BIZ NUGGETS: Boeing Starliner gets “closer”, Palmer Luckey’s car mansion, and DEI presidents, plus a list of boards as old as Trump
Live from Vanguard’s all new “Vote FOR” utility closet, it’s an all-new terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Ari The Data Queen and Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! In today’s future black female president called July 24, 2024: BIZ NUGGETS!
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In our 'I think they misspelled "giant wiper"' headline of the week. The Tesla Cybertruck is a culture war on wheels
In our 'Hey guys! Look! I think I can finally see the mesosphere! Yeah, look, there’s Jeff Bezos and William Schattner! We MUST be close to home now!' headline of the week. The Boeing Starliner is a little bit closer to coming home
In our 'We've ruled out alien origin, French origin, and of ethnic origin... any other guesses?' headline of the week. Rice sold in 7 states recalled due to possible contamination of 'rodent origin'
In our '"Our tailwinds include lots of demand for large packages, as well as rectangular packages of intermittent sizes and hexagonal packages containing primarily star shaped objects. However, small-package demand is weak, and we're seeing an inflation impact on our micro package and nanopackage business."' headline of the week. UPS misses quarterly estimates on high labor costs, weak small-package demand
In our 'Hey ma! The windows in our dog mansion won't open, and the floors are warping in our exercise machine mansion... oh, and our rice mansion has a contamination of rodent origin... Tell dad!' headline of the week. Billionaire Palmer Luckey keeps getting stuck in the elevator of his car mansion, lawsuit claims
In our 'Call centers were actually BETTER?' headline of the week. Botshit' is an example of how AI is making customer service worse
In our 'Zuckerberg, in a statement, claimed the original algorithm pushed users to "overweight, balding white men living in their parents' basements", but this has been much better for business' headline of the week. Brand-New Instagram Accounts Are Pushed Toward Scantily-Clad Women and Sexist Memes
In our 'Drive by headline assassination' headline of the week. Napa Valley tourism board CEO accused by employees of creating toxic workplace, mismanaging funds
The complaints were in the form of an unsigned letter sent to the board, who hired a third party to investigate and interviewed the employees in long interviews, and produced a report: “The report’s conclusion is that there is no evidence that in any way supports the workplace bullying or financial impropriety allegations,”
In our 'Finally! Some employees NOT offended by swasticas, racism, and union bashing!' headline of the week. Musk says Tesla to use humanoid robots next year
In our 'Biz Nugget Pop Quiz - which is woker, walking your cat on a leash or throwing away food without apologizing to it? WRONG! BOTH!' headlines of the week.
Woke pet owners who put cats on leads and take them for a walk slammed by RSPCA
Woke scientists say you should APOLOGISE to foods before you bin them
In our 'We're deeply sorry, but we feel it's important that we mention 79.9% of investor shares DID approve our CEOs 256% year over year raise, so there IS some good news here' headline of the week. Delta CEO apologizes for flight cancelations as Transportation Secretary demands prompt refunds for passengers - Fortune
In our 'America's CEO announces he will step down in 2025' headline of the week. Joe Biden is dropping out of the presidential race
In our 'America announces a DEI CEO potential replacement for 2025' headline of the week. Kamala Harris wins enough support to clinch Democratic nomination
In our 'When you say DEI, I assume you mean "incredibly intelligent"? "Highly qualified"? "Gay black female globalist"? Please explain.' headline of the week. What people mean when they call Kamala Harris a ‘DEI candidate’
In our 'Speaking of horror stories, gay black female globalists may, in fact, matter' headline of the week. 44,000 Black women raised $1.5 million for Kamala Harris in 3 hours on a Zoom call that crashed the online meeting platform
In our '27 years at the secret service. Served Vice President Cheney, Vice President Biden, won a Presidential Rank Award for exceptional service. Majored in criminal justice. It was the vagina's fault.' headline of the week. Congressional conservatives use Trump assassination attempt to attack Secret Service diversity drive: ‘Ma’am, you are a DEI horror story’
In our ‘DEI horror story.' headline of the week. Donald Trump is now the oldest party nominee for president in US history
ARI List of Trumps
Large cap and Mega cap US companies = 610
WHERE DO THE TRUMPS OF THE WORLD RULE IN LARGE CAP AND MEGA CAP US COMPANIES
5. UDR INC
Real Estate - Multifamily REITs
34% influence, 3/10 (30%) body count
4. HEICO Corporation
Aerospace & Defense
41% of influence 3/10 (30%) body count
3. Oracle
Software
74% influence, 5/15 (33%)
2. KIMCO Realty Corp
Retail REIT
65% influence, 3/8 (38%) body count
Teledyne Technologies
Electronic equipment
63% of influence, 5/11 (45%) body count
This board is such a good example of “over my dead body”. 8 out of the 11 are in their 70s or 80s, 8 average 78.5, the other three were added in 2019,20,and 21. 2021 is the last year anyone current was added.
Average of all IT directors is 61.
