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The Next Populist Political Issue Emerges: CEO Pay
Article By:
John Rubino
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Sunday, May 27, 2018 3:39 PM EDT
Corporations are required to publish an accurate version their “pay ratio” – what their CEO makes relative to employees. There’s a number – the years (or centuries) of work it would take the average employee to earn what the CEO does in one year.
The Downside Of Regulating Facebook
Article By:
Foundation For Economic Education
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Sunday, May 6, 2018 3:05 AM EDT
The end result would likely be a shift to a fee-based system, where users would have to pay to use Facebook and other platforms.
In this article: META
Open Letter To The SEC: Fiduciary Duties Need To Extend To Research
Article By:
David Trainer
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 12:06 PM EDT
Most of the coverage of the SEC’s recent proposal to replace the DOL Fiduciary Rule focuses on different standards for brokers vs. advisers and the shortcomings of a disclosure-based approach to regulation. We agree with many of these criticisms.
Walmart CEO Makes 1,888 Times Median Worker Take Home Pay: Anyone See A Problem?
Article By:
Mish Shedlock
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Sunday, April 22, 2018 11:47 AM EDT
Walmart ranks 10th in CEO to median take-home pay. Public firms in the S&P 500 now generally disclose how much they pay employees. The median wage across all the groups in the feature image is about $69,000.
In this article: WMT
Restaurants And Weather: Is It A "Dog Ate My Homework" Excuse?
Article By:
John Gordon
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Friday, April 20, 2018 12:35 AM EDT
We hear it all the time on retailer and restaurant earnings calls: the weather hurt. Is it an excuse? They never mention if the weather was too good. One rule does not fit all; brand by brand thinking on weather is required.
Deutsche Bank Replaces Another CEO; Or, Bubbles And Money
Article By:
Jeffrey P. Snider
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Monday, April 9, 2018 10:00 PM EDT
What does this latest switch potentially mean for DB and global eurodollar banking?
In this article: DB
Berkshire Slams "Purchasing Frenzy", Wants To Make "Huge" Deal: Full Letter Highlights
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 12:35 PM EDT
According to its latest annual letter, released Saturday morning, Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 profit hit an all-time high. Buffett says "A large portion of our gain did not come from anything we accomplished at Berkshire."
The Big German Zombie
Article By:
Jeffrey P. Snider
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Friday, February 2, 2018 6:48 PM EDT
It’s kind of a cheap shot to go back and rehash corporate statements from way back in the past. Still, when the topic is banking and why the monetary system refuses more than intermittent and minor progress, it’s worth the revisit.
In this article: DB
Bitcoin And Financial Governance
Article By:
Global Economic Intersection
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 4:56 AM EDT
Bitcoins, like physical gold, are "mined". The miners don't "create" the money by typing numbers into bank accounts. The miners "produce" the money by working at mining.
In this article: BITCOMP
Marc Cohodes Buys Stock & Vanishes From Overstock CEO’s Smear Site
Article By:
Sam Antar
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Monday, November 27, 2017 2:18 PM EDT
After acquiring a position in OSTK, every disparaging reference to former hedge fund manager Marc Cohodes was removed from Deep Capture, a website that viciously smears the financial press and critics of Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne.
In this article: OSTK
This Thanksgiving Goes To Corporations: Thanks For The Greatest Free Gift In History
Article By:
Harry Dent
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Thursday, November 23, 2017 3:25 PM EDT
Corporations use unprecedented low long-term interest rates – at near zero for risk-free rates adjusted for inflation – to buy their own stocks back and increase their earnings per share, even if their earnings are not growing.
Berkshire Takes New Position In Bank Of America, Lowers Stake In IBM
Paypal Suspends TIO Operations After Finding Security Vulnerabilities
Article By:
The Fly
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Monday, November 13, 2017 10:22 AM EDT
PayPal announced late Friday that TIO Networks, a publicly traded company it acquired in July, has suspended operations to protect TIO's customers. The PayPal platform is not impacted by this situation in any way and PayPal's data remains secure.
In this article: PYPL