GOING WOKE

“rear portrait of an army of businessmen marching in lockstep” / DALL-E After a long weekend away, today let’s talk about the largely positive reception that Elon Musk’s radical remaking of Twitter is getting from tech CEOs — and whether those views are likely to change if the fight that Musk is picking with Apple erodes … Read more

At Harvard Business School, inside a seminar room with a smattering of button-down shirts and puffy fall jackets, a group of future corporate managers were talking about capitalism. What makes capitalism truly and purely capitalism? What are its essential components? Property rights. Financial markets. “Maybe this is almost so foundational that it’s too much to … Read more

The increasingly pervasive Woke activist agenda has escaped its confines in university and academia, and hit the mainstream. We have airlines using their economic muscle to dictate social practice, power companies green-washing their credentials, and professional organisations like the Australian Medical Association diverting their energies to refugees and saving the planet. These activities are at … Read more

Apple is the latest company to desert Twitter following Elon Musk‘s multibillion-dollar acquisition of the company last month, the new CEO has announced – as a new report reveals that half of the firm’s top advertisers have pulled their partnerships with the site in recent weeks.  According to nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters, 50 of … Read more

CARACAS, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Talks between the Venezuelan government and the country’s opposition, which resumed over the weekend, are set to enter a crucial stage, the head of dialogue for Venezuela’s opposition said on Monday, as the political rivals seek to end a prolonged economic crisis. “Now is when negotiations get tough,” Gerardo Blyde, … Read more

Thanksgiving often serves up a feast of new blockbuster family movies at the box office, but the Walt Disney Co.’s controversial animated film “Strange World” proved to be a dud right out of the gate.  The production, which carried a reported $180 million budget, grossed just $18.6 million in ticket sales in its first five … Read more

When cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy this month, conservatives smelled blood in the water, given its 30-year-old founder Sam Bankman-Fried had been a Democrat super-donor who received sometimes fawning coverage from a mainstream media the right has for years accused of leftward bias. Bankman-Fried had made multi-million dollar donations to progressive media firms and … Read more