Fighting back against Big Tech’s arbitration hustle
OPINION: There was a time in America when people had enough common sense to make sure they read every word of a contractual agreement before signing on the dotted line, knowing full well the potential consequences of failing to live up to the terms. In the digital age, looking someone in the eye when sealing […]
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Big Tech climate plans need to tackle business travel, flights
The 41-minute film, produced by Citizens United’s David Bossie, accuses Zuckerberg of buying the election for President Biden. Its smoking gun? The very public $419 million in grants Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan donated to local and state election officials in 2020 to help them prepare for the unprecedented challenge of pulling off an […]
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Disney attack by Gov. DeSantis is latest GOP threat to Big Business
Placeholder while article actions load Six years ago, then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence scrambled to change a “religious freedom” bill he had just signed into law because corporate America objected. Apple and Salesforce opposed the bill, which seemed to allow businesses to discriminate against gay men and lesbians. Eli Lilly, a big employer in the state, […]
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Keep a Pair of Big Pants by Your Door
Early spring is a confusing time of year. I emerge from a spasmodic multi-month slumber, irises pale and photosensitive, lids crusted over, hips clicking, toes cracking, hair matted, and she is forced to go outdoors. In my own personal world, I am going outside to allow my dog to have some much needed him-time, which […]
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Russian Economy Is ‘Basically a Big Gas Station’: Harvard Economist
Jason Furman said Russia’s economy is “unimportant” other than gas, The New York Times reported. His comments come as the US and Europe prepare heavy sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine. But there are concerns that their plans to punish Moscow will penalize the rest of the world too. Loading Something is loading. Russia’s […]
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Tourism Australia beckons travellers with big holiday plans
Tourism Australia is encouraging travellers to book their next big holiday Down Under in a massive campaign being rolled out in Germany, France, Italy, Canada, the US and the UK. The A$40 million (US$28.6 million) Don’t Go Small. Go Australia campaign supports Australia’s reopening without on-arrival quarantine to fully vaccinated international travellers from February 21 […]
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The Week in Business: A Big Bet on Gaming
What’s Up? (Jan. 16-22) Microsoft Strikes a Deal Microsoft on Monday announced plans to buy the video game company Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion, its biggest deal ever. The company said the acquisition would help it compete in the so-called Metaverse, the nascent virtual world where some technologists believe we’ll soon live second lives. […]
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Big Biz has found that Critical Race Theory is bad for business
I’ve noticed something lately covering the woke culture that’s threatening to turn corporate offices into university-style safe spaces: There are apparently limits to how far left big companies are willing to veer to gain progressive brownie points. Case in point: the much-celebrated diversity hustle that companies had begun to embrace during our summer of “largely […]
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