: Buffeted by Changing Consumer Demands, Dean Foods Declares Bankruptcy

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Dean Foods, the largest milk company in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy protection, a “fresh setback to a U.S. dairy industry struggling against declining U.S. milk consumption and rising competition.”  Industry experts...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.06.2019 | Top Story: Walgreens Boots Working With PE Firms to Go Private

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Bloomberg is reporting that Walgreens Boots is weighing a potential deal “to take the company private in what could become the largest leveraged buyout in history.” PE firms like KKR are apparently in the mix to assist in the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.13.2019 | Top Story: Global Volatility Sends Bonds Yields to Near-Record Lows

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A volatile August on Wall Street has insiders asking whether we should be taking our cues from 1998 or 2007. With that in mind, our financial term of the week is “countercyclical capital buffer,” a wonkish special for you...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.13.2019 | Top Story: Uber Shares Diving

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True, the economic headwinds weren’t its fault, but boy—not a banner debut for Uber after years of speculation and waiting....more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.8.2019 | Top Story: US/China Trade Talks Resume

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China’s lead trade negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, is in D.C. today—despite the White House’s latest threats to increase tariffs by 15% on $200 billion of Chinese goods—to continue trade talks with his U.S. counterparts. Mr....more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.7.2019 | Top Story: Occidental Ups Cash Bid for Anadarko

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Occidental has increased the cash portion of its recent bid for rival Anadarko, upping the cash side of its $38 billion offer to 78% (from 50%). Chevron now has 4 days to sweeten its bid or lose out – NYTimes and WSJ and...more

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Kraft Heinz dropped a double-whammy on investors on Thursday, announcing a $15 billion charge against its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands and revealing news of an SEC subpoena related to the company’s accounting practices....more

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The White House is reportedly considering easing some tariffs on Chinese markets “as a way to calm markets and give Beijing an incentive to make deeper concessions in a trade battle that has rattled global economies.” The...more

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We’re glad the steak dinner went well, but we’re also still anxiously awaiting actual details about what exactly is covered by the pause in the US/China trade war....more

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New York has sued Exxon Mobile over its alleged failure to disclose to its shareholder the “expected risk of climate change to its business”—behavior that the state asserts amounts to a “’longstanding fraudulent scheme’ to...more

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The US dialed up the heat in its trade war with China even further last night, announcing the imposition of tariffs by September 24th on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. When combined with the existing...more

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As expected based on news over the weekend, the US and Mexico have announced a preliminary deal to revise “key portions” of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Notably, Canada is thus far left out in the cold....more

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Comcast has withdrawn from its bidding war with Disney over 21st Century Fox’s assets, but it will continue in its pursuit of British satellite TV provider Sky PLC....more

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OMB official Kathleen Kraninger is likely to face serious questions as she takes to the Hill today to begin confirmation hearings for her surprise nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Why? Her lack of...more

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Theranos founder and ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been indicted on federal fraud charges along with former company president Ramesh Balwani.  The charges come three months after Holmes settled civil charges with the SEC....more

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Not an ideal report on the state of affairs for Zelle, the big banks’ payment-platform answer to Venmo. The Times reports that the “same features that make Zelle so useful for customers, its speed and ubiquity, have made it...more

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More than 3 years after admitting to cheating on diesel emissions tests, Volkswagen appears poised to oust CEO Matthias Muller—likely in favor of former BMW exec Herbert Diess....more

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