For the past few weeks the Swiss investment bank has been inviting people to workshops held today and yesterday in Bellevue to “find out what’s behind the post-election optimism”.
LaunchWhy is O’Reilly being pushed out now? Because advertisers are gearing up to drop all of Fox Noise, not just Bill’s show
They are gearing up to drop Fox. So that’s what the executives at Fox News are dealing with. They are dealing with a long-term and
LaunchHow could United Airlines do that?
New York Times readers share their disgust with United Airlines for kicking a passenger off a plane in the most violent way imaginable.
LaunchUnited’s bully boy tactics are no accident
Politicians and regulators allowed the creation of today’s airline cartel: United, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. Four carriers that have outsized and
LaunchCity of Seattle dumps Wells Fargo over DAPL
On Monday, the Seattle City Council took up a proposal which would stop all business with Wells Fargo due to the direct financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
LaunchWells Fargo killing sham account lawsuits by using arbitration
“The bank has sought to kill lawsuits that its customers have filed over the creation of as many as two million sham accounts by moving the cases into private arbitration — a secretive legal process that often favors corporations,” The New York Times reports.
LaunchSenator Elizabeth Warren questions (and eviscerates!) Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf at Senate Banking Committee Hearing
Must-watch TV: Senator Elizabeth Warren questions (and eviscerates!) Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf at Senate Banking Committee Hearing
LaunchHillary Clinton’s twenty questions that Donald Trump needs to answer — now
Earlier today, Hillary Clinton’s campaign tweetstormed a host of questions that Donald Trump should be compelled to answer after Newsweek published a piece by Kurt
LaunchHeroin, Nazis, and Agent Orange: Inside the $66 billion proposed merger between Bayer and Monsanto
“These companies used to sell heroin and Agent Orange. Now, they want to form the world’s largest supplier of seeds and pesticides,” reports Bloomberg’s Lydia Mulvany. Yuck! NPI fiercely opposes this merger and will ask the governments of the United States and Europe to block it.
LaunchPrivate jets: This is how much Google, Facebook and other US companies spent on free flights for their business executives
Vitally important reporting by David Crow, Robin Kwong, Caroline Nevitt and Jennifer Bissell: “The Corporate Jet Files, an analysis of 1,000 securities filings by the Financial Times, has found that a significant number of corporations are still footing the bill for their executives to take personal flights on corporate jets, sometimes accompanied by family and friends.”
LaunchPfizer’s bad prescription for America
Pfizer’s inversion to avoid U.S. taxes is only the latest example of corporate tax dodging. Fairness and the common good are the casualties. — Jon
LaunchTransCanada requests suspension of Keystone XL permit
TransCanada requests suspension of Keystone XL permit Oil giant TransCanada has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asking it to “pause”
LaunchBill Gates: The private sector is in general inept
Yes, the government will be somewhat inept… But the private sector is in general inept. How many companies do venture capitalists invest in that go
LaunchEcuadoreans can sue Chevron in Canada, Supreme Court rules
Ecuadoreans can sue Chevron in Canada, Supreme Court rules “Ecuadorean villagers can sue Chevron and its Canadian subsidiary in an Ontario court to enforce a
LaunchIn big move, Accenture will get rid of annual performance reviews and rankings
All this terminology of rankings—forcing rankings along some distribution curve or whatever—we’re done with that. We’re going to evaluate you in your role, not vis
LaunchJPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon is fed up with you ‘lazy’ investors voting against him
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon is fed up with you ‘lazy’ investors voting against him “You might think that the chairman and CEO of a major bank that had
LaunchFIFA charges instantly earn Loretta Lynch global recognition
It was interesting, from this side, that there’s a woman calling the shots for the U.S., and a black woman at that. In particular, going
LaunchBoeing’s marketing versus Boeing’s actions
Boeing’s marketing department is at it again. We couldn’t help but notice that this week’s edition of the Redmond Reporter contains a full-page color ad,
LaunchWall Street doesn’t want you unless you’re a robot
Wall Street doesn’t want you unless you’re a robot Businessweek’s Akane Otani explains that big banks and other financial institutions are looking for people who
LaunchPaseo is reopening: Here’s hoping the new owner will treat the employees with dignity
The Seattle Times‘ Bethany Jean Clement and the Puget Sound Business Journal reported today that famous Seattle sandwich shop Paseo will be reopening in a
LaunchMcDonald’s to simplify menu, consider eliminating preservatives
Why do we need to have preservatives in our food? We probably don’t. — McDonald’s U.S. President Mike Andres, recognizing that McDonald’s goes through ingredients
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