Tag: industrial news
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Opinion | Hertz, Tesla and the Perils of CEO Groupthink
[ad_1] Hertz announced to much fanfare on Oct. 25, 2021, that it planned to buy 100,000 Teslas. “Electric vehicles are now mainstream, and we’ve only just begun to see rising global demand and interest,” then-CEO Mark Fields said. The share prices of both companies popped, and Tesla’s market capitalization surged past $1 trillion, exceeding the…
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Opinion | Davos Devotees Deindustrialize Europe
[ad_1] Political, business and security leaders gather in Davos next week under the mantra of “rebuilding trust.” Key topics include security cooperation, artificial intelligence, energy security and job growth “for a New Era.” Undoubtedly there will also be calls to phase out fossil fuels and aspirations for a hydrogen-based green economy. Amid this grand planning…
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Opinion | When Biden, Trump and DeSantis Agree on Something, Watch Out
[ad_1] What do you know? Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump agree on something. All three presidential candidates want to import pharmaceutical price controls from countries with socialized healthcare systems and outsource drug regulation to foreign governments. That’s the point of Florida’s plan to import drugs from Canada, which the Food and Drug Administration…
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Opinion | Looking Beyond Harvard and the Border
[ad_1] Most immigrants, like most of our colleges and universities, are still a net plus for American life. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | President Claudine Gay Falls at Harvard
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 2, 2024 6:42 pm ET Claudine Gay’s resignation Tuesday from the presidency of Harvard is a measure of accountability amid scandals on campus antisemitism and plagiarism. Her leadership had clearly become a drain on the school’s reputation. The question is whether the Harvard Corporation that chose her and presided over this debacle…
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Opinion | Double Dipping in Opioid Lawsuits
[ad_1] The plaintiffs bar never met a business it wouldn’t sue, and now the lawyers are using government authority to pursue private interests. In their latest business model, trial lawyers are hired by state attorneys general to help prosecute public lawsuits then use it to the advantage of their private lawsuits. Kudos to one company…
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Opinion | The Penalty for Opposing Global Warmists
[ad_1] A whistle-blower says he was told to keep quiet about the cost of carbon policies. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | The Employee Retention Tax Credit Is the Biggest Covid Scam
[ad_1] It’s hard to feel sorry for the Internal Revenue Service, but cleaning up for Congress is never fun. The Covid employee retention tax credit is turning into a classic case of government waste and fraud. Congress created the mess, leaving it to the IRS to mop up. Pandemic transfer payments and student-loan forbearance ended…
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Opinion | The Fed Won’t Try to Boost Biden
[ad_1] The central bank has only once changed its policy to help elect a presidential candidate: Nixon in 1972. [ad_2] Source link