Tech Company CEOs Who Laid Off Workers but Kept Their Jobs
Tech companies have laid off hundreds of thousands of workers but their chief executives have not been fired or resigned.
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Breaking Google Into Pieces
Google could be separated into parts to counter the Justice Department's coming antitrust action.
Rivian Gets Hurt Again
Rivian’s chief lobbyist reportedly is leaving the company, but that is not the electric vehicle maker's only problem.
The $400,000 House
Last year was an excellent year for home sellers and a difficult one for buyers. The mix pushed home prices to record levels.
Did Netflix Break Amazon?
Netflix crushed expectations for the number of subscribers it added in the fourth quarter. Where did these subscribers come from?
This 3,500-Year-Old Turkish City Was Just Discovered
Archeology involves the art of finding old things no one else has. Its history as a mainstream academic practice stretches back as least as far as 1842 when Karl Richard Lepsius first mapped Egypt’s…
Nebraska Is the Most Expensive State to Have a Child
Having a baby is expensive. Long before the delivery itself, there are doctor visits, tests, scans, and more. After the delivery, a pediatrician needs to examine the newborn and follow its development. In between,…
AMC Threat As Regal Shuts Locations
Regal Cinemas went bankrupt and has started to close locations. It is the second largest company in the industry trailing only AMC Entertainment, which has its own troubles. The Royal decision is an awful…
Did Your T-Mobile Account Get Hacked?
T-Mobile did not exactly make public that 37 million customer accounts were hacked. It put the information in a regulatory filing. T-Mobile has about 110 million customers, so presumably, there is a one in…
Mesa, Arizona, Has the Most Hazardous Waste Sites in the Nation
America has been burying some of its most dangerous waste for decades. The worst of these are the 1,329 Superfund sites, designated as such by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of…
Nearly 100,000 Americans in Japan Get Social Security
Sixty-six million people get Social Security payments each month. Almost 48 million retirees are beneficiaries of these. This translates to 9 out of 10 Americans who are 65 or older. Not all of these…
German’s Leopard 2 Cost $11 Million
Ukraine has asked Germany for Leopard 2 tanks as part of a much larger weapons shipment from the NATO countries to counter the Russian invasion. Germany has not agreed. If it changes its mind,…
Washington DC Is the Worst Place to Be During a Nuclear Attack
Americans have lived under fear of nuclear attack since the 1950s. As a matter of fact, all school children were trained in “duck and cover,” which was supposed to protect them in the case…
Amazon Has Stopped Giving Away Some Money
Generosity is a hallmark of the public activity of many large companies. Either it is done for PR reasons or because of the compassion of management or owners. Amazon shut down its most visible…
World War II Killed More Americans Than Any Other War
There are two categories of people who die in war: combatants and civilians. America has fought two wars with extremely high fatality rates. The first was the Civil War. Counting both the Union and…
Is It Dangerous to Work at Amazon?
Amazon has been charged with “ergonomic or equipment hazards” affecting workers in some warehouses. The company said it would appeal the citation it was given by The Labor Department, according to The Wall Street…
CALTech Is the Hardest College to Get In to in America
Colleges around the country have recently sent acceptance letters to applicants. Many colleges and universities admit over half the applicants, even more. Among America’ elite universities, however, the acceptance rate is around 20% or…
More People From New York Died in the Civil War Than From Any Other State
The Civil War took at least 620,000 lives, the most of any war in U.S. history. The figure is particularly astonishing when it is taken into account that the population of America was only…
The Last 3 Years Were the Closest We’ve Ever Come to Ending Life on Earth
The end of the world. The Scandinavians called this Norse Ragnarök. The ancient Christians called it the apocalypse. In modern times, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit science and global security organization,…
Pay for Being a Florist Rose Faster Than Any Other Job Last Year, Outpacing Inflation
Working Americans got some good news about inflation for the first time in months. According to the CPI, inflation fell by 0.1% in December compared to the previous month. It was the largest drop…