Posts by Kim Browne
Disney Returns to Its Steamrolling Self
You might even call it a Disney renaissance. After a period of turmoil — culture war spats, whipsawing operating strategies, layoffs, proxy campaigns by activist investors for board seats and strikes in Hollywood, to name just a few of the challenges — Disney has returned to its stable, steamrolling self. Robert A. Iger, the chief…
Read MorePub Stays in Britain: Food, Lodging and Hanging Out With Locals
To my right, two 70-something regulars at the Exhibition pub in York, England, peppered me with questions on American politics, taught me how to recognize a fresh pint of beer (it should leave a path of foam on the glass) and invited me next door for a curry at their favorite Indian restaurant. To my…
Read MoreAs Big Retailers Pull Back on D.E.I, What Happens to Emerging Black Sellers?
Pernell Cezar’s coffee company, BLK & Bold, was operating out of the back of a brewery with three employees when he got his big break: an audience with a buyer at a Target Black History Month expo. By January 2020, bags of his Rise & GRND roast were on Target shelves. That was five months…
Read MoreU.S. Postal Service Halts Parcel Service from China as Trump’s Trade Curbs Begin
The United States Postal Service announced Tuesday that it had temporarily stopped accepting packages from China and Hong Kong, hours after an order by President Trump took effect that ended duty-free handling of these parcels. The United States imports about 3 million parcels a day with almost no customs inspection and no duties collected —…
Read MoreConditions May Have Stymied Black Hawk Crew Before Fatal Crash
Flying helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport always carries some risk. But the conditions on the moonless night of Jan. 29, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided, were unusually challenging. Many of the factors that contributed to the disaster are still being uncovered as investigators from the National…
Read MoreSamuel Butler, Lawyer Who Helped Create Corporate Giants, Dies at 94
Samuel Butler, a Midwesterner who became a top figure of the Wall Street legal world, advising on transformative takeovers and leading city institutions like the New York Public Library, died on Jan. 4. He was 94. His death, at home in Manhattan, was confirmed by Naren Daniel, a spokesman for Cravath, Swaine & Moore, the…
Read MoreS.E.C. Moves to Scale Back Its Crypto Enforcement Efforts
The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to scale back a special unit of more than 50 lawyers and staff members that had been dedicated to bringing crypto enforcement actions, five people with knowledge of the matter said. The move is one of the first concrete steps by President Trump and his administration to pull…
Read MoreRepublican Congressman Issues Unhinged Call to Deport Ilhan Omar
Representative Ilhan Omar’s Republican colleagues are once again calling for her to be deported because they don’t understand U.S. law. Representative Brandon Gill posted on X Tuesday in response to a post falsely claiming Omar was “hosting workshops” with Somali immigrants about their legal rights in the face of Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation orders. “America…
Read MoreTrump’s Funding Freeze Hits Its First Targets: Young Kids
“Plaintiffs legitimately fear that the information being compiled will be accessed by persons who are not authorized to have access to it,” the lawsuit states. “Plaintiffs further assert that even if they are not targeted for termination, they may face other retaliatory acts such as demotion, denial of job opportunities or denial of promotions in…
Read MoreElon Musk Unleashes His Followers on Ilhan Omar—Over a Fake Video
Elon Musk is sending his digital minions after Representative Ilhan Omar, all based on a fake video posted by the pitiable right-wing shill Ian Miles Cheong. On Tuesday, Cheong posted an obviously edited video in which he claimed the progressive congresswoman was “conducting seminars for Somalians who are living illegally in the U.S. without documentation,…
Read MoreTop GOPer Cowardly Pretends He Has No Clue What Trump’s Doing at USAID
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is playing dumb when it comes to Donald Trump’s significant efforts to shutter USAID. Since taking office, Trump has made several major moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development: He signed an executive order pausing all foreign aid, issued a stop-work order sending staff and contractors home, and…
Read MoreWant Eggs With Your Breakfast? Pay a Surcharge, Waffle House Says.
Anyone craving the all-day breakfast at Waffle House will have to shell out an extra 50 cents for each egg in their omelet or scrambled eggs, the restaurant chain said on Monday. Waffle House said in a statement that the temporary surcharge, which went into effect the same day, was being added to address the…
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