With Windows 10, Microsoft Blatantly Disregards User Choice and Privacy by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Aug 17, 2016 • 58 Comments Read and gnash your teeth. There’s already a backlash: individual lawsuits, state attorney general investigations, and government investigations.
Cisco to Lay Off 14,000. No Growth, No Problem: Stock at 9-Year High by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2016 • 65 Comments Iconic Silicon Valley layoff machine tries to stay relevant.
Are Big Health Insurers Screwing with Consumers, Businesses? by Wolf Richter • Aug 16, 2016 • 56 Comments Health insurers just can’t stand competition.
The “Housing Crisis” in San Francisco Strangles Demand by Wolf Richter • Aug 16, 2016 • 56 Comments San Francisco housing bubble buckles under its own lopsidedness.
How Can Stock Market Jockeys Be This Stupid? by Wolf Richter • Aug 15, 2016 • 30 Comments “We’re in an industry that has high valuations.”
The Pooh-Poohed Doom-and-Gloom Scenario for Miami’s Condo Bubble and its Lenders Has Arrived by Wolf Richter • Aug 15, 2016 • 43 Comments “The market could get scary.”
UK’s Nuclear Future Threatened by Chinese Espionage, Brexit by Gregory Brew • Aug 15, 2016 • 11 Comments The drama of the stalled nuclear facility grew more Shakesperean, with the Chinese partner now under investigation in the US for espionage.
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, “Other Banks” Ask Fed to Let them Dodge the Volcker Rule till 2022 by Wolf Richter • Aug 13, 2016 • 9 Comments Hidden behind the Fed’s flip-flop theatrics about raising rates.
Get Ready for More OPEC Rumors this Month by Oilprice.com • Aug 13, 2016 • 9 Comments Oil Soars as Saudi Energy Minister Uses Oldest Trick: Talking his Book.
Nightmare at the Mall: Brick-and-Mortar Retail Totally Loses it by Wolf Richter • Aug 12, 2016 • 71 Comments Stunning acceleration of a trend.