Tag: stock market
More than a dozen US officials sold stocks before Trump’s tariffs...
Ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
Not very bright
How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?
Trump labels Tesla dealership attacks as domestic terrorism amid Musk controversy
Trump escalates his support for Elon Musk by declaring attacks on Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorism, raising concerns over government overreach and the criminalization of political dissent.
How Warren Buffett privately traded in stocks that Berkshire Hathaway was...
Confidential records show that, on at least three occasions, he sold millions of dollars of shares in stocks that Berkshire was trading.
New 1% stock buyback tax better than nothing, but won’t fix...
Right now, inequality is as predictable as another decade of authoritarian Republican politics—banish the thought.
Forget the badgering of hack politicians. Consumer boycotts & eco-smart investing...
Imagine the convergence when boycotts and selective stock investments boost targeted street actions
The stock market is not the economy
The next time you hear someone say the stock market is a reflection of the economy, tell them that’s rubbish! The real economy is jobs and wages.
Indecent stock market boom exposes riot-inducing inequality, not economic positives
Can enough discredited craziness end up teaching, “Everybody does better when everybody does better"?
On the same day Sen. Richard Burr dumped stock, so did...
The brother-in-law, a Trump appointee, sold between $97,000 and $280,000 worth of stock. Burr is under federal investigation over whether he traded on non-public information gathered through his work in the Senate.
Why stock buybacks must be ended
Buybacks don’t grow the American economy. So why are buybacks so popular with Corporate CEOs?
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.