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Buying to gouge

mardi 24 décembre 2019 à 01:00

"Private equity" funds buy companies so as to gouge someone or use a loophole to cheat someone.

Senator Warren has proposed rules that would block the cheating. I don't see that they would block the gouging, though, whether the victims are diabetics or the US government. I suppose an additional change in law is needed for that.

I see this part of a broader destructive pattern in US business, the inclination to strip every asset as fast as possible rather than protect it for continued service. I wonder whether this is generally due to bad rules about corporate governance, reporting and finance.

Laws on sleeping on the sidewalk

mardi 24 décembre 2019 à 01:00

If I understand this article, the Supreme Court has affirmed an appeals court decision overturning a city law prohibiting sleeping on the sidewalk.

Not nationalist enough

mardi 24 décembre 2019 à 01:00

One Labour activist says that Corbyn wasn't nationalist enough to satisfy older voters. "He fundamentally believes British lives are of equal value to the lives of others."

Rejecting threatening apps

mardi 24 décembre 2019 à 01:00

*US Navy bans TikTok from mobile devices saying it's a cybersecurity threat.*

It is, and that is a wise choice, However, lots of apps are threats to your personal data security ‐ and so are Android and iOS themselves. The wisest choice is to reject them all.

Buttigieg supports

mardi 24 décembre 2019 à 01:00

*In 'Mind-Blowing Omission,' Buttigieg Campaign Failed to Disclose Wall Street Power Brokers in Release of Major Fundraisers.*