http://www.thedailybeast.com/voxbox/daniel-gross.rss.xml http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/23/tesla-goes-to-war.html Don’t get me wrong: the electric-car startup is a success and has every right to boast. But for all its bravado, Tesla’s still getting plenty of help from Uncle Sam. business Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/23/tesla-goes-to-war.html Daniel Gross Paul Sakuma/AP Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves during a rally at the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif., Friday, June 22, 2012. The first mass-market sedans offered by electric car maker Tesla are now on the road. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Tesla Motors, Inc, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/22/eric-schmidt-and-and-tim-cook-face-the-music.html CEOS pursue lower taxes and then—surprise!—the public gets mad. business Thu, 23 May 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/22/eric-schmidt-and-and-tim-cook-face-the-music.html Daniel Gross Kevork Djansezian/Getty SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 07: Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple product launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012 in San Francisco, California. In the first product release following the death of Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. introduced the third version of the iPad and an updated Apple TV. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Apple, Google, tax law, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/ben-bernanke-to-congress-you-re-doing-it-wrong.html Fed chief Ben Bernanke has been working like a dog to keep the economy moving, he told Congress today. business Wed, 22 May 2013 16:56:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/22/ben-bernanke-to-congress-you-re-doing-it-wrong.html Daniel Gross Alex Wong/Getty Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee May 22, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Bernanke was on the Hill to give his views on the current economic outlook. US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/13/uncle-sam-embraces-hybrids.html Tree huggers and deficit hawks rejoice: The federal government is buying up to 10,000 hybrid cars. There’s never been a better time to switch gears, writes Daniel Gross. business Mon, 13 May 2013 20:55:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/13/uncle-sam-embraces-hybrids.html Daniel Gross Denis Poroy/AP A row of Toyota Prius cars sits on the lot at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in El Cajon, Calif. Driver James Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/09/our-swiftly-melting-deficit-or-how-the-u-s-is-killing-it.html Just when everyone wrote us off as the next Greece, we started shrinking our deficit, then shrunk it some more. Daniel Gross on what’s behind the numbers. business Thu, 09 May 2013 20:30:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/09/our-swiftly-melting-deficit-or-how-the-u-s-is-killing-it.html Daniel Gross David Duprey/AP A cashier counts money at Vidler's 5 & 10 store in East Aurora, N.Y. Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/08/american-apparel-s-dov-charney-on-the-bangladesh-tragedy.html Paying a living wage comes at a cost, but it can help the bottom line, says Charney, who has built a retail empire without resorting to cheap overseas labor. Daniel Gross talks to the controversial chief executive. business Wed, 08 May 2013 21:20:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/08/american-apparel-s-dov-charney-on-the-bangladesh-tragedy.html Daniel Gross Ringo Chiu/Zuma, via Corbis Jul 09, 2010 - Los Angeles, California, U.S. - DOV CHARNEY, CEO of American Apparel and workers at their manufacturing facilities in downtown Los Angeles. (Credit Image: ? Ringo Chiu/ZUMApress.com) Dhaka, Bangladesh, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/08/jamie-dimon-pushed-out-at-jpmorgan-chase-fat-chance.html Jamie Dimon pushed out? Never gonna happen, writes Daniel Gross. business Wed, 08 May 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/08/jamie-dimon-pushed-out-at-jpmorgan-chase-fat-chance.html Daniel Gross Photo Illustration: NWDB. Photo: PeskyMonkey/Getty; AP. Stylized Superhero Businessman jamie dimon, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/why-the-speed-of-business-is-dooming-america-s-ceos.html Impatient investors. Volatile markets. Why the speed of business is dooming CEOs. business Mon, 06 May 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/why-the-speed-of-business-is-dooming-america-s-ceos.html Daniel Gross Brian Finke/Gallery Stock Business has become more like professional sports, with obsessive press coverage, legions of vocal, rabid fans and haters, and a zero-sum, win-or-go-home mentality. Players refer to the NFL as ?Not for Long,? since injury-riddled gridiron careers are famously short. Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/03/jobless-rate-falls-to-4-year-low-in-april.html Unemployment is down to a four-year low as the U.S. economy steams ahead in turbulent times. business Fri, 03 May 2013 14:13:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/03/jobless-rate-falls-to-4-year-low-in-april.html Daniel Gross Justin Sullivan/Getty HAYWARD, CA - APRIL 24: A job seeker (L) meets with a recruiter during a job fair at the Alameda County Office of Education on April 24, 2013 in Hayward, California. Over 100 job seekers attended the annual education job fair hosted by the Alameda County Office of Education where 200 jobs were available ranging from teachers to IT professionals. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Unemployment, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/04/29/dan-gross-apple-inc-s-missed-opportunity.html The company may just show us everything wrong with American business. business Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/04/29/dan-gross-apple-inc-s-missed-opportunity.html Daniel Gross Andy Wong/AP Chinese people line up to enter a newly-opened Apple Store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing, Oct. 20, 2012. Apple, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/29/stephen-schwarzman-on-his-new-scholars-program-i-love-picking-people.html The Blackstone founder tells Daniel Gross he’s looking for ‘future thought leaders’ for his new program. education Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/29/stephen-schwarzman-on-his-new-scholars-program-i-love-picking-people.html Daniel Gross China Daily/Landov Image #: 22066785 Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, gives a speech at a news conference for the launch of the Schwarzman Scholars at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, April 21, 2013. Blackstone Group Inc. founder Schwarzman will personally donate $100 million to a scholarship fund at China's Tsinghua University as part of the largest internationally funded philanthropic project in the country's history. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EDUCATION POLITICS) REUTERS /CHINA DAILY /LANDOV Education, Stephen Schwarzman, Business, The Blackstone Group, China http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/23/welcome-to-the-anarchy-economy.html China’s slowdown. Apple’s shame. The collapse of gold. Oh, and a terrorist attack. Just as we’re feeling optimistic, volatility has returned. Daniel Gross on those evil Black Swans. business Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/23/welcome-to-the-anarchy-economy.html Daniel Gross Richard Drew/AP CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 12: A trader monitors the markets in the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on December 12, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The Fed announced today that they expect to keep key short-term interest rates at or near zero percent as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6.5 percent. William Brodsky, Chairman and CEO of the CBOE, said that he will step down as CEO following the 2013 Annual Meeting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images),Trader Gregory Rowe calls out an order on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, April 19, 2013. The broad Standard & Poor's 500 index opened higher early Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Google, Yahoo, Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/10/deficit-hawks-rejoice-we-re-in-a-golden-age-of-deficit-reduction.html In four years Obama has presided over a remarkable deficit reduction, says Daniel Gross. business Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:05:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/10/deficit-hawks-rejoice-we-re-in-a-golden-age-of-deficit-reduction.html Daniel Gross Jeff Chiu/AP President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Thursday, April 4, 2013, for a return trip to Washington. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/10/forcing-workers-to-pay-a-tax-on-lunch-is-unfair.html Employees shouldn’t be taxed on free food because it’s not pay, it’s a way to keeping them at their desks or on the assembly line. business Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:47:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/10/forcing-workers-to-pay-a-tax-on-lunch-is-unfair.html Daniel Gross Anthony-Masterson/Getty Businessman with sandwich working Business http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/08/twinkies-are-coming-back-the-metropoulous-brothers-on-the-brand.html The new owners share their plans to bring the Twinkie—and profitability—back to life with Daniel Gross. business Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/08/twinkies-are-coming-back-the-metropoulous-brothers-on-the-brand.html Daniel Gross Justin Sullivan/Getty SAN FRANCISCO - SEPTEMBER 22: Hostess Twinkies sit on a table September 22, 2004 in San Francisco. Interstate Bakeries Corp., the largest U.S. wholesale bakery, maker of Wonder bread and Hostess Twinkies, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday after struggling with more than $1.3 billion in debt and weak demand for bread products amid the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Google, Yahoo, Business