Sessions Avoids AT&T Talk, G.O.P. Merges Taxes and Health Insurance: DealBook Briefing<br />Sessions: "I’m not able to comment" https://t.co/RzYTra4RFT<br />Remember that a White House spokesman previously told the NYT, “The President did not speak with the Attorney General about this matter,<br />and no White House official was authorized to speak with the Department of Justice on this matter.”<br />— Michael J. de la Merced<br />____________________________<br />Today’s DealBook briefing was written by Andrew Ross Sorkin in New York, and Michael J. de la Merced and Amie Tsang in London.<br />Tech companies’ angst comes from a provision in the Senate tax plan<br />that would tax stock options and restricted stock units, which make up a big part of their employees’ compensation, at vesting, rather than when they’re exercised.<br />Just look at G. E.’s stock performance yesterday, after the company unveiled its big turnaround plan and dividend cut:<br />Here’s what Janna Sampson of OakBrook Investments told the WSJ:<br />“If that is all you were going to say, why did we have to wait from July until November?”<br />G. E.’s chief executive, John Flannery, said that he wasn’t surprised by the price move.
