Author: super@dmin
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What is ExxonMobil’s new climate strategy worth?
DARREN WOODS made some revealing remarks this week about global warming. His ruminations matter in America’s oil industry for he is the boss of Exxon Mobil, the largest Western oil major. His firm has historically been less enthusiastic than rivals about taking climate change seriously. But a shareholder revolt last May placed three green-tinted directors on its board. That has…
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Drinking in the office
A RATHER GOOD black comedy called “Another Round” depicts what happens when a bunch of disenchanted Danish school teachers constantly top up the levels of alcohol in their blood. At first the experiment goes well: the students respond enthusiastically to their newly inspiring teachers. But unconsciousness, bed-wetting and worse soon ensue. By the end of the film,…
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The Tell: Oil could break the stock market’s back if crude ‘goes parabolic’ — How to play it
Oil futures are at seven-year highs and a further push that takes Brent above $90 a barrel could be the straw that breaks the back for a struggling stock market, one chart-watcher warns.
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Earnings Outlook: Tesla earnings: News about the Cybertruck and new factories could set the tone for 2022
Tesla Inc. is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings next Wednesday, as investors expect a return of Chief Executive Elon Musk to the post-results call and brace for what could be worrying news for the Cybertruck and supply-chain snags.
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: Acorns no longer plans to go public through SPAC merger
Financial-technology company Acorns Grow Inc. no longer intends to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company and will pay its one-time merger partner a termination fee.
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: ‘There’s no retirement in this job,’ gig workers say
Dean Rainer finds it hard to believe that anyone would think gig workers can save for retirement.
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The Margin: Oscar Mayer’s $5 bologna beauty mask isn’t full of baloney
The Kraft Heinz brand is selling skincare masks on Amazon that look like deli meat — but don’t eat them
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Key Words: Nick Saban and other sports legends with ties to West Virginia urge Joe Manchin to pass voting rights bill
Saban and Jerry West, among others, ask Joe Manchin to make voting rights a ‘level playing field’
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Econofact: How can the Fed keep expectations of inflation anchored at low rates?
Thinking can make it so: The important role of inflation expectations in controlling future price increases.
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Earnings Outlook: What’s next for a J&J that will soon be split into two different companies
Johnson & Johnson has long been viewed as a bellwether stock for other health care companies.