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The Real Question for the $63 Billion AbbVie-Allergan Acquisition
June 25, 2019 Great Stuff
I know my brain doesn’t work quite right. I wouldn’t be writing Great Stuff if it did. Today, I’m left with a burning question on AbbVie’s $63 billion cash and stock acquisition of Allergan. It’s not about the viability of the combined company. Both AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) and Allergan PLC (NYSE: AGN) face serious […]Carmageddon Is Coming
June 6, 2019 Great Stuff
And I looked, and beheld pale affordable ride-sharing: and his name that caught a Lyft was Death, and Carmageddon followed with him. Are you prepared for the end of times for personal vehicles? Dogs and cats ride-sharing together … mass hysteria! It’s happening already. Well, not the “dogs and cats” thing. They don’t have opposable […]Trade War Part 2: Interest-Rate Cut Boogaloo
June 5, 2019 Great Stuff
The U.S.-China trade war has entered phase 2. The first phase was hiking tariffs and trying to see who would blink first. But neither side blinked. In fact, China called the U.S. on tariffs and backed out of trade negotiations in May amid some pretty strong rhetoric. Now, with both countries feeling the tariff effects, […]Apple’s Rotten Truth
June 4, 2019 Great Stuff
Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iTunes is dead. The iconic music software that helped drive iPod and iPhone sales is on the way out. Eighteen is such a young age to go. *Sniff* But it is a necessary death. iPhone sales have tanked for the past two quarters. Consumers just don’t see the point in paying more […]The FTC Investigates Big Tech Companies Google and Amazon
June 3, 2019 Great Stuff
Big Tech and the government … they see your every move. Now these two juggernauts of information are going head-to-head in classic trust-busting fashion. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched two investigations into Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) — aka Google — for antitrust violations. Separately, The Washington Post said […]