Fortune Editors CEO Daily: Lessons in Crisis Management

New Zealand Terror

At least 49 people have been killed in what seems to have been a white supremacist terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Four people have been arrested. One of the gunmen reportedly livestreamed his attack on Facebook, which has since taken down the video. Bombs were attached to a car but police disarmed them. Washington Post

SEC vs. VW

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged in a lawsuit that Volkswagen lied to investors by issuing bonds and securities when executives knew half a million of the company's U.S. cars were pumping out diesel emissions that heavily crossed legal limits. SEC: "By concealing the emissions scheme, Volkswagen reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in benefit by issuing the securities at more attractive rates for the company." CNBC

Google Fine

The Financial Times reports Google is about to be whacked with a third mega-fine by the European Commission, this time over the way it allegedly restricted how websites using its search box could display search ads from rival providers. Google is currently appealing the previous two fines, which totaled $7.7 billion and related to its stifling of rival comparison-shopping services in search, and of rival phone-software firms in the Android ecosystem. Financial Times

Tesla Model Y

Tesla will next fall start selling an electric crossover SUV called the Model Y. It will start at $39,000 once the cheapest model comes out in Spring 2021—three pricier variants will precede it. Given the increasing popularity of SUVs over sedans, in the U.S. at least, Elon Musk thinks the Model Y will sell twice as many units as the slightly cheaper Model 3. NBC

China Law

China has approved a new law that is supposed to level the playing field for foreign investors, by giving them better market access and making sure commercial information and trade secrets are better protected by the authorities. The American Chamber of Commerce says there's not enough detail in there, though, and sectors such as fishing, gene research and news media remain closed to any foreign investment. South China Morning Post

Spying Question

China's premier, Li Keqiang, has maintained that China never asks its companies to spy on its behalf, and pledged that it will not do so. The pledge came in answer to a question at a Friday news conference on U.S.-Chinese competition. The promise is debatable, though, given China's National Intelligence Law, which does say companies must help the authorities carry out intelligence work. Wall Street Journal

School Strikes

Schoolchildren around the world are striking today, in protest against government inaction on climate change. "As youths who will inherit the land, we gather here to demand that the government work with us to solve these problems," said one Thai teenager, Thiti Usanakul. The strike movement was begun last August by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg. Reuters

Mark Karpeles

Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, has been acquitted of most of the charges he faced in Japan, such as embezzlement and aggravated breach of trust. The Tokyo District Court found him guilty only of falsifying data—he falsely inflated Mt. Gox's holdings—for which he got a suspended sentence. CNN

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