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DE(lection)I wins, glass cliff Democrats, CEO re-de-unwokification

Story of the Week (DR): Election day MM DR The DEI Comeback? Overall Congress (119th ➔ 120th Projected) Total Women: 28.4% (152 members) ➔ 30.0%+ (155+ members) Total

Campbell’s directors favorite soups, headline mad libs

DR The Campbell’s Company November 17, 2026 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time virtual Elect 12 directors Fabiola R. Arredondo: A gold soup mug with a built-in cashmere soup spoo

Manthropic’s S-1, Theranos’ board, Peltz’s fail is his win

Story of the Week (DR): Anthropic’s founders’ 80% giving pledge could be worth nearly $80 billion MM Anthropic’s Founders Pledged to Donate Most of Their Stock. Their I

Boys v. women, geothermal love, asexual fried chicken

Story of the Week (DR): AI Companies ‘Gaming Out’ Scenarios for ‘Catastrophic AI Event’ That Could Occur in a Matter of Months Retail giant Ahold Delhaize takes systems

BLAME: Netflix layoffs, BofA’s $1.2bn fine, Nscale’s new director, pee bottles

DR Ahold Delhaize takes systems offline after cyberattack — global retail giant says 'cybersecurity incident' hit systems, but stores remain open WHO YOU YOU BLAME? Del

SEC ❤️oil, Skydance ❤️ sexual harassment, and “masculine energy” company fails

Story of the Week (DR): Skydance Adds Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs to Board, Taps Tony Blair as Adviser Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Was Once Reviled by G

GOOD GAME: AI kill switch, underwater solar, Trump accounts

AI California bans employers from using AI alone to fire workers Newsom advances AI 'kill switch' mandate under new California executive order Zohran Mamdani Bans AI f

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