Description: Asian indices plummeted today—Nikkei 225 down 1.9%, Hang Seng down 2.5%, Shanghai Composite down 1.7%—and Europe’s Stoxx 600 is down 1.9% at the time of writing. The main catalyst for the continuation of this week’s selloff was the arrest in Canada of Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei.

Source: Fortune.com

Date: Dec 06, 2018

Link: http://fortune.com/2018/12/06/huawei-cfo-arrest-stock-market-today/

Questions for discussion:

• How has the arrest affected the stock market?
• How should management of the firm deal with this problem?
• What do you think this story is about?