Insurance companies scrub execs’ info from websites after after Brian Thompson’s murder
Paranoid healthcare and insurance companies deep clean their websites, removing biographies and photos of top executives following the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson did. Immediately after Wednesday's murder, UnitedHealthcare retired its “About Us/Leadership” web page that featured Thompson's photo and biography. Now, an error message pops up instead. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's […]
Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass – The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — He is one of the world's most famous and widely admired corporate leaders. But it's the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg's Meta are concerned about. As online anger and social tensions increasingly become directed at the companies consumers rely on, Meta Inc. last year announced a move to protect the […]
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s Assassin: Bullets Linked To Book Criticizing Insurance Companies
A wanted poster is placed at an NYPD press conference regarding a murder that authorities believe was a targeted attack at One Police Plaza in New York City on December 4, 2024. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot just before 7 a.m. this morning before attending the company's annual investor meeting. (Photo by Alex […]
Credit Card Companies Are Fighting To Keep Their Monopoly And High Fees
Some credit card companies are stifling competition and putting a financial burden on small businesses with high interchange fees, which hardly explains why swipe fee prices have risen, according to the New York Times. I haven't done that. The fees that businesses incur every time a customer makes a purchase using a credit card, known […]
Jaguar’s woke ad shows just how out of touch companies are with consumers
There's something to be said for the latest example of stupid woke corporate virtue signaling, courtesy of luxury automaker Jaguar. In addition to the sight of a strange-looking man running around with no car in sight and ill-fitting clothes, there was an equally strange rationalization. In an interview with the Financial Times, automaker executive Loudon […]
Tariffs Would Hurt Some U.S. Companies, But Illegal Immigration, Fentanyl Are Worse
On Tuesday's broadcast of Newsmax TV's “The Record,” Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) said that tariffs on Canada or Mexico would not only cause some pain to Canadian and Mexican businesses, but also It will cause some pain for businesses, but the cost will be high, he said. The fentanyl coming into the United […]
Two companies drop Conor McGregor after jury rules against him in rape case | Conor McGregor
Two companies have agreed to deal with mixed martial arts fighter McGregor after a jury in a civil court last week ruled that he should pay about 250,000 euros (about $257,000) to a woman who accused him of raping her. ended the relationship. Proximo Spirits, owner of Irish whiskey brand Proper No12, will no longer […]
Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companies | Gambling
UK casinos and bookmakers will be required to pay £100m a year in levies to fund gambling research, education and treatment under government plans due to be announced later this week. It will be. Labor is believed to be poised to rubber-stamp the previous government's proposal to abolish a voluntary system that allowed industry managers […]
Companies could easily flee NY for NJ over new congestion toll: senator
Garden State Sen. George Helmy said Sunday that businesses could easily flee New York to New Jersey if they found out that new congestion pricing in Midtown was costing their businesses and employees too much. He said he could not. The tolls would be $9 for cars and up to nearly $22 for trucks, with […]
State lawmakers, companies prepare to push back against DEI, ‘woke’ initiatives: experts
Exclusive: Some state legislatures and companies will roll back key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in place in nearly every major U.S. industry, including the military, according to experts and Republican attorneys general. Preparations are underway. Last week, the topic of DEI was in the news again after a heated exchange between lawmakers during […]