Wolf Richter: Tesla Slammed by Tesla (and Moody’s)
Tesla’s bubble is starting to deflate.
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Over One Fifth of Student Borrowers Used Loans to Gamble on Cryptocurrencies
A new category of cryptocurrency sucker, and even worse, leveraged traders to boot.
Read more...The Decline in Quality of Manufacturing Entrepreneurship in the US
Yes, Virginia, US manufacturing is going downhill at the bottom of the food chain as well as from the top.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Great Pacific Garbage Patch Grows
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a major plastic accumulation zone located between California and Hawaii, is growing at a rate greater than previously believed, according to a new scientific paper published last week.
Read more...Surveillance is the DNA of the Platform Economy
The outcry over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica conveniently ignores the real issues: the pervasiveness of surveillance and the need to insist on stronger privacy rights.
Read more...Resisting the Gig Economy: The Emergence of Cooperative Food Delivery Platforms
Labor-squeezing platform providers: how to fight fire with fire.
Read more...“Welcome to Hell”: Barcelona Taxi Drivers Prepare for Uber’s Return
Uber faces a rumble from Barcelona’s taxi drivers.
Read more...Is Verizon Violating Its Copper Network Settlement Already?
A series of awfully convenient outages in Manhattan on Verizon’s DSL service raise the question of whether Verizon is gaming its just-inked settlement.
Read more...Jay Clayton’s SEC Lets Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Get Away With Brazen Fraud
The SEC did Elizabeth Holmes a monster favor with its pathetic settlement over her “massive” Theranos fraud.
Read more...Best Buy’s Bait and Switch Returns Policy Reveals Yet More Creepy Consumer Monitoring
Creepy algos implement what sure looks like consumer fraud at Best Buy.
Read more...LEAKED: Trump Threatens to Launch Trade War v. Rattled China Over IP Theft
Trump’s trade threats against China make steel and aluminum tariffs look like a game.
Read more...Silicon Valley’s Gilded Cage
Silicon Valley glitters but at least some of its workers want more.
Read more...Cryptocurrencies as Prosecution Futures: Judge Rules Manipulators Can Go to Jail
The Wild West of cryptocurrencies just got a little less fun.
Read more...How Cuba Became a Biopharma Juggernaut
Cuba’s entirely state-owned biopharmaceutical industry has been remarkably successful, and can serve as a model for other nations.
Read more...FinTech and Banks
Why FinTech will not be as disruptive as its promoters would have you believe.
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