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Has Spotify tuned into a better way for companies to take their stocks public?

And the Trump administration this week announced

plans to relax car emissions rules. But with carmakers investing tens of billions of dollars

in electric vehicles, does that even matter? These are the questions we'll be tackling on this

week's Views Room, a weekly conversation among breaking views columnists about the ups and downs

of the world of finance.

I'm your host Anthony Curry and with me is my co-host Jennifer Sabre. Hi, Jen. Hello. So, Jen,

let's get on to a topic you've been covering, Spotify. Its shares now trade on the New York Stock

Exchange after the music streaming services much hyped.

Well, I suppose we should call it a non-IPO IPO on Tuesday this week.

It was one of these, I say one of these.

It did a direct listing, as it's called, which reduces the role in investment banks play and the fees they get and basically allows buyers and sellers to link up with each other.

Did it work?

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