2016 in Review. 1 Forbes.com Columns: A Year in Review Table of Contents Businesses Can Expect Beyond The Bloodshed: Washington's Old High-Tech Radically Different Labor Chicago's Startup Boom 31 Corridors Deserve New Glory 61 Policies Under Trump 01 September 20, 2016 May 19, 2016 December 19, 2016 The Gutting Of Wounded Warrior: The NFL Draft: Does The Pope Smoke Camels? How To Kill A Charity 34 Spectacle Requires Balancing Fake News Is Now Business News 03 September 12, 2016 Risks With Brand Strategies 64 December 12, 2016 May 5, 2016 Trump’s New Brand: The “Trump Effect’: Parlaying Political Disgrace The Donald, The Bern Consumer Boycotts Could Into A Media Empire 37 And The Cell Phone: Become Pervasive On Both Sides 06 September 6, 2016 How Mobile Is Changing Politics 66 December 5, 2016 April 27, 2016 Mylan's #EpiGate Tsunami: The Trump Presidency: Early Warning Signs Panama Papers: Tech Companies Outlook for Energy and Went Unheeded 39 Could Be Up Next 69 Environmental Industries 09 September 1, 2016 April 18 2016 November 22, 2016 Manafort Allegations Could The U.S. Shoe In The 'Panama The Trump Presidency: Point To Olympian Hubris 42 Papers' Case Is About To Drop 71 Outlook For The Technology August 16, 2016 April 6, 2016 and Telecommunications 11 November 17, 2016 ExxonMobil's Climate Change Are Google, Apple And Amazon Ordeal: Did Regulators Cross Europe's New Villains? 73 Rich Or Poor, Grandparents The Line? 44 March 30, 2016 Drive New Markets 14 August 2, 2016 November 1, 2016 Donald Trump's Latino Problem: Hey-La, Hey-La: It's One Alienated Voter Dasvidaniya, Chipotle May Be Back 47 Segment Too Many 76 WikiLeaks — Hello, 'WikiHacks' 16 July 6, 2016 March 10, 2016 October 28, 2016 Brexit Ain't Over: Toyota, Takata, Tepco: Trump Isn't Going The Next Phase Of A The Problem Is Ethos, Not Ethics 78 Anyplace — But His Brand Is 18 Protracted Debate 50 March 8, 2016 October 20, 2016 June 29, 2016 The Pay Ratio Rule: Businesses Memorandum To Tim Sloan, The Beast of Brexit: Face Unprecedented Executive Wells Fargo's New CEO 21 The Power — and Danger — Pay Disclosure Burden 81 October 13, 2016 of Emotional Messaging 52 February 9, 2016 June 25, 2016 Profiles In Cowardice: Big Decision Time For Business Trump Flunks The Art How Businesses Should As Cyber Security And Privacy Of The Apology 24 Prepare For President Trump 55 Collide Again 84 October 11, 2016 June 17, 2016 January 26, 2016 The Election Issue No One Billionaires Club: The Peter Three Fights That Will Decide Is Talking About 27 Thiel-Gawker Debacle Has Super Tuesday For The GOP 87 October 6, 2016 Troubling Repercussions For January 15, 2016 Press Freedoms 58 Making Sacrifices For June 1, 2016 Wells Fargo Crisis Recovery 29 September 30, 2016 It wasn’t exactly as big a “miss” as DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN, but–like virtually every other commentator on the planet– I got the biggest story of the year wrong. In a series of 2016 Forbes.com columns, I opined that Donald Trump I didn’t have much of chance of beating Hillary Clinton. The voters of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania had other ideas. Still, I’d like to think my Trump call was an aberration. I was among the first to point out Wells Fargo’s vulnerability on the fraudulent account issue, seize on the significance of Britain’s Brexit vote in back-to-back columns, commend Chipotle for its efforts to make its restaurants safer, and try to balance the criticism leveled at pharmaceutical giant Mylan, the manufacturer of allergy antidote EpiPen. I also penned a series of articles that interviewed expert lobbyists, attorneys, and industry analysts about the impact of the new administration on various industries – a series that extended into 2017. At the rate Trump is issuing executive orders, the series may not end for a while. Richard S. Levick, Esq. Chairman & CEO December 19, 2016 Businesses Can Expect Radically Different Labor Policies Under Trump 1 Forbes.com Columns: A Year in Review Businesses Can Expect Radically Different Labor Policies Under Trump | December 19, 2016 A series of columns about the likely impact of the new Trump Administration on key industries – and what smart companies should be doing about it. President-elect Donald Trump owes his surprise victory to the working Assuming, Kelly muses, that: a) Puzder is confirmed by the Senate; men and women of America’s industrial heartland, an area long b) Trump fills two of the five seats on the National Labor Relations considered a Democratic stronghold. Many Trump supporters in the Rust Board (the agency that hears labor-union disputes and is empowered Belt belong to labor unions – or at least did at one point in their lives. to protect the rights of workers to organize); and c) Trump does not renounce his campaign pledge to help the working class, what do these The Trump juggernaut severed the traditional ties between organized somewhat contradictory developments mean for corporate America and labor and the Democratic Party, a development that could have profound its short- and long-term relations with the labor community? consequences for corporate America and the future of workplaces across the country. In Andy Puzder, the chief executive of two fast food chains, It certainly means, she says, that “the agency with the most ability the president-elect has nominated a cabinet secretary whose company to affect workers’ wages and police how employees of government has been sued by the Department of Labor for violating many of the contractors are treated – namely, the Department of Labor – will be run rules he’ll now be charged with enforcing. by a man whose fast-food empire is built on low-wage workers and who has made clear that he opposes increasing the federal minimum wage to This sea change in the Rust Belt did not occur overnight. When President $15.00 and expanding those eligible for overtime. Remember, but for the Reagan successfully took on the air traffic controllers union 35 years decision of the U.S. District Court in Texas last month, the new overtime ago, organized labor wielded considerably greater power. Some 20% of pay regulations would have gone into effect this month. A universe of no private-sector workers belonged to unions in the early 1980s, compared one thinks the Trump Administration will take action to revive them. with just 7% today. “Puzder is also on record against the Affordable Care Act because, he Republican policy experts believe that for much of the past generation argues, its costs hurt fast- food profitability. Puzder has testified that, organized labor’s leadership has been out of step with its grassroots rather than be forced to bear the costs of offering health insurance to his membership. This rift between union leaders and their rank and file workers, he would ‘reduce the labor force and also automate positions.’ became more pronounced when U.S. manufacturing stagnated in recent Given that Puzder is no stranger to testifying before Congress, we also years while much of the rest of the country prospered. A strong antipathy know that he opposes NLRB’s call to expand the definition of joint toward liberal immigration policies and international trade deals took employment to make franchisors responsible as joint employers of those root. From the moment he descended that escalator in the summer who work for their franchisees.” of 2015, Trump understood that frustration and gave angry workers an outlet to voice it. Bets are, Kelly notes, that the Trump administration will push a national right-to-work law that allows workers to opt out of joining a union, take Now another disconnect is brewing: the tension between Trump’s measures to prevent unions from deducting dues from paychecks, and populist rhetoric, which promised to make rural and industrial America back off on enforcing laws that protect workers. “great again” – and in a hurry; and Secretary-designate Puzder’s clear comfort level to replace workers with automated machines to save “A lasting love between unions and Mr. Trump is unlikely,” Kelly says. money, not to mention pursue policies that provide a path to citizenship “Consider the comments of Chuck Jones, President of the United for undocumented immigrants. Those views aren’t likely to endear him Steelworkers Union 1999. Last week, Jones noted that, ‘Trump lied his to denizens of the Rust Belt, unless theories of creating jobs through (posterior) off’ when he said the Carrier deal saved the jobs of over mechanization prove true. 1,000 people. Not one to turn the proverbial cheek, Trump again took to Twitter to assail the union leader, snarling that ‘he has done a terrible job Nor will the hard-line positions on worker protections that Puzder spelled representing workers.’” out in a book six years ago endear him to labor organizers. Weeks before his confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin; Puzder has The sea change that brought together a corporate mogul with Rust Belt already become a lightning rod. “Expect a mission to roll back virtually voters is about to swamp the Department of Labor, too. Only time will tell all worker protection initiatives launched under President Obama,” says how well U.S. workers and the larger economy will weather the storm. employment and labor policy specialist Deborah Kelly of Blank Rome. 2 Forbes.com Columns: A Year in Review December 12, 2016 Does The Pope Smoke Camels? Fake News Is Now Business News 3 Forbes.com Columns: A Year in Review Does The Pope Smoke Camels? Fake News Is Now Business News | October 12, 2016 Pepsi, New Balance And Grub Hub Feel The Burn A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.