U.S. Food Prices Are Up. How Monopoly Power Makes this Worse
2021 was a bad year for grocery bills. Shoppers paid 6.4% more for groceries in November 2021 compared to November 2020, according to the consumer price index….
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Mastodon’s Vision to Democratize Social Media
(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) As Twitter changed hands at the end of October, another very…
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Investors Talk Theranos Scandal in Respect to Elizabeth Holmes Trial
Many Silicon Valley venture capitalists continued to invest on promising new health technology start-ups as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes stood trial on charges of defrauding investors and…
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When Crypto and Culture Meet- The IRL Parties of NFT World
The Times Square Margaritaville is not the normal hangout of young tech millionaires and hip artists. But the shiny, tropical-themed tourist trap was the central hub and…
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What the Twitter Whistleblower Report Means for Musk
A whistleblower disclosure by Twitter’s former security chief made allegations of “egregious deficiencies” in the company’s security and argued that the social media platform has more spam…
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What to Know About Programs Like Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm
As Black Friday approaches and the 2021 holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, “buy now, pay later,” or BNPL, programs are having a resurgence in popularity….
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Talk Shows Desperately Need to Evolve
Jennifer Hudson knows how to work a crowd. When her syndicated talk show premiered on Fox on Monday, Sept. 12—which also happened to be Hudson’s 41st birthday—she…
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Jonathan Majors’ Assault Case Goes to Trial
On Wednesday, a New York judge denied the motion to dismiss Jonathan Majors’ domestic abuse case. The actor will go to trial for the charges on Nov….
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Roman- Succession’s Most Empathetic Character
In Sunday night’s episode of Succession, Roman, the “slime puppy” of the Roy family, performed an act of kindness, and it left many viewers aghast. Let’s set…
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The History Behind SAG and the WGA Strikes
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) officially announced a strike on Thursday following the expiration of their contracts with the Alliance of…
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