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FedEx CEO is Fired Up; Ford’s Electric SUV; Walter Isaacson

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CNBC

Investing, Business, News, Business News

4.2543 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

FedEx founder and CEO Frederick Smith is challenging The New York Times to a debate. Ford has unveiled its fully electric SUV; the automaker’s president Joe Hinrichs speaks to the new Mustang Mach-E and auto-electrification beyond Tesla. WSJ’s Dan Gallagher and author and CNBC contributor Walter Isaacson run through the logistical and philosophical obstacles for tech giants, from politics to acquisitions. Plus, Hong Kong violence continues to escalate and the FAA is considering a change to how it certifies planes safe for flight.

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This is Squawk Pod.

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NYU, this is CMBC Control 2.

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Every day, get the best stories, debate, and analysis from the biggest names in business and politics.

0:18.0

Today on Squack Podcast.

0:20.0

FedEx versus the New York Times. The shipping company's fiery CEO is making

0:25.2

headlines for making headlines. He was also one of the sort of most vocal

0:30.0

proponents for the tax cut and specifically said if in fact we got the tax

0:34.6

cut everybody corporate America across the country was going to spend a lot of money

0:39.0

on capital spending. Ford President Joe Hinnrich has a vision for the road to auto electrification and

0:44.7

it's paved with way more than just has a less. Can we redesign the

0:48.5

transportation network inclusive all the technology available out there? He's starting with the company's newest electric unveiling,

0:55.2

the Mustang Maki.

0:56.8

And famed author Walter Isaacson takes a philosophical stand on free speech on social media.

1:01.8

In the marketplace of ideas, you end up getting closer to the truth with free speech.

1:06.9

The problem with Twitter and Facebook is that you don't have a marketplace, you have micro-targeting those stories and much more from

1:14.9

violence in Hong Kong to Silicon Valley's place for more power I'm see

1:19.2

and beece producer Cameron Costa it's Monday Monday, November 18.

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Squawk 5 begins right now.

1:24.8

Stand back to 5, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3.

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