Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. would be a huge blow to filmmakers and film lovers alike.
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What the Economy Really Looks Like
When you factor in all the data points, we have an anxious workforce, a business sector seeking opportunity in inflation, and an avalanche of bad policy bearing down on everyone.
Posted inWorking in America
COLAs Are Great, but Woefully Insufficient
Adjusting wages to the rising costs of living, as the UAW is demanding, is necessary, but the gap between investment income and wages will still keep rising.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Buybacks Are Down, Production Is Up
Bidenomics has begun to de-financialize the economy.
Posted inTAP
The Bill That Would Stop Buybacks
Today on TAP: To be introduced later today, this House bill would stop the massive diversion of corporate revenues into CEOs’ pockets.
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How Wall Street Feeds Itself
Today on TAP: Stock buybacks hit new records last year. They should be banned outright.
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The Soaking at Bed Bath & Beyond
Today on TAP: Who bought all that stock, as the retailer was on the route to bankruptcy?
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Unions for On-Time Construction
Today on TAP: Commerce Department urges chip-makers facing a construction labor crunch to offer child care, use union workers.
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‘We Don’t Want a Subsidy Race’
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is set to unveil guidance on CHIPS Act funding for domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
Posted inWorking in America
What’s Wrong at the Times
Management authorized $150 million for a stock buyback this year but resists the union’s wage proposal, which would yearly come to $15 million more than the paper wants to pay.
