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Stock buybacks

vendredi 4 octobre 2019 à 02:00

When the SEC allowed corporations to buy back stock, it gave the stockholders a way to drain the corporations. As a side effect, it put US corporations on the road to failure in the market.

EU adopts weak right-to-repair law

vendredi 4 octobre 2019 à 02:00

The European Union has adopted a weak right-to-repair law which doesn't include your own right to repair your property. Still, it is a step forward.

Apple bans app used by HK protesters

vendredi 4 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Apple has banned the app that Hong Kong protesters use to communicate.

It cited a bizarre excuse, but the real reason is surely, "China ordered us to ban it."

Plan to tax excessive lobbying

vendredi 4 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Senator Warren's plan to stop lobbyists from swarming and tying up regulatory agencies.

This could be helpful provided the officials in the agencies are not corrupted, either in advance or by the promise of the revolving door.

Plummeting IRS audit rates of rich people

vendredi 4 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Auditing the taxes of rich people costs the IRS so much that now it audits them no more often than poor people.