Helping Uber hail a new CEO

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4.4 • 58 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Filling departed founder Travis Kalanick’s seat is no easy task, so we offer some suggestions. Elsewhere, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ seemingly crazy $13.7 bln offer for struggling grocer Whole Foods has some logic. Anbang lands in hot water in China. And the lure of 100-year debt. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	To be or not to be.
0:02.8	Right now we're offering a range of incentives across Audi models.
0:06.5	That is the...
0:07.5	But only until the 28th of February.
0:10.0	The...
0:10.7	Um...
0:12.0	So stop whatever you're doing.
0:14.4	Um... I'll be right back.
0:17.1	Just carry on without me.
0:18.3	And find yours online or at Finchley Road, Audi.
0:21.5	Audi, four-sprung-dirk Technic.
0:23.8	Terms and conditions apply.
0:25.1	Selected models, retail customers and participating Audi centres only.
0:30.7	The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters' news.
0:46.2	Thank you. are those of the participants, not of Reuters' news. Amazon buys whole foods.
0:48.3	The big question, though, is Jeff Bezos a few sandwiches short of a picnic?
0:52.9	Will woes that are fast-growing inshore wreak havoc on China's
0:55.9	financial markets? And why would anyone borrow money for a hundred years? Plus, we'll give you
1:01.7	our quick thoughts on who could be Uber's next chief executive. These are the issues we'll be
1:06.7	tackling in this week's views room, a weekly conversation among breaking views columnists about the ups and downs of the world of finance. I'm Anthony Curry, and I'm here with my
1:16.1	colleague and co-host Jen Saber. Hi, Jen. Hello. By now it's well known that Amazon is
1:21.4	scooping up Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion, and that's a 27% premium for the struggling grocery chain. When the news
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