American Airlines Group Inc. stated that it plans to pledge its loyalty program “as collateral for a $4.75 billion government loan as it seeks to shore up capital to manage through the coronavirus pandemic.” The company...more
6/15/2020
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American Airlines ,
Apple ,
Automotive Industry ,
Bid Protests ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DoorDash ,
EU ,
Excessive Noise ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Food Supply ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Google ,
Law Enforcement ,
Microsoft ,
Patent Infringement ,
Pending Litigation ,
Police Brutality ,
Popular ,
S&P ,
Semiconductors ,
Sonos ,
Trump Administration ,
Wireless Technology
The U.S. market is improving, with employers adding 2.5 million jobs. For some perspective, “[t]he economy shed 22.1 million jobs combined in March and April.” So, we have a ways to go before we’ve fully recovered. ...more
6/5/2020
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Donald Trump ,
Elon Musk ,
Facebook ,
Financial Markets ,
Free Speech ,
Freedom of Information ,
Google ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Iran ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Job Creation ,
Joe Biden ,
Political Campaigns ,
S&P ,
Settlement ,
Sick Leave ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trump Administration ,
Unemployment
Google cut costs by rescinding offers to more than 2,000 contract workers due to the strains of the pandemic....more
6/1/2020
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Capital Markets ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Charter Communications ,
Comcast ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Digital Assets ,
Dow Jones ,
Driverless Cars ,
Google ,
GrubHub ,
Independent Contractors ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Joint Task Force ,
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Nasdaq ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
S&P ,
Samsung ,
Silicon Valley ,
SoftBank ,
Trump Administration ,
Uber ,
Viacom ,
Workplace Safety
The U.S. Jobs Report Will Be Ugly: The March jobs report will likely show the worst numbers in the “post-World War II era,” and “it is playing out in a matter of weeks,” not years. One study suggests the U.S. has lost 27.9...more
4/3/2020
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Apple ,
Business Closures ,
Cell Phones ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Financial Markets ,
Furloughs ,
Google ,
Layoffs ,
Martin Shkreli ,
Musical Sound Recordings ,
Oil Prices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
SoftBank ,
Spotify ,
Standing ,
Stock Prices ,
Tesla ,
Tracking Systems ,
Unemployment ,
Videoconference
Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay a total of $3 billion to resolve criminal and civil investigations by the DOJ and SEC. Wells Fargo admitted “that it took millions in wrongful fees and interest, misused customer information...more
2/24/2020
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Audi ,
Boeing ,
Capital Markets ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Crude Oil ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Futures ,
Gold ,
Google ,
Huawei ,
Intuit ,
Investment ,
Layoffs ,
Marijuana ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SoftBank ,
Sprint ,
T-Mobile ,
Wells Fargo ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wireless Technology ,
World Health Organization
Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft face continued problems from “potentially hazardous wiring.” European regulators want the manufacturer to relocate some of the wiring to prevent “potential short circuit[s], which in a worst-case...more
2/3/2020
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Airplane Accidents ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Aviation Industry ,
Boeing ,
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China ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Global Economy ,
Google ,
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Mexico ,
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Multinationals ,
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Sharing Economy ,
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Travel Ban ,
Uber
The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of currencies in both South American nations....more
12/2/2019
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Algorithms ,
Aluminum Sales ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Brazil ,
Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Cyber Monday ,
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EU ,
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OPEC ,
Pipelines ,
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Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
Software ,
Steel Industry ,
Takeovers ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Tariffs ,
UAW ,
Unions