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Jiko Rojino
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As expected, TikTok has made a deal with Trump. It's a win for the oligarchy. US President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok. Gen Z must be rejoicing. #TikTok #SocialMedia #Business #GenZ #Trump #Politics #UnitedStates #Oligarchy https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/618618/trump-gives-tiktok-75-day-grace-period-from-us-ban
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Nonilex
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In response to this post “If they want to be tough on #China, don’t punish US #automakers & hard-working Americans by handing our clean-car keys to the Chinese,” said Gina McCarthy, former White House #climate adviser & former head of the #EPA. “The #UnitedStates must continue to show leadership on the international stage if we want to have any say in how trillions of dollars in financial investments, policies & decisions are made.” #labor #business #ClimateCrisis #USpol #geopolitics
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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Generally speaking when a corporation thinks the best use of their surplus cash is to bu back shares, then the executives have implicitly decided there is no real way to enhance the business' performance... given the UK dismal productivity development over the last decade, and the general problems of oligopoly in so many sectors, the continued rise in share buybacks in indicative of a country's business sector without ideas.... no wonder growth is in the doldrums!
@ChrisMayLA6 and yet giving it to employees to help motivate them and attract the best staff when recruiting never seems to occur to them.
by David S ; @ChrisMayLA6 the act of buybacks isn't good. But if a company owns a significant proportion of its own shares, might it potentially look to invest cash in long term improvements, think about employees and not be so beholden to the short-term-ism of each year's dividend payout? Or is that just wishful thinking?
by Dave Mc ; @ChrisMayLA6 A visual representation of industry's sole idea: to make and keep as much money as possible for itself.
by MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 ; @ChrisMayLA6 What sectors are oligopolies and is it possible to invest in the companies in them? If I would compare with sweden, banks are a oligopoly, give generous dividends, and grow at about the same rate as the market as a whole. One year on bank does a bit better by lowering interest rates, and the next year it was another one that lowered them most. Very comfortable as investments unless you need spectacular gains.
by h4890 ; @ChrisMayLA6 For a company where growth has plateaued, buybacks provide an exit path for shareholders and increase the value of remaining shares, reducing the chances of a mass sell-off and corporate collapse, while being private allows them to focus on things other than satisfying shareholders with eternal growth.
by James T Monkey ; @ChrisMayLA6 But what percentage of FTSE companies (or more specifically the companies doing the buyback) are actually conducting their primary trading/production in the UK? GDP or GNP?
by AndyDearden ; @ChrisMayLA6 the inflation+3.9% used by BT in it's billing is the same. Why bother becoming more efficient when we get a rise above inflation every year
by John_Loader ; Tags: #economics #business Likes: 0 Replies: 7 Boosts: 0 |
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The Japan Times
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Chinese social media app RedNote (Xiaohongshu), known for lifestyle content and product recommendations, is gaining popularity among American users looking for alternatives to TikTok before a potential ban. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/15/tech/tiktok-refugees-rednote/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tiktok #socialmedia #rednote
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:
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"A new paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit economic research organization,...found that since the 2022 fall of Roe v. Wade, the states with near-total abortion bans — 13 at the time of the analysis — appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter. Single-person households, which typically skew younger, were more likely to move out of states with bans." https://19thnews.org/2025/01/abortion-bans-young-people-moving-analysis/ #healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #business #economics
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“President #Trump is choosing to begin his term pandering to the #FossilFuel industry & its allies,” the Union of Concerned #Scientists said in a statement. “His disgraceful & destructive decision is an ominous harbinger of what people in the #UnitedStates should expect from him & his anti-science cabinet.”
#climate #ClimateCrisis #science #USpol #geopolitics
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