Some thoughts on the significance of Tesla’s plummeting used car values, President Trump’s $60 billion GM investment claim (LHOL), and Ford CEO Jim Farley’s $25 million 2024 payday (that’s not a typo).
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Sheryl Sandberg’s Legal Woes and $13K Lingerie
Sheryl Sandberg, once the toast of Silicon Valley and a darling of the corporate media, isn’t quite the heroine she was made out to be.
Bully Donald Trump vs. Weakling Justin Trudeau
Donald Trump is fortunate that Canada elected a boy to do a man’s job. Canada can potentially cause great harm to GM and Ford, particularly their flailing EV businesses.
GM’s Mary Barra Plays Trump and UAW for Fools
If Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to learn how to play Donald Trump, he should seek an internship working for GM CEO Mary Barra.
Seeing the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Having been criticized by ChatGPT and a reader for dispensing too much negativity and snark, I’ve opted to focus on the positive and celebrate some great companies and business leaders.
Jamie Dimon Validated Vulgar Public Discourse
When I was a kid growing up in Toronto, children were chastised, and often punished, for using profanity. A common parental warning was, “I’m going wash your mouth out with soap if you talk like that again.” In the presence of children, adults were careful to avoid swear words. These…
Diversity Advocate Mellody Hobson’s DEI Failures
While researching the post I planned to write on JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, I stumbled on this insightful analysis from Fortune’s Amanda Gerut highlighting Dimon’s recent public diss of the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives he and his bank once so proudly championed. Reading Gerut’s piece I was surprised…
Brian Niccol: Lord Kamala of Starbucks
Among the reasons I could never go into politics is that I’m way too sensitive. Being governor of Michigan would be my dream job, but if I only had the 37% approval rating of Gretchen Whitmer, the state’s tree hating leader, I’d be alarmed that nearly six million Michiganders either…
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s XXX $96M Payday
Americans who are outraged at obscene CEO pay and growing wealth disparity in the U.S. have good reason to boycott Starbucks. Trust me, you won’t be giving up much.
The ‘Jewsplaining’ of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
If ignorance is bliss, then Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is likely among the happiest persons on the planet.