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How Expensive Are ESG Stocks?
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AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 8:31 PM EDT
Europeans seem far more focused on the environment than Americans. It is therefore not surprising that 46% of European investors have allocated to ESG, compared with only 28% of Americans, according to survey results from JP Morgan.
The Sham Of Corporate Social Responsibility
Article By:
Robert Reich
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Wednesday, January 1, 2020 12:01 AM EDT
American corporations are sacrificing workers and communities as never before, in order to further boost record profits and unprecedented CEO pay. The only way to make corporations socially responsible is through laws requiring them to be.
It’s Through The Pursuit Of Shareholder Value That Corporations Enrich Stakeholders
Article By:
Foundation For Economic Education
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Sunday, October 27, 2019 9:00 AM EDT
Does pursuing maximum shareholder value preclude “investing in our employees?” Hint: It doesn’t!
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Thomas Cook To Dish Out US$250M After Demise
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Interactive Brokers
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 3:16 AM EDT
A European committee decided that British travel group Thomas Cook’s forced liquidation Monday has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, requiring the iconic company to remunerate buyers of credit default protection.
Free Search & Social: We Are Not The Product; We Are Underpaid Workers
Article By:
Shelly Palmer
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Sunday, September 8, 2019 1:33 PM EDT
We are neither digital products nor possessors of a fungible currency that represents the marginal value of our data; we are underpaid digital workers whose labor (behaviors) generates raw data which is used in the manufacture of digital products.
Wozniak: Time To Split Up Apple, Other Tech Monopolies
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Sunday, September 1, 2019 4:16 PM EDT
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says it's time to break up big tech monopolies - including Apple, Facebook and Google. According to The Woz, these tech titans are abusing their powers to crush companies in other markets.
Dominoes Falling At Big Banks That Rigged Precious Metals Markets
Article By:
Stefan Gleason
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Monday, August 26, 2019 6:34 PM EDT
The crooked precious metals trading department at JPMorgan Chase lost another man last week. Christian Trunz pleaded guilty to criminal “spoofing” of the markets and resigned from his position as an Executive Director with the bank.
Should Corporations Consider Any “Stakeholders” Other Than Shareholders?
Article By:
Foundation For Economic Education
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Saturday, August 24, 2019 4:00 AM EDT
In many ways, the Business Roundtable statement is a textbook example of free markets operating as they should.
5 Highlights Of Berkshire Hathaway’s Second Quarter Report
Article By:
David Kass
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Sunday, August 4, 2019 5:14 AM EDT
Operating earnings declined, cash position increased. Berkshire currently holds $200 billion in equities.
The Latest Ken Henry Blow-Up
Article By:
Bronte Capital
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Saturday, August 3, 2019 3:49 AM EDT
The Sydney Morning Herald today led with a headline that in leaked letters to consultants, Dr Ken Henry (then Chair of National Australia Bank) had said that bad things were being done - even as they spoke - at National Australia Bank.
More 737 Max Delays: Boeing's Corner Cutting Cost A Fortune And 346 Lives
Article By:
Mish Shedlock
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 12:44 PM EDT
The 737 Max may now be grounded for as much as a year. A new report assesses the corner cutting mistakes. But did Boeing really learn anything?
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History Shows We Shouldn't Regulate Big Tech
Article By:
Foundation For Economic Education
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 1:05 AM EDT
A growing animosity toward Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon has gained mainstream traction, seen by increasingly louder calls by activists and politicians from across the political spectrum to regulate tech markets.