How are you? (May 22-28) US blocks payments from Russian bonds At midnight on Wednesday, the Biden administration dropped an exemption from sweeping sanctions against… Read More »The Week in Business: Escalating US Sanctions Against Russia
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Apple has hired Littler Mendelson, an employment law firm, to ease the workload. It has also provided store managers with talking points, including that unionizing… Read More »In the Apple Store Battle for Union Representation
Police say “several” people were injured after gunshot exchanges in a shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Some of the victims were not directly involved in the… Read More »‘Multiple’ people injured in Chattanooga shooting: report
In January, Paramount’s board of directors, including Shari Redstone, the company’s chairman, met with a group of bankers to get an update on the media… Read More »Can Paramount compete with Netflix and Disney?
enlarge † The official Star Trek Wine collection has expanded from two to six varieties. Sean Carroll Back in 2019, (partly) in honor of the… Read More »We tasted the extensive collection of Star Trek wines and found them… want?
Four years ago, JPMorgan Chase joined some of the nation’s largest banks to publicly distance itself from the firearms industry after a mass shooting in… Read More »Texas law where banks say they don’t ‘discriminate’ guns
In an incredible display of utter insipidity, Donald Trump Jr. Saturday in a furious video on social media, the mass shooter in Uvalde could have… Read More »Don Trump Jr. Suggests Uvalde Gunman Could Have Killed 19 Kids With ‘Bat’
SAN FRANCISCO — At a virtual meeting for Twitter executives last week, Parag Agrawal admitted he was exhausted. Mr Agrawal, the CEO of Twitter, had… Read More »Twitter chief tries to stay on course as Elon Musk flips plans
The message after a mass shooting, this time at a Texas elementary school, was clear: people who want to curb gun violence should “cast their… Read More »Activist Investing has come for fossil fuels. What about weapons?
Is Colin Kaepernick playing in the NFL this season?
Broadcom, the semiconductor giant, said Thursday it had agreed to purchase software company VMware in a $61 billion transaction that would realign the massive enterprise… Read More »Broadcom Acquires VMware for $61 Billion Enterprise Computing Deal
sen. Ted Cruz was confronted by a former gun control congressional candidate while dining at a restaurant in Houston.Thanks to Benjamin Hernandez. sen. Ted Cruz… Read More »’19 children died! That’s up to you!’
