Great! As it should be: Toyota halts sponsorship of LGBTQ events and stops promoting DEI.

This is the way. pic.twitter.com/S49R1IABzH — @amuse (@amuse) October 4, 2024 Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to move away from DEI and pro-LGBTQ events after recently facing online controversy, according to a new report. Bloomberg reported the company sent out a memo to its U.S. employees Thursday saying it will “narrow community activities to align …

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Chain restaurants start price wars.

Well-known casual chain restaurants like Chili’s and Applebee’s are slashing prices to win your dining dollars as fast-food prices climb. NBC News’ Dana Griffin talked to the CEO of Chili’s who explains the cost-cutting strategy.  

Pfizer and Flynn Pharma fined £69 million for charging excessive prices on epilepsy drugs

Pfizer and Flynn Pharma, manufacturers of phenytoin sodium capsules which are used to treat epilepsy, have been fined a combined total of £69 million by the Competitions Appeal Tribunal (CAT) for “charging excessive prices” between 2012 and 2016. Around 48,000 people with epilepsy in the UK depend on the drugs supplied by Flynn Pharma and …

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43 Kids Go Missing In Three-Mile Wide Area Of Ohio City

“You can see how a lot of children would go missing in a place like this,” said McKoy, a well-known local barbershop owner and longtime Black antiviolence activist. “It’s devastated. People take advantage.” At least 43 children, including 24 girls and 19 boys, have vanished since late 2014 from this northeast Ohio city, a Dispatch …

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Microsoft’s gaming division is allegedly prioritizing diversity in hiring, leading to accusations of excluding white candidates.

Microsoft’s gaming division is excluding whites from being hired to work on their video games. All of their new hires are unqualified queer and black people because the company’s executives have an explicit mandate against “crusty old white dudes.” https://t.co/uOqNSJbl3c — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) November 27, 2024 The game industry for western studios is …

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Uber Faces FTC Consumer Protection Probe Over Subscriptions

(Bloomberg) — The US Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether Uber Technologies Inc. violated consumer protection laws with its flagship subscription service. The FTC is investigating Uber over enrollment and cancellation aspects of the product, according to documents viewed by Bloomberg. The investigation was opened earlier this year. The Uber One subscription program gives …

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Germany is not ok.

https://twitter.com/LibertyPillMeme/status/1861807092157321611 https://twitter.com/LibertyPillMeme/status/1861822706074759188 Its a good start: 🚨🇩🇪🇪🇺GERMAN PARTY THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM EU According to the final draft of its election manifesto, the right-wing AfD party is calling for the country’s exit from the bloc. AfD’s co-chair, Alice Weidel, previously said her party will campaign for a Brexit-style vote on EU… pic.twitter.com/oWD2wn6zNc — Mario Nawfal …

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China’s bond yields fall below Japan’s as investors predict deflationary struggles ahead. Beijing’s strategy mirrors Japan’s past approach

2/7The FT continues: "Beijing has long fought against the “Japanification” of its economy, and has made huge investments in its high-tech, green and electric vehicle sectors with the goal of boosting long-term growth." What isn't said is that this was also Japan's strategy. — Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis) November 29, 2024 4/7At the time Japan dominated …

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Big Banks Face Steep Decline in Macro Trading Profits

(Bloomberg) — The world’s banks are on track to report the lowest revenue from foreign-exchange and rates trading since the pandemic, hit by tighter margins and a challenging macroeconomic backdrop. Over 250 firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup Inc. (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are forecast to make …

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Who is gonna play Saylor when they make this movie?

Who is gonna play Saylor when they make this movie? I nominate: https://t.co/VOtXg8uXEQ pic.twitter.com/TK8G7U4Ito — Bitcoin Archive (@BitcoinArchive) November 27, 2024 Future of banking . https://t.co/R74Qz9OWTG — The Great Martis (@great_martis) November 29, 2024 Bitcoin looks like it's about to break above $100k, potentially running to $109k this week before collapsing. pic.twitter.com/qe2x8zRA90 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) …

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ORESHNIK’S 4,000°C WARHEAD: CAN ANYTHING SURVIVE ITS DEVASTATING BURN?

❗️ORESHNIK’S 4,000°C WARHEAD: CAN ANYTHING SURVIVE ITS DEVASTATING BURN? At 4,000°C—nearly four times the heat of molten steel—Russia's Oreshnik warhead can melt metal, vaporize concrete, and destroy armored vehicles instantly. What makes this temperature so powerful, and how… pic.twitter.com/EeREhvAwIQ — Sputnik (@SputnikInt) November 28, 2024 (3/3) METALS: ▫️Steel: Steel melts at 1,500°C and would vaporize …

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IS FRANCE FALLING INTO A CRISIS?!

The difference between the 10-year French government bonds and the German equivalent jumped to the highest since the European Debt Crisis. French bond yields also matched Greek debt for the first time in history. At the same time, the CAC 40, the main stock index in France is DOWN 4% year-to-date. Investors are worried that …

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Former TV anchor accused of 6+ figure PPP Fraud

Reportedly anchor and husband started a firm that committed PPP fraud. They the taught tens of thousands in Phoenix area how to commit PPP fraud the number varied from couple hundred million to billion+. Per another article lot of folks then used the money to buy wait for it Real estate properties . Most of …

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Enjoying Reddit less the more popular it gets

Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK $RDDT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/reddit-overtakes-x-in-popularity-of-social-media-platforms-in-uk Reddit, the American online discussion platform, has overtaken X to become the fifth most popular social media platform in the UK, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom said Reddit, where users post on discussion threads within topic-based communities, was visited by 22.9 …

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Putin Threatens Ukrainian Capital With New Hypersonic Missile Says 100 drones & 90 missiles were launched over the last 48 hours “in response

Says 100 drones & 90 missiles were launched over the last 48 hours “in response to strikes deep” inside Russia. Another day, another record-setting Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine at a moment the West is escalating its support to Kiev. President Vladimir Putin announced to security officials at the Collective Security Treaty Organization …

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