Gary Gensler is making the SEC into a banana republic
When you think of a “banana republic,” you think of corrupt dictators someplace distant, where the people in power control the economy and jail their political opponents. Places like this…
GM, STLA, ADBE, DASH and more
GM workers with the UAW Local 2250 union strike outside the General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant in Wentzville, Missouri, Sept. 15, 2023. Michael B. Thomas | Getty Images Check out…
Windfall Tax On Crude Oil Hiked And Cut For Aviation Fuel
India imposed the windfall tax on crude oil producers in July last year New Delhi: The government has increased the windfall tax on petroleum crude to 10,000 rupees ($120.36) per…
UAW leaders and automakers return to the bargaining table
Comment on this storyComment As the United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three automakers entered a second day, the parties returned to the bargaining table Saturday. The UAW said…
How This Start-Up Raised Its Median Donations by 80%
The donor note came over the transom like any other: A contributor was hoping that the minimum allowable gift could be lowered to $18 from $20. At Daffy, a start-up…
Marquee Writers Push for Negotiations, but Their Clout May Not Matter
The Writers Guild of America, which represents more than 11,000 television and film writers, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains for studios, have not held…
Instacart Was All About Grocery Delivery. No Longer.
When Fidji Simo took over as chief executive of Instacart in 2021, the grocery delivery start-up’s growth was cratering as its pandemic boom ebbed. The board of directors asked her…
A Spirited Start to the U.A.W. Strike at a Ford Plant Near Detroit
Rodney Cornett got up at 4:30 a.m. on Friday, hopped in his F-150 pickup and reported as usual for a morning shift at the Ford Motor plant in Wayne, a…
Tech Fears Are Showing Up on Picket Lines
But these solutions may be missing something fundamental, according to Partha Dasgupta, an economist at the University of Cambridge. In a 2021 report commissioned by the British government, Dasgupta made…
Hulk Hogan, Mike Tyson slammed for peddling kid-friendly e-cigs
Former wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and ex-heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson are peddling flavored nicotine vapes popular among teens, even as the Food and Drug Administration recently made moves to…