EXCLUSIVE: Red State’s Pension Funds Used To Push Anti-Oil Shareholder Proposals, Report Finds
Louisianans’ pension funds have frequently been used to advance climate-related proposals within publicly traded companies, according to a report from conservative watchdog group American Accountability Foundation (AAF). The Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System (LASERS) utilizes Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a massive proxy advisory firm that is a proponent of environmental, social and governance (ESG) agendas. […]
China orders Apple to remove WhatsApp, Threads, other apps in censorship move: Report
Freedom Capital Markets’ chief global strategist discusses how the TikTok ban could impact the U.S. stock market on Kabuto: Coast to Coast. Apple has removed popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal from China’s iPhone app store following orders from the Chinese government. wall street journal It was reported on Friday. An Apple […]
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“Kudrow” panelists Alex Marlowe and Monica Crowley react to the seating and removal of jurors in a New York courthouse. Former President Donald Trump’s newly public Trump Media & Technology company may be the target of market manipulation, CEO Devin Nunes said Friday, according to Nasdaq’s Adena Friendman. He made the claim in a letter […]
Home Sales Drop In March As Mortgage Rates Surge Over 7%
Existing home sales shrank in March as consumers respond to continuing price increases and rising mortgage rates. Sales for existing homes fell 4.3% in March compared to the previous month and 3.7% year-over-year, to an annual rate of 4.19 million, according to a press release from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The average for […]
Netflix Password Crackdown Delivers Millions of New Customers
Tim Nolen, senior media technology analyst at Macquarie, explains why Barney & Co. has significantly increased its price target for Netflix. Netflix showed its crackdown on password sharing continues to pay off, delivering its strongest customer growth in the first quarter since the pandemic, further strengthening its position as the dominant global streamer. The company […]
Police Enter Google Offices, Arrest Nine Employees After Some Refuse To Leave Google CEO’s Office For Hours
Nine Google employees were arrested following an eight-hour sit-in at the company’s New York and California offices Tuesday, according to The Verge. Police arrested nine Google employees following a protest centered around Google’s involvement in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, which has sparked internal opposition at Google and […]
Mercedes-Benz workers at Alabama plant slated for union vote in May
Mercedes-Benz U.S. CEO Dimitris Psilakis said drivers will be able to watch a video while the vehicle takes over driving the Claman Countdown. Workers at the Mercedes-Benz factory Located in Vance, Alabama Suburbs of Tuscaloosa are scheduled to vote next month on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. The National Labor Relations Board […]
Disneyland cast members file for union election
Craman Countdown panelists Robbie Whelan and Kenneth Leung explain Disney’s battle against Trian Partners. Disneyland cast members, including performers who play characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Cinderella, have taken another step toward forming a union. The employees are seeking to join the Actors’ Equity Association (Equity), which represents live theater performance workers, and […]
Google fires 28 employees involved in ‘Googlers against Genocide’ sit-in at New York, Sunnyvale offices
Nine Google employees have been arrested protesting the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli military. (Justice speaks) Google has fired dozens of employees who took part in anti-Israel protests that occupied its headquarters in New York and Sunnyvale, California. Google’s vice president of global security, Chris Rakow, said in a memo to employees that 28 […]
Stop The Steel? Biden Vows To Block Foreign Acquisition Of Iconic American Company
President Joe Biden promised on Wednesday to block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese competitor in remarks to a crowd in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made up of unionized steelworkers. The Japanese Nippon Steel Corporation, the fourth-largest steel producer, first announced that it would be acquiring U.S. Steel in December for around $14.9 billion after turning […]