Investment banks to mattresses: Here are 13 companies complaining that the US presidential election is impacting business

Businesses are nervous about the US presidential election. Based on executive commentary during their firm's quarterly conference calls, a lot of CEOs and CFOs have a sharp eye on the contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. As we've noted before, companies typically find a seemingly non-economic event — Brexit, the weather, and so on — to help pin down just why they did not meet expectations or why they could have done better. While this may or may not be a legi...