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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

Amazon explains why it unplugged Parler. Because Parler refused to remove posts that called for the “rape, torture, and assassination of public officials and private citizens.”

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@hblodget

4 years

American Airlines has spent more than $15B enriching its shareholders by buying back its stock in the past 6 years. Any bailout needs to be an equity investment that dilutes or wipes out existing shareholders and provides cash to pay employees.

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6 years

This makes it much easier to understand why Americans have such divergent views of what is actually happening.

James Arkin

@JamesArkin

6 years

A sampling of West Virginia front pages this morning

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@hblodget

3 years

Tens of millions of Americans felt just as much frustration when their candidate lost in 2016. They didn’t violently attack Congress. And their President didn’t drive home to the White House to watch the riot on TV after inciting it with lies.

Brian Stelter

@brianstelter

3 years

Pete Hegseth, one of the biggest MAGA guys on Fox, says "this is the result of frustration that a lot of people feel. I frankly wasn't surprised. I am not saying it is okay, I'm not saying all those things, but images didn't shock me." Listen to him channel the rioters...

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@hblodget

3 years

These restrictions are absurd. (No outdoor dining, no walking/jogging outside, “stay home.”) We know a lot more now than we did in March about how covid spreads. Every needless restriction not supported by science erodes confidence in gov’t and increases the backlash.

Nate Silver

@NateSilver538

3 years

This seems so counterproductive. In LA, you're not (technically speaking) allowed to go on a masked, distanced jog with one friend? Few people are going to abide by those rules and you lose your claim to being science-driven.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

11 months

A “debate” between RFK and a vaccine scientist might be interesting, but, for starters, here is a point-by-point response to RFK’s claims. (Live debates are more about rhetoric and engagement skills than data and logic. If the goal is truth, science is a more reliable route.)

bad_stats 🕜💵🖨️🕣

@thebadstats

11 months

1/ I watched Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Joe Rogan yesterday and it gave me an opportunity to look into some of the "old-school" antivax claims. First Joe Rogan let's us know that he used to think RFK Jr. was "kinda loony", but now he's a true believer in RFK's antivax claims.

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@hblodget

2 years

Elon’s 10-year Tesla options were about to expire, so he had to sell them. The Twitter bid did allow him to do that without his facing questions about why he was selling. And he sold at an excellent price!

Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

2 years

entire thing was clever ruse to SELL + LIQUIDATE $8.5 BILLION of TESLA STOCK (w/plausible excuse for doing it) 80% odds Elon pays $1B breakup fee + walks away with $7.5B liquidated 20% spends $100M fighting litigation honestly think he can “land rockets” but can’t fix ‘bots’?

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@hblodget

7 years

Merck stock up after CEO quits Pres Trump's council to protest Pres Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacists.

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla

7 years

Best day for shares of #Merck since July 27. @CNBC $MRK

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

5 years

With respect... I am an entrepreneur. A 70% marginal rate on income over $10mm or a wealth tax over $50mm would not even dent my "incentive to continue to take risk," much less "kill" it. I get that no one wants to pay taxes. But that logic is ridiculous.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Hear hear. The experts agree outside (with distance) is low risk. Open the parks and beaches. The more freedom we can give ourselves, the longer we’ll be able to sustain restrictions that actually have a big impact.

Stop shaming people for going outside. The risks are generally low, and the benefits are endless.

When taking precautions, like keeping a safe distance from others and wearing a mask, getting the novel coronavirus is highly unlikely in open air.

www.businessinsider.com

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@hblodget

3 years

It’s just absurd that members of Congress can trade stocks and options.

Sawyer Merritt

@SawyerMerritt

3 years

NEWS: In a new disclosure filing, it was revealed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Dec 22, 2020 bought 25 $TSLA call options with a $500 strike price and an expiration date of 3/12/2022. She paid between $500k-$1M for the options.

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4 years

With enormous respect, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, you're still wrong about this one. NYC would have benefited greatly from having 25,000 Amazon folks working, living, spending, and paying taxes here. NYC would have netted vastly more than the subsidy. Losing Amazon cost NYC billions.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

4 years

Me waiting on the haters to apologize after we were proven right on Amazon and saved the public billions

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@hblodget

3 years

Where is the science showing that outdoor dining is particularly risky? Why has California banned it? One reason there’s so much backlash against government restrictions is because some of the restrictions are unnecessary and unhelpful.

The New York Times

@nytimes

3 years

The ban on outdoor dining in Los Angeles is under fire again after a restaurateur posted video of a film crew’s legal catering site next door.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Democrats better make clear that they also want to reopen as soon as possible — or they’re going to get clobbered in November. Lockdowns are terrible. Quarantine fatigue is real. We need a smart reopening plan.

Republicans are falling in line with Trump's push to reopen the economy after weeks of bipartisan...

A Politico/Morning Consult poll found that a majority of Republican voters were now more concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus.

www.businessinsider.com

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@hblodget

6 years

No, Mr. President. What is causing the stock market "headaches" is rising interest rates, rising recession risk, your ballooning deficit, your trade war, and the end of your tax-cut crack hit.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

6 years

The prospect of Presidential Harassment by the Dems is causing the Stock Market big headaches!

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@hblodget

5 years

This is not about “politics.” It’s about assault weapons and domestic terrorism.

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@MSNBC

5 years

Texas Gov. Abbott on the issue of gun violence after El Paso mass shooting attack: "I think we need to focus more on memorials before we start the politics."

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@hblodget

3 years

Rent control in San Francisco backfired. It led to a 25% reduction in the number of rental apartments — and thereby contributed to skyrocketing "market" rents.

How California Homelessness Became A Crisis

Homelessness has gotten out of control in the Golden State. Will California be able to solve it?

www.npr.org

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

7 years

The economy can handle it. It's the individuals who have lost everything we should worry about.

NPR

@NPR

7 years

One analyst estimated the flooding could cost the economy $30 billion.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

5 years

This is the key. The fact that billionaires exist is not the problem. The problem is that huge, rich companies still choose to pay poverty wages to people who dedicate their lives to the companies and are responsible for the companies’ success.

Elizabeth Warren

@ewarren

5 years

My daddy couldn’t work after his heart attack. We lost the family station wagon, and we nearly lost the house. But my mother got a minimum wage job at Sears that saved our house. Today, a minimum wage job can’t support a family of three. I'm fighting so every family can succeed.

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4 years

Previously healthy 48 year-old. In ICU for two weeks, much of it on a ventilator. Last rites were administered. He made it, but his story should sober up anyone who still thinks coronavirus isn’t serious.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Chamath is right. Pandemics are one of the many risks that investors assume in exchange for the potential rewards of better returns. It shows how completely we have embraced the bailout culture of “privatize gains, socialize losses” that this observation is news.

CNBC

@CNBC

4 years

The U.S. shouldn’t be bailing out billionaires and hedge funds during the coronavirus pandemic, Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of investment firm Social Capital, said earlier this week.

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@hblodget

4 years

Yes! Investors increasingly banking on a VP Biden win, a competent coronavirus response, and strong stimulus!

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

STOCK MARKET UP BIG!

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4 years

What’s happening here, in case anyone is curious about the larger story, is that states are being forced to form new groups of “United States” because the Federal government we elected and pay to do it isn’t doing it.

Anna Gronewold

@annagronewold

4 years

Cuomo just announced Massachusetts has joined, adding our first Republican governor to this collab.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

7 years

This is a remarkable illustration of how people's political "team" colors their view of reality @akarl_smith

Trump voters don't believe he has played more golf than Obama in first 3 months

Trump has played more golf in his first three months in office than Obama did — but a poll shows that many Trump voters disagree with that fact.

www.businessinsider.com

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

8 years

Three cheers for @andersoncooper and @MarthaRaddatz . Extremely tough job and very well done.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

See? Trump has not been “silenced.” He is free to say whatever he wants. (This took several days too long, and I assume he didn’t want to do it, but at least someone in the White House got it done.)

Maggie Haberman

@maggieNYT

3 years

Presidential proclamation regarding the death of Officer Sicknick

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Very respectfully, Senator, Pres Trump cannot be given a $500 billion secret slush fund to give and not give money to whoever he wants without having to tell Americans. GOP needs to drop non-starter terms like that.

Mitt Romney

@MittRomney

4 years

Nothing in the Senate has shocked me, until today. Standing in the way of a critically needed rescue package is irresponsible and reckless. Dems say not enough money to states: nearly $200 billion isn’t chump change. Hospitals get at least $75 billion.

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@hblodget

6 years

This is exactly what all serious economists expected.

Chris Lu

@ChrisLu44

6 years

Remember when Trump/Ryan promised that #GOPTaxScam would lead to a $4,000 pay increase? After inflation, wages are down since tax law was passed. Real wages are also down since Trump took office. Meanwhile, the superwealthy and shareholders are doing quite fine. #TrickleDown

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

5 years

In a just world, the first salaries to be shut down in a shutdown should be Congress and the White House. And those should be lost forever.

'We don't know when his next check will come': Federal employees are sharing how the government...

The shutdown of the federal government is affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. Many took to Twitter to share how the shutdown is hurting them.

www.businessinsider.com

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@hblodget

5 years

No rent control in Tokyo (and, perhaps, easier regulations) lead to housing supply keeping up with demand. 2BR rent still under $1,000/mo. NYC and SF take note...

What Housing Crisis? In Japan, Home Prices Stay Flat

Over the past two decades, home prices in some leading U.S. and European cities have skyrocketed. In Tokyo, they are going nowhere.

www.wsj.com

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Actually, we should be testing thousands of people a day who don't have symptoms. Because many people are infected, infectious, and asymptomatic. We need to identify them and isolate them, the way China and South Korea have. It's the only way to get a handle on this.

Mark Knoller

@markknoller

4 years

VP Pence says tens of thousands of tests for Coronavirus infection are being performed daily. Reminds American people that “If you don’t have symptoms, you don’t need to get a test.”

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

7 years

At least we're finally moving past the fiction that the refusal to release the returns had something to do with an audit.

Philip Rucker

@PhilipRucker

7 years

"He's not going to release his tax returns. We litigated this all through the election. People didn't care," Kellyanne Conway says on ABC.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

The stock market is "rigged" against individual investors in the same way professional baseball is "rigged" against beer-league softball players. The pros have vastly more information, experience, resources, and skill, so they're much better. Happily, there are index funds.

Claire Williams

@byclairew

3 years

By a wide margin, people believe that the stock market is rigged against individual investors, according to the poll. Note the vote and party breakdowns: It's more Biden/Democrats than Trump voters (although they still largely believe it)

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3 years

This is a gripping movie narrative: David v Goliath. But, respectfully, Goliath — Wall Street — was on both sides of this trade. And it is now clear that Robinhood shut down traders because it almost went bankrupt, not because of some save-Wall-Street conspiracy.

Rafa

@Rafael_Rubio__

3 years

@DavidSacks on the @theallinpod 🔥🙌

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3 years

Respectfully disagree with Sen. Sanders here. Trump repeatedly violated clear rules that any private company is allowed to set. He was warned. He ignored the warnings. And Twitter is better for everyone as a result of the ban.

Business Insider

@BusinessInsider

3 years

Bernie Sanders said he's not comfortable with Twitter banning 'racist, sexist' Trump

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Okay, airlines, here are the terms of your bailout!

OK, airlines, here are your bailout terms!

Opinion | The US airlines have asked taxpayers for a bailout. Here are the terms that taxpayers should insist on.

www.businessinsider.com

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

Index funds beat ~70% of professional investors every year, and 95% over the long haul. They're cheap and easy. If you actually care about investing intelligently, instead of having fun speculating, they're the best way to go.

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@hblodget

4 years

Australian researchers predict best-case scenario for coronavirus is 15 million deaths and $2.4 trillion hit to GDP. (For context, 1918 Spanish Flu killed 50+ million. 1968 Hong Kong flu killed ~1 million).

As the coronavirus spreads, one study predicts that even the best-case scenario is 15 million dead...

A group of Australian researchers estimate that the coronavirus may have severe consequences on the global GDP.

www.businessinsider.com

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@hblodget

3 years

Sen. Warren not buying the story that the scandal here is small investors being prevented from speculating as frantically as they would have liked... (by choosing a weakly capitalized trading platform of which they are not actually the customers).

Elizabeth Warren

@SenWarren

3 years

Casino-like swings in stock prices of GameStop reflect wild levels of speculation that don’t help GameStop’s workers or customers and could lead to market instability. Today I told the SEC to explain what exactly it's doing to prevent market manipulation.

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4 years

"Throughout the crisis, the top priority of the President, and everyone who works for the President, has been the protection of his ego." Well, at least the White House agrees on priorities.

David Frum

@davidfrum

4 years

@TheAtlantic

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@hblodget

6 years

Once again, high-quality journalism makes the world a better and truer place. Anyone who is truly patriotic — in either party — should root for this.

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@hblodget

6 years

US taxpayers pay the salaries of everyone in the CEA. We pay them to deliver correct facts and analysis so our other employees (including the President) can make better decisions.

Ben White

@EconomyBen

6 years

This is bad on many levels. Presidents don’t take office in November. Obama also took office during the worst recession/financial crisis since the Great Depression. CEA is historically so much better than this.

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@hblodget

4 years

A fine idea. Especially for big companies. The problem in our economy is a lack of consumer spending power, not a lack of business profit. Higher wages will get spent on products and services, helping companies and the economy.

Business Insider

@BusinessInsider

4 years

Joe Biden is doubling down on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour despite the economic downturn. It could bump paychecks for over 27 million workers.

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4 years

Remarkable that an apparently acceptable defense of incompetence is “we didn’t know until yesterday” with respect to something that everyone — including all the experts — have been talking about everywhere for weeks.

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6 years

And this is why our current healthcare system, which ties insurance to employment, is absurd. Basic health insurance for all is a simple, decent idea. It would make this country better for everyone.

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4 years

Airlines spent huge amount of cash on buybacks to help shareholders in past ~10 years. Now they want $29B in grants (gifts) and $25B in loans, plus tax breaks. Gov't should insist this cash goes to employees, not shareholders.

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@hblodget

8 years

GIULIANI: "Don't you think a man who has this kind of economic genius is a lot better for the US than a woman?" (!!)

Maggie Haberman

@maggieNYT

8 years

Missed this quote from Rudy. Quite a morning on the shows.

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@hblodget

2 years

Elon Musk realizing that 1) he overbid for Twitter, 2) it won’t be so easy or fun to “fix” (there’s already very free speech here and a lot of it is unpleasant, 3) he’s already bored and ready to move on to the next thing, which hopefully will be more meaningful.

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

2 years

Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users

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@hblodget

5 years

Yes. I would respectfully ask folks who think NYC “stood up to Amazon” yesterday to read this. Good jobs are good for cities and for the people who live in them. That’s why cities fight so hard to try to attract good employers.

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla

5 years

via @pboockvar

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@hblodget

4 years

Shutting down fast works. Look at the difference between Lodi and Bergamo in Italy. Lodi shut down first. Bergamo now has far more cases. (Excellent new research from University of Oxford & Nuffield)

Business Insider

@BusinessInsider

4 years

Opinion | More of the US should shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus By @hblodget .

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7 years

Ex-CIA officers say they would not have briefed Trump if thought dossier was just "vague rumors" @NatashaBertrand

Former CIA officers on Trump Russia dossier: The intel community 'is not in the business of...

Officials would not have briefed Trump on claims that Russia has compromising information on Donald Trump if they did not take the allegations seriously.

www.businessinsider.com

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2 years

I have enormous respect for Marc Andreessen and many of the other folks who are super-excited about Web3. I’m trying to understand what they’re so excited about. And I confess I still don’t get it.

Joe Weisenthal

@TheStalwart

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This is incredible. Another example of a high profile Web3 backer totally flailing on a podcast when trying to describe the advantages.

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@hblodget

7 years

Obviously, everyone wants a tax cut. But we should still get facts right. US is not "one of the highest taxed nations in the world"

CRFB.org

@BudgetHawks

7 years

Last night in Iowa, @POTUS claimed we are "one of the highest taxed nations in the world." He's wrong ->

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3 years

Californian flees Silicon Valley for the paradise of Austin, Texas discovers it's actually kind of crappy—and not cheap—and moves back.

Has anyone moved from the Bay Area to Austin? What were your reasons? What would you advise anyone...

Brett Alder's answer: NOTE: This article was originally written in 2016. You know you feel the allure. California is great and all, but it’s SO expensive!! Raising a family here in CA? Good luck!...

www.quora.com

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3 years

Polio has a similar range of effects as COVID: 70%+ of cases have no symptoms. Only 0.1%-0.5% of cases lead to paralysis or death. Was polio similarly politicized? Or did most people agree it was a real and awful disease that was worth fighting?

Polio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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@hblodget

4 years

Yes. The “entrepreneurs need a super-low tax rate or they won’t start companies” line is fiction. It sounds smart, but it’s not true. It’s just an excuse to cut taxes.

Mark Cuban

@mcuban

4 years

I have started I don't know how many businesses in my life. Not one time have I ever considered the income tax rate before starting a business. I'm an entrepreneur. I start companies.

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3 years

Of course Trump is just making things up. But imagine making this defense for any other responsible leader: “He’s not responsible for the fact that what he told you wasn’t true.” It’s so lame and weak. Any real leader would say, “I am responsible.”

John Harwood

@JohnJHarwood

3 years

flack Hogan Gidley defending lies: Trump is “getting that information from advisers who are telling him they have evidence of certain things. So he’s going to come out and say ‘here’s what I know’ or ‘here’s what I’ve been told.’ The President doesn’t make these things up”

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@hblodget

5 years

Meanwhile, the players who actually won the game don’t get jack.

Darren Rovell

@darrenrovell

5 years

With tonight's win, Nick Saban becomes the first college coach to make $9 million ($9,025,000) in a season. $7.5 million salary $800,000 new contract incentive $75,000 for SEC title game $50,000 for winning title $400,000 for CFP semifinal $200,000 for tonight's win

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3 years

Will the US Chamber of Commerce also be calling for companies to raise wages so Americans no longer need federal benefits to survive while working full time?

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla

3 years

* U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS CALLS FOR ENDING $300 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT TO ADDRESS U.S. LABOR SHORTAGE @Reuters

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@hblodget

4 years

Eric Schmidt makes a smart point: The pandemic could actually be great for commercial real-estate, because companies will want MORE office space, not less, as they redesign offices to support social distancing.

Silicon Valley billionaire Eric Schmidt predicts that companies will need more office space after...

The 65-year-old former Google CEO made the prediction during an appearance on "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

www.businessinsider.com

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@hblodget

6 years

Why any American thinks our current healthcare system is great is beyond me. We spend the most for the worst results of any rich country.

Patrick McGee

@PatrickMcGee_

6 years

Crazy pregnancy stat on front page of @ft today.

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9 years

10,000-strong Trump crowd went nuts this eve. Anyone who thinks he can't win should see this

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@hblodget

3 years

Yes, Wall Street is "rigged" against part-time, amateur traders -- the same way professional golf is "rigged" against weekend duffers. The pros have vastly more resources, experience, and skill.

Reddit day traders wanted to beat Wall Street to prove the system is rigged. Instead, they did it...

Wall Street Bets was briefly winning its war against short-sellers. But hedge funds walking away with billions showed that the house always wins.

www.businessinsider.com

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

“Job creator” has always been an absurd self-aggrandizing concept, at least when focused on a CEO or investor. ~1,000 amazing people now work for Insider. I didn’t “create” those jobs. Our team, audience, subscribers, clients, investors, and economy create and sustain them.

Joe Weisenthal

@TheStalwart

3 years

The term “job creator” is one that has no logic in a tight labor market. Purely an artifact of a time when businesses could assume that if they were hiring, that they would be flooded with applications.

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10 years

RT @ezraklein : Wow. RT @iseff This is an incredible map. 50% of GDP comes from orange areas, 50% from blue. http://t.co/2iEcARRfbv

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4 years

US daily coronavirus cases back over 50,000 and rising again... Still one of the worst countries in the world (including per capita).

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@hblodget

3 years

Depressing story about how the government of San Francisco refused to allow a group of generous people to give everyone in the city free Internet access...

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

If the driver still has to pay attention and take control at any millisecond, maybe we shouldn’t call it “Full Self-Driving”?

Insider Tech

@TechInsider

3 years

Elon Musk says some Tesla drivers were removed from beta tests for its Full Self-Driving software for not paying attention to the road

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

Yes, this is one of the most persistent and crazy hallucinations among casual traders. Just because you can play the same game as professionals doesn’t mean you’re even close to being in the same league. It’s obvious in golf. But somehow impossible to understand in trading.

Joe Weisenthal

@TheStalwart

3 years

@DKThomp The idea that you can open your phone, download an app, and be on the other side of a trade against Steve Cohen is, while false, probably one of the most irresistible narratives imaginable.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

5 years

Usually a big fan of your boldness and leadership, @aoc , but respectfully, you’re looking at this one the wrong way. NYC lost a lot of future jobs, tax revenue, and consumer spending today. Amazon, meanwhile, will now just provide those benefits to another city.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

5 years

Anything is possible: today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon’s corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

12 years

MARK CUBAN: There's only one thing in life you can control--your own effort http://t.co/27KDhVfJ @mcuban

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Glad someone else is noticing the disparity between the way the White House is telling everyone else to act compared to the way they themselves are acting!

Brian Stelter

@brianstelter

4 years

Per @JDiamond1 , anonymous Trump admin official "says there is extreme sensitivity inside the White House right now at the current state of affairs — officials recognize the contradiction in telling states to reopen while the WH enhances protocols to prevent spread of the virus."

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

7 years

Remarkable that people still argue that problem with economy is high tax and lack of incentives for rich folks

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

9 years

RT @lakens : Best pie chart ever http://t.co/qxDHSvkIqg

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

7 years

Twitter has embraced what it is -- a real-time news and communications network. And the new video strategy is working very well.

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla

7 years

Twitter now $20.50. "Quietly becoming a bullish stock," says @jimcramer $TWTR @CNBC

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@hblodget

2 years

A “pre-packaged” bankruptcy could be a powerful personal tax move! Elon could take the $44 billion loss and use it to offset some of his Tesla gains. And cut a deal with the lenders to issue new equity to everyone at a low basis while maintaining control!

Evan

@StockMKTNewz

2 years

ELON MUSK JUST TOLD TWITTER EMPLOYEES HE’S NOT SURE HOW MUCH RUN RATE THE COMPANY HAS AND “BANKRUPTCY ISN’T OUT OF THE QUESTION.”

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

2 years

What a waste.

NYTimes Tech

@nytimestech

2 years

A single Bitcoin transaction now requires more than 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, or enough energy to power the average American household for 73 days, researchers estimate.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

6 years

North Korean cheerleaders at Olympics required to use bathroom in groups to minimize risk of defection.

The 229 women in North Korea's 'Army of Beauties' at the Winter Olympics are hand picked, unpaid,...

The North Korean cheerleaders at the Winter Olympics, nicknamed the "Army of Beauties," are heavily vetted and guarded to discourage defection.

www.businessinsider.com

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

8 years

Almost certainly because Trump figured out a way to book lenders' losses as his losses for tax purposes

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Nice try, Mr. Rabois! The market has known about VP Biden’s tax plan for 1+ year (and it’s not 2X). The market’s tanking because the pandemic is resurging, the current Administration has given up, and Congress failed to pass another stimulus plan.

Keith Rabois

@rabois

4 years

The market has finally read the Biden website which advocates 2x the capital gains tax rate.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

In this case, the plane did spectacularly well! The engine (made by Pratt & Whitney) exploded during takeoff. The plane survived the explosion and then flew perfectly back to the airport.

Myles Udland

@MylesUdland

3 years

It's very cool that there are two (2) plane manufacturers and one (1) of them makes planes that don't seem to fly well.

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@hblodget

3 years

Yes, unnecessary. But also not worth even thinking about, Mr. Vance! Who cares if they’re wearing masks? How does that have the slightest impact on the Ohioans you want to represent? What happened to “freedom”?

J.D. Vance

@JDVance1

3 years

I’m in DC today and just saw a group of girls on the Potomac rowing—outside in the sunshine—all of them with masks on. Just totally insane.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

9 years

Mr. Zuckerberg on @CNBC in 2004 said initially thought “theFacebook” might get 400-500 users http://t.co/tYXJTYTV6o

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@hblodget

1 year

Well… Then let’s also blame the absurdity of the prior Tesla price on the Fed — for keeping interest rates at zero for 13 years.

Markets Insider

@MktsInsider

1 year

Elon Musk blames Tesla's $600 billion plunge in market value this year on the Fed - as rising interest rates erode the appeal of stocks

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

6 years

The Constitution has served us well since the birth of the nation—and seen us through far greater challenges than we face today. There is no reason to rip it up now.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

6 years

We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order. Most children come without parents...

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

Um, Andrew Yang didn't "fail up." He ran, built, and sold a company. That doesn't mean he'll be an effective mayor, but it does show that he can run an organization successfully. (Also, what do elected officials do if not "play with other people's money"?)

Insider Politics

@insiderpolitics

3 years

NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley says New York is 'not another startup' where Andrew Yang 'can play with other people's money and fail up'

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

11 years

Do I have this right? The Republicans closed a war memorial so they could heroically break into it?

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

3 years

Imagine selling your apartment or house or car in a hot market, getting offers for twice as much as you expected to get, but agreeing to sell for half that price just to give a huge overnight windfall to the buyer. That’s how crazy the prevailing IPO pricing mentality is.

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@hblodget

4 years

Sweden’s approach is working. The lesson is that lockdowns aren’t binary. Sweden has restrictions — no pro sports, no big gatherings, distancing in businesses, etc. But grade schools and businesses are still open.

Martin Varsavsky

@martinvars

4 years

Sweden is the model to follow.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

6 years

Yes, this is absurd. The stock market is plunging because of 1) extreme valuations, 2) rising interest rates, 3) ballooning Trump/GOP deficit, 4) Trump tax war, 5) rising recession risk, 6) rising inflation, and 7) end of the Trump tax-cut crack hit.

Business Insider

@BusinessInsider

6 years

Trump makes baseless claim that the stock market is plunging because of the prospect of Democrats investigating him

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

5 years

No one wants to pay more taxes. But saying a wealth tax for assets over $50mm or a 70% marginal rate on income over $10mm will “hurt the economy” is ludicrous.

Business Insider

@BusinessInsider

5 years

Billionaires who hate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70% tax on the super-rich are adamant it will hurt the economy — but history suggests otherwise

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

8 years

Great Jeff Bezos quote on the Fire Phone flop: "We're working on much bigger failures right now" @eugenekim222

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explains why the Fire Phone disaster was actually a good thing

"The size of your mistakes needs to grow along with" the company. "If it doesn't, you're not going to be inventing at scale that can actually move the needle."

www.businessinsider.com

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

8 years

One political myth we can now officially dispense with... "the ground game"

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

8 years

Meanwhile, Trump refuses to release tax returns

Vox

@voxdotcom

8 years

Republicans and Russian hackers have made Hillary Clinton the most transparent candidate in history

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

5 years

Boeing changed the way engines are mounted on the new 737, which changed the plane’s center of gravity. Software designed to counteract that now appears to make plane nosedive if sensors fail.

Boeing is going to update the control software on the 737 Max that may cause the plane to nosedive

Boeing says will roll out the updated control software in the coming weeks and expects the US Federal Aviation Administration to make it mandatory.

www.businessinsider.com

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Jury still out on Sweden's approach to restrictions. Many more deaths than neighboring Nordic countries. But they're doing about as well as the US, with schools and most businesses open.

Insider Science

@insiderscience

4 years

The architect of Sweden's decision not to have a coronavirus lockdown said he still isn't sure it was the right call

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

4 years

Remember the videos showing casinos jammed with people after Las Vegas reopened? Unfortunately, we now appear to be seeing the unsurprising consequences. Crowded indoor spaces with talking, booze, and prolonged exposure = high risk, especially without masks.

Steve Cheney

@stevecheney

4 years

Absolutely MASSIVE outbreak in Las Vegas—highest positive, 29%, and case growth I’ve seen ever. From just 11 days ago 👇🏻

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

9 years

When America looks back on "frequent gun massacres" part of its history, PhDs will be written on why it took us so long to address problem

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

5 years

Prediction: If Democrats don’t nominate a strong, charismatic candidate who disavows the word “socialism,” Pres Trump’s repetition of it will get him re-elected. Millennials may be okay with the word, but older Americans aren’t.

Catherine Rampell

@crampell

5 years

Trump wants to make “socialism” a boogeyman, in the hopes of confusing and freaking out the public. The GOP has been using this scare tactic for at least six decades, and at some point it may backfire.

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Henry Blodget

@hblodget

10 years

100%. Mind-boggling that people refuse to admit it. " @pegobry : This remains absolutely correct. http://t.co/nYC4UZXxdP”

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