Jan Mazurro

Freedom for Iranians.
#Iran

Since Trump’s return to power, some of the companies that have seen the biggest drops in market capitalisation have come from Silicon Valley.

Check out the FT’s interactive ranking for more details: https://on.ft.com/457cJJu

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A photo of a bunch of Nike shoes.

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

And coming soon to your finance & law handbooks and textbooks next to Ponzis and Madoffs of the world:

Risk management’s tricky: one tends to underestimate the risks that never materialize in their own lives.

Funny, the countries that didn't get tariffs:

Russia
North Korea
Cuba
Venezuela
Berlarus
Somalia
Burkina Faso

are, except for Cuba, which abstained, the same countries the US voted together with against the UN resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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I wonder how much of insider trading there has been prior to Trump’s tarriffs or other (non-)econ policies. Even US Congress members are infamous for their insider knowledge driven trades. Massive transfers of wealth.

The EU is our risk manager. As any risk management tool, it needs to be taken care of perpetually and sustainably, not opportunistically as our gvt typically does.

Some countries were more affected than others by the US aid cuts. The Democratic Republic of Congo was significantly impacted, where two-thirds of the funding came from Washington.

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Are employees and other shareholders of companies co-owned by Musk completely at his will? Don’t they have any say in how he ruins value of their companies and their products?

Like everybody’s finally learned the truth about Trump & Vance. Let’s not lie to ourselves. Anybody who had been paying a grain of attention learned nothing new about the current US leadership yday. Sadly, Zelenskyy tactically lost it.

That’ll teach ‘em liberals!

Good point from Heinrich Wefing (DIE ZEIT):

Every European politician is now sitting in Zelensky's seat.

“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk supported Ukrainians.

DOGE explained

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

🚨The recent overnight freeze on US foreign aid and the shutdown of anti-disinformation initiatives—while Russia invests $1.5 billion in its influence operations—will have serious consequences for Central Europe, including for journalism.

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🇵🇱⚖️🇪🇺 Excellent article "Strategic Litigation in a Time of Populism: Poland’s Experience" by @aploszka.bsky.social in German Law Journal outlining the shifts in human rights/rule of law litigation in Poland over the last 10 years - including the catastrophic decline of the Constitutional Tribunal.

Trump just undid the only good thing GWB did in his entire 8 years.

Around 60k pro-EU gathered to protest the outrageus shifts in gvt policies in Bratislava, and additional dozens of thousands around Slovakia. This comes after the gvt issued statements in the past few days that there were foreign groups trying to overthrow it. Clearly misguided and untrustworthy.

Never have political, social and financial capitals been more interchangeable. We’re rewriting history every day.

Or rather kleptocratization of democracy?

Our daily dose of absurdity: seems like an upcoming US president participates on a cryptoshite scam hours before taking office. Some one please tell me how crypto solves important societal and business problems 💸

It’s crazy how unprepared formal US institutions are for this oligarchic takeover. It’s not like they haven’t spent billions on democratization and rule of law projects around the world preaching all sorts of instruments and institutions to at least mitigate these problems, is it.

UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ Controversial safety policy has helped drive down premiums to 18-month low, says Confused.com

In the UK, auto insurance prices dropped 16% in a year.

A big reason: Lower urban speed limits

Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."

Farewell!