Tag: Business

The Family Profiting From the Opioid Crisis Hides Behind Charity

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed to many of these deaths. Amazingly, however, little is known about the proprietors of OxyContin— the Sackler family. Their secret? Calculated and lavish acts of philanthropy. America’s Opioid Crisis: a Public Health Issue of Epic Proportions A recent article published in the New...

Big Pharma Billionaire Arrested for Bribing Doctors to Prescribe Opioids

Billionaire and founder of Insys Therapeutics, Dr John Kapoor, has been arrested for his involvement in a diabolical scheme involving his company's top selling opioid drug— Subsys. Curiously, it all went down on the very same day the Trump administration declared America’s opioid crisis as a national public health emergency. According to CBS News, Kapoor was arrested early on Thursday morning at his home in...
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Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in China Just Became Much, Much Worse

The Trump brand has strengthened its foothold in China, with the country recently approving 38 new Trump-branded business ventures. The newly approved trademarks will...

How Trump’s Deregulations Mostly Hurt His Own Supporters

Since President Trump took office in January, nearly 100 government regulations across industries have been suspended or reversed. And a recent executive order stated...

Chobani’s CEO Helps Refugees & Conservatives are Dragging Him Through the Mud For it

It could be said that Chobani greek yogurt is the popular kid of the supermarket dairy aisle. Earlier this year, we told you about the...

Mexico is Ready to Retaliate if Trump Wins

Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter is expected to propose legislation this week that would empower Mexico to retaliate in the event that an elected...

Life Gave Her Lemons: She Made Lemonade and a Million Dollars

You probably don't associate a little girl's lemonade stand with generating fistfuls of cash, potentially millions. Then again, you probably haven't heard of Mikaila...

Chobani CEO Just Did What Every Employee Would Ever Dream Of

It's been a good week for Greek yogurt, or more accurately, for the employees of Greek yogurt company Chobani. The company's founder, Hamdi Ulukaya,...

That Didn’t Take Long, Starbucks Drops its ‘Race Together’ Campaign After One Week

Remember last week when billion dollar coffee franchise, Starbucks, decided it was going to fix race relations and rolled out its grande-sized sociology experiment,...

5 Ways Taking a Vacation From Work Can Foster Career Growth

Traveling has many merits, but one that we might not often talk about are its positives in how we work and our career paths....

AMC Theaters Is Installing Reclining Chairs In 5,000 Movie Theaters

Despite movies like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen pulling in bags of cash, the movie industry isn't exactly raking in as much cash as...

Ashton Kutcher Takes on Walmart in Thanksgiving Twitter War

It's no secret that Walmart is one of the most successful companies in the world. It's also no secret that they've got a bit...

Is Appearing on ‘Shark Tank’ Always a Good Business Move?

Landing a spot on "Shark Tank" seems like the ultimate break for a new business looking to jump-start itself. Win over Mark Cuban and...

Kickstarter’s Executive Shake-Up is a Model for Knowing When to Leave

Knowing when you've fulfilled your duties and it's time to take on a new role is essential in business and looking at Kickstarter's recent...