This article is sponsored by College Readiness Consulting! Why Carlyle, EQT, and Everyone Else Wants a Piece of Starbucks China If you think the battle for caffeine dominance is over, think again. Starbucks’ China operations — the crown jewel of its international empire — are now the hottest asset on the private-equity menu. Final bids […]
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This article is proudly sponsored by Sew Torn, a film by Diamantis Zavitsanos! The Most Unethical Companies in America (And No, It’s Not Just Pharma) From fake accounts to fried chickens with secret hormones—here’s corporate America’s Hall of Shame. 1. Wells Fargo – “We Opened How Many Accounts?” Wells Fargo took cross-selling to Olympic levels of
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This article is proudly sponsored by Lake Region State College! This Is Why Gold Bugs Never Die The eternal return of gold in every macro debate—cynical, timeless, and weirdly rational. Gold: The Asset You Roll Your Eyes At… Until You Don’t They show up every cycle. The guys yelling about fiat money. The ones who still
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This article is proudly sponsored by Texas Student Media! These Companies Should Never Fire Their CEO (Seriously, Don’t Even Think About It) When leadership actually works, you protect it like it’s your dividend yield. 1. Nvidia (NVDA) — Jensen Huang Why: Turned a graphics card company into the AI backbone of Earth. The Vibe: Black leather
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This article is proudly sponsored by Texas Student Media! Walmart, Local Politics, and the Tax Tab: When Big Business Plays Blackjack With Your Hometown Welcome to the wild world of corporate blackjack, where Walmart doesn’t just sell you a 12-pack of socks—it sells your city council on paying them to set up shop. And guess what?
This article is proudly sponsored by Lake Region State College! What Every Entrepreneur Should Learn from Tilman Fertitta (Besides How to Yell at People on TV) You might know Tilman Fertitta as the billionaire behind Landry’s, the owner of the Houston Rockets, or the guy from Billion Dollar Buyer who delivered compliments and death threats in
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This article is proudly sponsored by Sew Torn, a film by Diamantis Zavitsanos! How CF Industries Makes Money (CF): Fertilizer, Natural Gas Alchemy, and the Joy of Feeding the World CF in One Sentence CF Industries is basically the guy who figured out how to turn cheap natural gas into corn, wheat, and soybeans — and
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