Black Monday 2024: Explaining the Global Financial Market’s Turbulent Week
Black Monday, or Manic Monday, was an event that significantly impacted global markets on August 5, 2024. It was a worldwide mass...
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Jul 72 min read
Explaining Rising Unemployment, the ‘Soft Landing,’ and Hopeful Rate Cuts
American unemployment has risen to 4.1%, the highest since November 2021, when we first adjusted to COVID-19 regulations (November 2021...
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May 182 min read
China May Block One of the Largest American Tech Deals: Creating the One-Stop Shop for Chip Design
Synopsys is an American company in Sunnyvale, California; it provides its EDA (Electronic Design Automation)
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Apr 63 min read
The Attempted Takeover of Disney: Explaining the 2022 to 2024 Power Struggle
Nelson Peltz is an American activist investor with a history of working with brands such as Wendy’s, Dupont, and Heinz. An activist...
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Feb 252 min read
Gun Industry Drama: Ghost Guns and NRA Corruption
The Gun Industry has been a headline focus in recent news. The NRA faced a corruption lawsuit in New York regarding the misappropriation...
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Jan 283 min read
Humana Reports 2023 Loss: Potential Warning for Health Insurance Downturn
The health insurance company Humana has reported a 2023 loss of $541 million, even as it generated a revenue of $26.6 billion. Humana...
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Jan 72 min read
Nippon Buys U.S. Steel: The Good, the Bad, and the Profitable
U.S. Steel released a statement on December 18, 2023, that announced a developing deal for Nippon Steel (a Japanese company - ranked as...
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Dec 10, 20232 min read
The Rise of Temu: Behind the Low Prices
PDD Holdings started in 2015; it functions as a ‘multinational commerce group that owns and operates a portfolio of businesses.’...
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Nov 19, 20232 min read
American Mine Valued at $37 Billion After Rare Earth Discovery
In May of 2023, Ramaco Resources announced that (with the help of the National Energy Technology Laboratory and Weir International, Inc.)...
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Nov 5, 20232 min read
Sam Bankman-Fried Conviction: The Drama & Downfall of FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as ‘SBF’ was found guilty on November 2nd of conspiring and committing wire fraud on customers and lenders,...
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Oct 8, 20232 min read
Amazon Anti-Trust Lawsuit: Competition Suppression & Unethical Algorithms
The FTC launched a lawsuit against Amazon on September 26. The suit’s basis implies that Amazon has an illegal e-commerce monopoly in the...
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Sep 17, 20232 min read
Short-Term Rental Regulations in Major Cities: Trouble for Hospitality Apps
New York City has implemented “Local Law 18,” which took effect September 5, effectively banning short-term rentals. Individuals cannot...
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Sep 4, 20232 min read
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal Is Against the Clock
Microsoft has been trying to acquire Activision Blizzard (an American developer and publisher of entertainment content for mobile...
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Jul 30, 20232 min read
The Collapse of Yellow Trucking: Largest in U.S. History
Yellow (a leading trucking company for small businesses, which carved out a niche mainly by offering small-load transport) is filing for...
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Jul 23, 20232 min read
Heatwaves Threaten American Small Business
The World Meteorological Organization has reported “record-breaking” temperatures across western and southern states. The WMO...
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Jun 11, 20231 min read
U.S. Small Businesses Pressured by Tightening Lending Standards
In the face of the smaller regional banks struggling to stay afloat, smaller banks are tightening lending standards while bigger banks...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
The AMERICA Act: A Bi-Partisan Response to Dominance in Digital Advertising
Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act is a newly proposed legislation that aims to counter...
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