• Conway gets called out. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has called on the White House to investigate Kellyanne Conway for promoting Ivanka Trump's products in a TV interview last week. Appearing on Fox & Friends, Conway said she was taking a moment to "give a free commercial" for the first daughter's line: "Go buy it today, everybody." Time • Compact car company. GM CEO Mary Barra is considering selling the company's struggling Opel AG unit, a move that prioritizes profits over size. The sale would be a major break from the strategy the carmaker has pursued for a century. WSJ • Money where her mouth is. Janet Yellen addressed the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, covering everything from quantitative easing (she wants to wind it down soon) to President Trump (she doesn't want to talk about him). • From SEC to D&P. Mary Jo White, the recently departed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is rejoining her former employer Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as a partner and taking on the newly created position of senior chair. White, now 69, had worked at the elite law firm multiple times prior to heading the SEC. WSJ • Let's go to the tape. Who would have guessed that Oprah Winfrey would play a role in the confirmation hearing of Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder? The media mogul's network has given the Senate a 1990 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, in which Puzder's ex-wife Lisa Fierstein alleges that he physically abused her in the 1980s. Expect the contents of the video to come up in Puzder's hearing, which is scheduled for tomorrow. Fortune • Worth 1,000 words. Ivanka Trump provoked a strong reaction—both positive and negative—by posting a photo of herself seated at the Oval Office desk, flanked by her father and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. Her caption: "A great discussion with two world leaders about the importance of women having a seat at the table!" Fortune |