Category Archives: Corporate governance

Hoisted from Comments: Is Intel Going Down the Boeing Path?

Why Intel’s prospects are even worse than its stock price plunge and worried press accounts suggest.

Until 1968, Presidential Candidates Were Picked by Party Conventions – A Process Revived by Biden’s Withdrawal From Race

Biden’s “decline” and withdrawal from the race is already being blamed on voters and used as an argument to return the candidate-selection process to an elite group of party insiders.

As New Campaign Implores Him to ‘Pass the Torch,’ Biden Rejects Calls to Drop Out

A shadowy group of Democrat insiders leads the effort to pick the party’s nominee in smoke-filled room.

The EU ‘Doom Loop’: Bloc Set to Embrace More Austerity Despite Evidence It Will Cause Further Rightward Shift

The National Rally wins first round in France. Why do the self-described centrists keep making it so easy for the far right?

How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century

Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides.

A National Cartel Fixing Rental Housing Prices: The Scandal Continues to Grow

The company at the heart of the rapacious conspiracy finally makes a statement following FBI raid in Atlanta and increasingly incriminating and devastating details.

Musk and Tesla: Compensation or Control?

The Elon Musk $48 Billion stock-option package and its implications for the EV transition

The EU “Center” Embraces the Right Kind of “Right”

A look at Europe’s elections and a comparison of the neoliberal, pro-war center with a right that abandons its EU and NATO skepticism begs the question, what’s the difference between the two?

The War Racket in Germany

What happens when everyone starts to believe in the con?

Thousands of Children Got Tested for Lead With Faulty Devices: What Parents Should Know

Faulty lead test kits made by Magellan Diagnostics may have been used as late as 2021 to test children for exposure to the toxic metal. The company agreed to pay $42 million to settle criminal charges that it concealed malfunctions.

Italy Pipes Up Against NATO Escalation as Court Ruling Could Cut Off Russian Gas Sooner Than Expected

Italy also faces major energy squeeze from Red Sea crisis. Will opposition to Project Ukraine solidify or will Rome go along as it usually does?

IM Doc on the Accelerating Decline in American Medicine

On the rot in US medicine….and as you might expect, it started from the head.