http://dagblog.com/link/ceos-keep-turning-trump-racism-climate-change-23267 Comments for "CEOs Keep Turning on Trump, from Racism to Climate Change" en http://dagblog.com/comment/241575#comment-241575 <a id="comment-241575"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/ceos-keep-turning-trump-racism-climate-change-23267">CEOs Keep Turning on Trump, from Racism to Climate Change</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div> <div> <p>Breaking @ Bloomberg: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-14/merck-ceo-quits-trump-council-as-matter-of-personal-conscience">Intel CEO Becomes Third Chief to Quit Trump Council After Riots</a></p> By Cynthia Koons, August 14, 2017, 10:56 PM EDT</div> </div> </div> <div> <ul><li> <div><em>Under Armour’s Plank drew fire earlier for supporting Trump</em></div> </li> <li> <div><em>President blasts Merck’s Frazier on prices after departure</em></div> </li> </ul><blockquote> <div>[....] The CEO departures show how corporate leaders are walking a narrow line in working with the Trump administration to help shape policy around taxes, immigration and other issues, while trying not to alienate customers in an increasingly tense political environment.</div> <div> <p>Plank’s pro-Trump commentary earlier this year sparked an <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-15/under-armour-caves-over-pro-trump-stance" target="_blank" title="Under Armour Tries to Stem Trump Controversy">uproar</a> from shoppers and very public dissent among Under Armour’s athletes, including his most-valued sneaker pitchman, basketball star Stephen Curry. The CEO in a television interview had declared that Trump is “pro-business” and a “real asset.”</p> <p>After a Wall Street analyst <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-15/under-armour-ceo-hammered-by-analyst-for-praising-donald-trump" target="_blank" title="Under Armour’s CEO Hammered by Analyst for Praising Trump (2)">downgraded</a> the company, Plank took out a full-page newspaper ad, saying his words praising Trump “did not accurately reflect” his intent  [.....]<br />  </p> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div></div></div> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 03:18:45 +0000 artappraiser comment 241575 at http://dagblog.com