TOP NEWS
Tesla Cybertruck
Tesla has unveiled its long-awaited electric pickup and it's… definitely different. The $39,900-and-up Cybertruck looks like a space-age stealth fighter, a weirdly angular armored vehicle, or—as many pointed out on social media—a graphical accident in a video game. It also suffered from demo fail on its unveiling, with its armored glass windows breaking when a metal ball was hurled at them. Twice. Bloomberg
Kullman Goes 3D
Former DuPoint chair and CEO Ellen Kullman, who is best known for leading that two-century-old company, is becoming chief of a six-year-old 3D printing startup called Carbon. She says she wants to "deliver on the promise and mission of digital manufacturing." Carbon co-founder Joseph DeSimone, who is stepping aside as CEO: "Having a seasoned executive like Ellen [take over]—holy smokes, when this thought emerged, I couldn't imagine something like this would come to fruition." Fortune
Charles Swab and TD Ameritrade
The discount brokerage market could be reshaped by the potential takeover of TD Ameritrade by Charles Schwab. The two, which are the biggest players in the business, are reportedly close to announcing a deal after months of intermittent talks. Wall Street Journal
British Downturn
An early reading for the latest IHS Markit Purchasing Managers Indexes for the U.K. showed today that the country's manufacturing and services sectors are both experiencing an accelerating decline. It's the deepest downturn since mid-2016, just after the Brexit referendum. Reuters
Procurement Complexity
From digital disruption to increasing regulation, chief procurement officers have their hands full. This year's Deloitte Global Chief Procurement Officer survey looks at why the CPO's job is becoming more complex and how they may be able to stay above water.
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AROUND THE WATER COOLER
Tokyo and Hong Kong
In a move reminiscent of Frankfurt and Paris tempting Brexit-weary financial-services firms away from London, Tokyo is trying to woo hedge funds away from Hong Kong. The Financial Times reports the Japanese capital's government has been organizing meetings between Japanese finance executives and dozens of Hong Kong hedge funds—quietly, though, given that the drive may be interpreted as exploitation of ongoing unrest in Hong Kong. FT
Secret's Out
Victoria's Secret has scrapped its increasingly-criticized annual lingerie fashion show—ratings were down and the whole thing looked outdated to say the least. Stuart Burgdoerfer, CFO of parent company L Brands: "We're figuring out how to advance the positioning of the brand and best communicate that to customers." BBC
Propaganda Machine
Actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen laid into social media firms in a speech to the Anti-Defamation League (he was accepting a leadership award from the Jewish NGO). Baron Cohen referred to the rise in hate crimes and demagoguery, which he said was "being facilitated by a handful of internet companies that amount to the greatest propaganda machine in history." He also described as "ludicrous" Mark Zuckerberg's argument that strongly combating misinformation on Facebook would limit free speech. Fortune
Bloomberg Indecision
Michael Bloomberg has filed his paperwork to join the presidential race… but still hasn't quite decided whether to actually join the presidential race. Yesterday was his deadline for filing that paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, as he had filed to appear on the Alabama and Arkansas Democratic primary ballots 15 days previously. An aide told CBS News the move was "another step towards running but not a final decision or announcement." CBS News
This edition of CEO Daily was edited by David Meyer.
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