Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Nineteen: Uber’s IPO Prospectus Overstates Its 2018 Profit Improvement by $5 Billion
Uber’s financial data in its S-1 filing is misleading and even inconsistent.
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Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities
How solar array projects enable low-income groups to save money and help the environment.
Read more...Warren’s Antitrust Proposal: Should We Break Up Big Tech, or Just Regulate It Better?
While it is gratifying to see Senator and presidential contender Elizabeth Warren focusing on antitrust and the abuse of monopoly power, her $25 billlion fix looks too simplistic.
Read more...Climate Research Must Change to Help Communities Plan for the Future
Climate scientist Robert Koop argues for national investment in universities analogous to that of long-standing cooperative extension programs but applied to scientific climate risk management.
Read more...The Biggest Problem in the War on Cash
Banks and retailers are running into strong political opposition to restricting the use of cash.
Read more...Yasha Levine: Silicon Valley and “Communication Weapons of War”
Turns out Silicon Valey isn’t all that innovative on the propaganda front.
Read more...Boeing Doubles Down on 737 Max, Rejects Need for Simulator Training
Boeing is compounding its bad decisions on the 737 Max.
Read more...Does Capitalism Kill Cooperation?
Economists fetishize innovation. But do they appreciate the importance of cooperation in getting there?
Read more...Lyft IPO: Get Ready For A Bumpy Ride
Lyft’s IPO is oversubscribed at a $23 billion valuation. But what happens next?
Read more...Airbus and Boeing Are Signing Economic Suicide Pacts With China
Western companies that ought to know better are setting themselves up to have their lunch eaten by China.
Read more...Boeing Crapification: 737 MAX Play-by-Play, Regulatory Capture, and When Will CEO Muilenburg Become the Sacrificial Victim?
High-level causes of the 737 MAX debacle, and how MCAS got certified.
Read more...Technology: From Copycats to Innovators
How China is cuttting into America’s technology advantage, and how the US can respond.
Read more...Electronic Health Records: Death By A Thousand Clicks
Rather than an electronic ecosystem of information, the nation’s thousands of EHRs largely remain a sprawling, disconnected patchwork. Moreover, the effort has handcuffed health providers to technology they mostly can’t stand and has enriched and empowered the $13-billion-a-year industry that sells it.
Read more...Can Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Be Trusted To Turn Facebook into a “Privacy-Focused Communications Platform?”
Spoiler alert: No.
Read more...TD Bank: America’s Most Inconvenient Bank
Why you should not bank at TD Bank.
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