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Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Trump administration plans to target business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 asylum seekers - POLITICO
The White House’s X account on Tuesday celebrated plans for the “largest mass visa revocation in history,” highlighting a report from The Associated Press that the administration would target those holding B-1 and B-2 visas — used for business trips and tourism — issued between 2016 and 2026...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Michigan unveils statewide resource support hub to strengthen childcare businesses
Childcare business owners can struggle with licensing requirements, staffing shortages, and pricing, state officials say.
In response, a couple of state agencies are launching a resource hub for childcare businesses to try to help them stay afloat and grow...
Monday, May 25, 2026
Catherine Rampell and Scott Lincicome on Trump's Tariffs (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)
It’s been over a year since Trump’s “Liberation Day” when he rolled out his global tariffs, but the Supreme Court struck those down resulting in chaos and confusion about what happens next. Guest Host Catherine Rampell, of The Bulwark and MSNOW, welcomes Scott Lincicome, VP of economics at the Cato Institute, to try to make sense of how the 166 billion dollars in tariffs will be refunded to businesses that were impacted. Catherine and Scott break down the bureaucratic red tape of the refund process, why small businesses are once again getting left behind, and the valid fears of political retaliation that are keeping major corporations silent.
And with the U.S. government taking multi-billion-dollar equity stakes in everything from steel mills to quantum computing, we discuss the rise of “state capitalism.” It’s not exactly the free market that Republicans have been cheering for generations.
Plus, after Trump’s landmark trip to China, many Americans are experiencing what Scott calls “China envy.”
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And with the U.S. government taking multi-billion-dollar equity stakes in everything from steel mills to quantum computing, we discuss the rise of “state capitalism.” It’s not exactly the free market that Republicans have been cheering for generations.
Plus, after Trump’s landmark trip to China, many Americans are experiencing what Scott calls “China envy.”
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Sunday, November 2, 2025
The Great Abdication (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)
Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, author of How Democracies Die, tells us about “The Great Abdication: America’s Descent into Authoritarianism.”
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
The costs of Trump's tariffs are starting to add up for Americans. Here's how | CBC News
The Reuters tracker currently shows 22 U.S. companies raising prices, including retail giants (Walmart, Best Buy), footwear brands (Nike, Crocs, Birkenstock) and big-name makers of household goods (Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, Clorox)…
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Many Republicans take a tough line on China despite their own business ties to Beijing
As CNN reported, between 2017 and 2021, such qualms did not stop McCormick overseeing an increase in Bridgewater's Chinese holdings from $1.6m to $1.77bn. Nor, according to Bloomberg, did Bridgewater flinch from significant investments in companies that supply the Chinese military. It has also been reported that McCormick oversaw investment in a Chinese fentanyl producer and, as HuffPost put it, "profited from China trade policies he helped shape" as a deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs under George W Bush...
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Katherine Stewart: Using religion to gain political power via Christian Nationalism | FFRF Convention 2024
Katherine Stewart emphasizes the importance of maintaining the separation of church and state, particularly in the face of rising Christian nationalism.
She explains that Christian nationalists use religion as a way to gain political power, often backed by wealthy donors with economic and deregulatory agendas. Stewart highlights how religious movements manipulate emotions to rally support while their real goal is control. She calls on the audience to remain vigilant and protect democracy through legislative efforts and public engagement.
Katherine Stewart, an author and investigative reporter, will accept FFRF’s Freethought Heroine award. She’s covered religious liberty, politics, policy and education. Her latest book, “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism,” inspired the documentary feature movie “God and Country,” co-produced by Rob Reiner and Stewart. Her forthcoming book is “Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.”
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Sunday, September 22, 2024
'Lucky Loser' dispels the myth of Trump as a self-made billionaire (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years examining Trump's finances and businesses. They trace how he squandered his father's fortune in a new book.
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Sunday, September 15, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
The backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion in business is in full force − but myths obscure the real value of DEI
The irony is that the data shows very clearly that diversity is correlated with clear benefits to organizations. Companies with more racial and gender diversity among managers boast more profitability and more innovation than those without. They have advantages in recruitment, employee satisfaction and responding to market changes and consumer needs.
Organizations that are genuinely committed to DEI aren't losing sight of the big picture; rather, they're investing in their long-term financial success...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Surveillance Capitalism -- Shoshana Zuboff & Roger Mcnamee (A Franken podcast)
The Existential Threat of Big Tech’s Predatory Business Models.
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Friday, January 20, 2023
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market (The Phil Ferguson Show podast)
Interview with Naomi Oreskes, author of The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market, in the second half, after a discussion of investing skeptically.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Republicans see little resistance from the business lobby after 'anti-woke' attacks - POLITICO
A growing list of major companies — not just limited to finance — are facing ire from Republican officials at the state and federal levels for their stances on climate and issues such as race, voting rights and guns...
Monday, August 22, 2022
America used to regulate business. Now government subsidises it
In truth, the three decades-long shift in power to big corporations has transformed industrial policy into a system for bribing them to do the sorts of things government once demanded they do as the price for being part of the American system.
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Biden calls for assault weapons ban in fiery speech: ‘how much carnage will we accept?’ | Joe Biden | The Guardian
In a primetime gun control address, the president pushed stronger background checks and repealing gun manufacturer immunity...
Monday, January 3, 2022
Why My M.B.A. Students Turned Against Business - The Atlantic
…the goal of the economic system Smith described is not just higher incomes on average, but mass flourishing. Raising the economy's potential should be a much higher priority for business leaders and the organizations that represent them. The Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce should strongly support federally funded basic research that shifts the scientific and technological frontier and applied-research centers that spread the benefits of those advances throughout the economy. Land-grant colleges do just that, as do agricultural-extension services and defense-research applications. Promoting more such initiatives is good for business—and will generate public support for business. After World War II, American business groups understood that the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe would benefit the United States diplomatically and commercially. They should similarly champion high-impact investment at home now…
Monday, January 18, 2021
The right wants a hands-off approach to business. Until it hates the results. - The Washington Post
Republican policy ideas paved the way for private companies ditching Trump and his supporters...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
We Asked Finance Experts to Explain Trump’s Odd Business Methods in Scotland. They Were Mystified. – Mother Jones
"You don't have to sniff the air very long to see there's something that smells."
Monday, April 20, 2020
Lawmakers Demand To Know Where Business Stimulus Funds Are Going | HuffPost
The Trump administration so far is stonewalling on even the most basic information. ....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/business-stimulus-funds-basic-details-senators_n_5e9b9914c5b664cb6c43e702
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/business-stimulus-funds-basic-details-senators_n_5e9b9914c5b664cb6c43e702
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