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Morally binding agreements, CEO pay manufacture, and Vanguard’s ESG policy

Story of the Week (DR): Top AI executives sign commitment to ‘self-police’ after meeting at White House MM DR Count the women: Trump says he and tech leaders signed AI

Jensen Huang wants you to hate him like other tech bros

DR1 In our 'Innovations like Reese's DOUBLE Chocolate Cups, Hershey's Choco Balls, and Hershey's Choco Tubes' headline of the week. Hershey CEO: America’s 250 years of i

We told you so, oligarchs, and Jensen pumped gas once

Story of the Week (DR): Data Rules! At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose The latest gender battle: Nobody asks why having more men is better ICE W

Paul Atkins hates you (a Shareholder Primacy crossover)

Last week, SEC Chair Paul Atkins signed his name solo to the SEC’s statement proposing rescission of rule 14a-8, a rule which allowed shareholders to file non-binding pro

AI hypocrites, EPA and SEC repeals, media skips democracy, and nepo directors

Story of the Week (DR): Anthropic, OpenAI CEOs call for slowdown in AI development Anthropic CEO calls to slow the race toward AI ‘superintelligence,’ and grants outsid

Tim Cook’s old new job, light socket crypto, permadirectors at Enphase, and 13G nanny state

Story of the Week (DR): Tim Cook Could Still Out-Earn Apple's New CEO John Ternus Under a Special Pay Arrangement Apple set John Ternus's fiscal 2027 salary at $3M and

Tyson plant closure, Tim Cook still CEO, ISS should fight, Dollar General preach

LABOR DAY/STAKEHOLDER RULE STUFF (CARES/DON’T CARE) Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power DC The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with res

BLAME: Target’s costume, Callaway shoves a woman, Altria’s new director

DR 'We Know We Got This Wrong': Target Apologises and Pulls 'Offensive' Halloween Costume After Racist Backlash; Target Executive Chair Brian Cornell Sells 50,000 Shares

Meta/Mark’s settlement, Target apologizes, and things we used to care about

Story of the Week (DR): Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion MM 5 Reasons to Be Happy An $18 billion payout sets a

GOOD? UHG lawsuit, Gen Z hates AI, Disney vs. FCC, anti-pervert glasses

G UnitedHealth shareholders sue company over ‘corporate governance failures on a historic scale’ UBS fined record $125 million for money laundering violations $125 mi

L3Harris’ misconduct problem, Mark’s bad week, the SEC quits SEC’ing

Story of the Week (DR): L3Harris ousts CEO after investigation into conduct MM L3Harris Technologies, the company that overhauled a Qatari plane now used as Air Force O

L3 CEO out, SEC proposals out, Bezos philanthropy out, Zuck isn’t cool

DR1 THINGS WE MISSED NERDY ESG STUFF L3Harris ousts CEO after investigation into conduct CARES L3Harris Technologies, the company that overhauled a Qatari plane now u

Meritocracy = boys, DOGE fraud, Zuck’s publicity stunt, simple minded governance

Story of the Week (DR): Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ An aggressive defense strategy is being used in response to an avala

IN OR OUT: SpaceX earnings, Uber sex assault, governistas, meritocracy

DR Matternet Appoints Starbucks EVP Sanjay Shah to Board of Directors Developer of commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments CEO/founder An

Cracker Barrel hires Herschel, fake apologies, and AI will kill us by 2036

Story of the Week (DR): Cracker Barrel CEO is out after MAGA backlash to "Uncle Herschel" logo change MM Before Julie Masino was brought in, Cracker Barrel was facing a

Zuck reads your kids to sleep, pervert glasses, and dual class federal elections

DR1 CEO Overlords In our 'Zuck saves kids from Mommies' headline of the week. Meta Working on Crushingly Sad AI App That Tells Bedtime Stories to Children, for “Tired”

OpenAI’s rogue AI, Trump’s governance diarrhea, EEOC’s Andrea Lucas hates data

Story of the Week (DR): Trump’s Explosive Diarrhea Scandal Is Getting Worse and Worse Epidemiological data linked a widespread Cyclospora parasite outbreak—sickening o

BLAME: RJK Jr recalls, Zaslav’s summer camp, Target’s Swiss Army execs

DR Warner Bros.’ Zaslav Offers $68 Million to Buy Summer Camp new January 2026 employment agreement $96M: Make-Whole RSU award to CEO Daivd Zaslav of 1,963,465 shares;

Tech exec fear, Paul Atkins’ war on you, Jamie Dimon says a lot

Story of the Week (DR): ‘We faltered’: IBM stock collapses after a grave warning about AI Customers are Prioritizing AI Hardware: While IBM mostly sells software nowad

GOOD GAME: Zuck’s NOT a bozo, social media resistance, women to the rescue

Fun Headlines Tesla Stock Is Waiting For Godot Jim Cramer on Meta: “Zuckerberg’s Not a Bozo, You Can Quote Me on That” Zuck Sucking Meta Employees Burned $221M in AI