CEO Daily: Some Boeing Feedback

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FOLLOW subscribe SHARE April 26, 2019 Good morning. Since it's Friday, some feedback. Mike Luttig, the general counsel of Boeing, had a strong reaction to my suggestion that Boeing might have a Wells Fargo problem. He writes: "Your piece this morning, Alan, is spectacularly wrong and grossly misleading. It is a disservice to Boeing, but more importantly, it is a profound disservice to the truth." Judge Luttig is an honorable man, and certainly knows far more about the Boeing situation than I do. But as I replied to him, if Boeing has a good story to tell, it isn't doing a very good job of telling it. In particular, at a time like this, it would be helpful for the public to hear more from the CEO, Dennis Muilenburg. (His main public response to date has been this speech he gave at the George W. Bush Presidential Center Forum on April 11.) ML also defends Boeing: "Come on, Alan, if the flying public didn't trust Boeing they wouldn't be flying on any Boeing planes." Fair point. Separately, JK took some pleasure in my interview with Marc Andreessen from 2015, when we sparred over whether the winner-take-most dynamics of the tech industry were contributing to inequality: "I didn’t know you asked (Andreessen) that at that conference. I’m proud that my favorite high-level biz newsletter asked the tough questions. Congrats! And nice job pushing this narrative. It’s so true." Bruised and burnished, I'll retire for the weekend. More news below. Alan Murray @alansmurray alan.murray@fortune.com . Top News Uber IPO Uber was gunning for an IPO valuation of up to $100 billion, but following Lyft's post-IPO struggles it's now looking at something in the $80 billion to $90 billion range. That's according to the Wall Street Journal, which reports Uber aims to raise $8 billion to $10 billion in the flotation. WSJ Daimler Slump Daimler suffered a 16% drop in profits during its first quarter, thanks to falling Mercedes-Benz deliveries and the expense of developing new models. 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But how can these organizations capitalize on emerging tech? Deloitte explores the latest trends affecting the public sector. Read More . . Around the Water Cooler Central Banks Central banks are the newest climate change activists, as Katherine Dunn writes for Fortune. Their approach is one of managing nations' financial risk, and doing nothing in the face of massive climate change is not an option. Case in point: the Bank of England, which last week announced it expects banks and insurance companies to disclose how they are dealing with that risk. Fortune KPN and Huawei The Dutch telecoms provider KPN is shunning Huawei's equipment for its core 5G network, after taking into account "the evolving assessment on the protection of vital infrastructure and the influence this may have on future Dutch policy." The Dutch government itself did not force KPN to make the call. Reuters Australia and Huawei As the South China Morning Post notes, Australia seems to be the only key U.S. intelligence ally that has gone ahead with a full ban on Huawei's 5G equipment. The paper reports that, with an Australian election coming up, Beijing may have more luck trying to win over a new government when it comes to allowing in the world's biggest telecoms equipment manufacturer. SCMP Roche Delay The Swiss drugmaker Roche is facing greater regulatory scrutiny than expected for its potential $4.3 billion takeover of gene therapy specialist Spark Therapeutics. It had already extended the offer until May 2 to allow the FTC to fully review the transaction, but it seems that review is taking even longer than expected, so the offer is now extended until June 3. Reuters This edition of CEO Daily was edited by David Meyer. Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here. . EMAIL ALAN MURRAY subscribe share: . 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