25 November 2024

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Tag: walmart

  • This Week in Crypto: News You Can Trust Edition

    This Week in Crypto: News You Can Trust Edition

    Because we’re all about value let’s start this out with some fake news. Walmart (WMT.NYSE) decidedly did not partner with Litecoin, despite news published earlier this week that did the rounds with multiple sources. Charlie Lee, the brain behind Litecoin and leader of its peoples, said the news was fake. Walmart quickly quashed it on…

  • Icahn’s noxious no-brainers and America’s share buyback binge: Is value extraction a sham?

    Icahn’s noxious no-brainers and America’s share buyback binge: Is value extraction a sham?

    Icahn’s traveling roadshow is only marginally better than the criminal activities of Bain Capital. These vicious business vultures swoop in, gain control of the shares, get the company to load up on back-breaking debt to commence a share buyback scheme which they sell into and walk away from long before the company’s books explode all…

  • Thursday Recap: Return of the Cannapocalypse, Walmart, and Powell

    Thursday Recap: Return of the Cannapocalypse, Walmart, and Powell

    Cannapocalypse: Version 2 I think Canopy Growth ($CGC) and Aurora Cannabis ($ACB) should notify the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary that the word “earnings” has been redefined to mean “losses”. Both firms have been supposed “leaders” in the industry, and have let stakeholders down in the past quarter. My disappointment in these two companies…