Today on TAP: In an impressive display of fear and greed, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times declares war on journalism.
CEOs
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Manhattan Medicare Murder Mystery
Only about 50 million customers of America’s reigning medical monopoly might have a motive to exact revenge upon the UnitedHealthcare CEO.
Posted inPolitics
Valley of the Shadow
Why are so many Silicon Valley billionaires supporting Donald Trump?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Harris Courted CEOs Whose Companies Have Been Sued by Antitrust Enforcers
The presidential candidate has vowed to go after ‘bad actors’ in corporate America.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Ponzi Scheme of Promises
Five years after the Business Roundtable ‘redefined’ the purpose of the corporation, has anything changed?
Posted inWorking in America
How to Respond to a Blackmailing CEO
U.S. Steel’s David Burritt threatens to flatten Pittsburgh. Where’s the (Democratic) indignation?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Presidential Race Brings Out Silicon Valley’s Military Contractors
Tech executives are jumping into the presidential election. Many of them also do business with the Pentagon.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
CEO Compensation Skyrockets While Workers’ Pay Barely Keeps Up
Executive total compensation surged nearly 13% in 2023, outpacing both inflation and worker pay increases.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Capital Won’t Love You Back, Mr. President
Billionaire chief of staff Jeffrey Zients epitomizes a campaign that has been less than forceful about the rally of capital to Donald Trump’s side.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elon Musk and the Decline of Tesla
The megalomaniac CEO extracted $48 billion from his shareholders. But the company’s future does not look good.
