
- In today’s CEO Daily: Shawn Tully on what Greg Abel will do now he has officially taken over from Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.
- The big story: U.S. and China agree to slash trade tariffs.
- The markets: Everything is up!
- Analyst notes from Wedbush on the China trade deal, Macquarie on the declining dollar, Oxford Economics on the U.K.-U.S. trade deal.
- Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Good morning. He has arguably the toughest act in Corporate America—following Warren Buffett. But now that Greg Abel officially has a timetable to take over Berkshire Hathaway by year-end, the question is: How will he run it? I profiled Abel for Fortune back in January—you can read the in-depth story here. But three themes emerged when I examined where Abel may copy from Buffett’s playbook—and where he will likely go his own way.