The art of the fake deal
…Trump, it’s all bluster. “Analysts were puzzled by a target that would involve decisions by shareholder-owned companies in a continent also trying to decarbonise its economy. “Even if Europe did…
…Trump, it’s all bluster. “Analysts were puzzled by a target that would involve decisions by shareholder-owned companies in a continent also trying to decarbonise its economy. “Even if Europe did…
“John Deere Maintains Profits and Shareholder Value by Whacking Labor,” Angry Bear August 13, 2024 and Kevin Baskins at the Des Moines Register reports on the Deere & Company layoffs across the…
…getting ahead feels completely out of reach. Corporations boast about skyrocketing profits, shareholder payouts, and executive compensation packages. Typically, one can find headlines boasting new innovative tactics corporations have unveiled…
…top bosses.). Shareholders made out even better than the execs. While stock buybacks (which raise the value of shares remaining in investors’ hands) rose by about the same 42% as…
…hers later on. Andrew Johnson was partly impeached for actions seen as undermining public trust. Though not directly labeled “emoluments” violations in the modern sense, showing early conflicts over presidential…
…companies to his will. Over the past year, the president has even made the federal government a corporate shareholder across a range of industries. Just last week, the Commerce Department…
…ownership in AI corporations — shares whose value will grow as the nation’s (and AI’s) wealth grows. Shareholder-citizens would earn regular dividends and build permanent personal wealth over time. Such…
The cause of that “small tax bill”: Immelt said a small tax bill for 2010 was due to more than $30 billion in losses related to GE’s financial services business…
…More than three-quarters are against giving shareholders a vote on C.E.O. compensation…. As for their own pay, the directors split almost down the middle: 45 percent thought pay should rise,…
…making banks choose between their employees and their shareholders… Economists have made this point repeatedly: the first priority of people who run a business should be their responsibility to their…