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GM Went To Shit In The 90s & Didn’t Really Recover (Part 3)

In the first part of this series, I covered GM’s history during the Malaise Era. In Part 2, I covered its partial recovery in the 80s, followed by stagnation and complacency in the 90s. Now, I’m going to bring the story to present and explain how this sets GM up for failure with EVs. The…
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16 March 2021 0

SEC charges a California trader for allegedly using misleading claims to promote penny stocks on Twitter to his ~13K followers and then selling his holdings (Charlie Osborne/ZDNet)

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:SEC charges a California trader for allegedly using misleading claims to promote penny stocks on Twitter to his ~13K followers and then selling his holdings  —  The agency says social media was used in an alleged pump-and-dump scam.  —  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …


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Leaked audio from a February 8 meeting reveals Parler’s chief policy officer saying: “We are not going after misinformation in any way” (William Turton/Bloomberg)

William Turton / Bloomberg:Leaked audio from a February 8 meeting reveals Parler’s chief policy officer saying: “We are not going after misinformation in any way”  —  Leaked recordings of meetings detail role of Rebekah Mercer at social-media platform  —  Conservative donor Rebekah Mercer has been writing checks …


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A Florida teen who hacked well-known Twitter accounts last summer and used them to ask for BTC, netting $100K+ worth, was sentenced to 3 years in a plea deal (Dan Sullivan/Tampa Bay Times)

Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times:A Florida teen who hacked well-known Twitter accounts last summer and used them to ask for BTC, netting $100K+ worth, was sentenced to 3 years in a plea deal  —  Graham Ivan Clark, 18, agreed to plea guilty to fraud charges for a hack of several Twitter accounts last summer.


16 March 2021 0

RWE acquires majority stake in Rampion wind farm

RWE has taken over a further 20% stake from E.ON in the British offshore wind farm Rampion. RWE now holds a majority stake (50.1%) in the 400MW wind farm, which is already being operated by RWE Renewables. As part of its transaction with E.ON, a 30.1% stake was transferred to RWE in 2019. The closing…
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The Church Of Automotive Safety (Part 3)

In the previous two articles, I discussed the differences between religious and scientific thinking and how airbags became more faith-based than scientific (at least in how we treat the problems with them). Now, I’m going to talk about alternatives and how history might have gone differently if we had factored in more personal responsibility. The…
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16 March 2021 0

Magna Introduces EBeam Electric Rear Axle For Pickup Trucks

Just about every pickup truck ever built has a solid rear axle with the differential in the middle and the wheels, tires, and brakes mounted on either end. Very low tech and reliable as a locomotive. Pickup truck assembly lines have been configured for generations to bolt in the rear axle. It’s usually a matter…
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16 March 2021 0

Judge denies XRP Army a seat at the table in SEC v. Ripple case

Lawyers representing XRP investors may still have an opportunity to refile in the future, however.


16 March 2021 0

Bitcoin whale clusters pinpoint 3 levels in the short term to keep the bull trend intact

Bitcoin has to defend $55,406 to prevent falling to the $40,000s once again, whale clusters suggest.


16 March 2021 0

Sotheby’s auction house is getting into the NFT game

The nonfungible token craze continues to proliferate.


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