Newsweek February 17, 2023

1978 “A Hollywood that often tends to shrug off its intermittent, gaudy scandals of sex and drugs is plainly running scared,” Newsweek said of business practices which “started with an isolated case of corporate embezzlement.... Show-business figures—fed up with what they contend is a pattern of deceit and distrust—are breaking movieland’s traditional code of silence to tell their stories about padded budgets, secret payoffs and kickbacks.” Last year, former chief executive of Aviron Pictures William Sadleir pled guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges of over $30 million dollars. 1990 “For South African President F. W. de Klerk, the decision finally to release Mandela was the biggest throw of the dice yet in a historic wager,” Newsweek said. On January 8, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party which Mandela had led…

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Rev. Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy during the funeral service for Tyre Nichols at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on February 1. On January 7, police pulled over the 29-year-old motorist for alleged reckless driving. They proceeded to brutally beat Nichols for three minutes. Three days later, he died in the hospital. Nichols was a father, an avid skateboarder and a nature photographer. Vigils and mostly peaceful protests against police brutality were held in cities across the U.S. Five Black Memphis Police officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression.…

“Automakers have embraced digital technology.” ▸ P.18 FROM THE GREAT RESIGNATION OF 2021 TO the “quiet quitting” trend that redefined the workplace in 2022, the American labor market has had a couple of tumultuous years. But in 2023, on the verge of a potential recession that could have a profound impact on the country’s economy, American workers want to stay put—and hold on tight to their jobs. A broad majority of Americans—64 percent—are not looking to change jobs this year, according to a recent survey carried out by Redfield & Wilton Strategies on behalf of Newsweek, reversing a steady trend that has characterized the U.S. labor market for the past couple of years. While these workers—including employed and self-employed individuals—mentioned their current work-life balance as the main reason not to leave their current…

FOR YEARS U.S. AUTOMAKERS have been putting lots of money into developing digital technology, ranging from drivetrains and batteries for electric vehicles to a broad range of hardware and software connecting cars to the internet and to make them self-driving. Increasingly that money is being invested close to U.S. automaking’s ancestral home. Ford Motor Company, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis, the multinational whose 14 brands include Chrysler and Jeep, have all funded mobility and software engineering projects in Michigan lately. Silicon Valley has noticed. Christian D. Malesic, president/CEO of the Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce, says “We’re still number one in angel investors.... But I can also see the tech industry of Michigan expanding, especially as the car and computer start to blend even more.” Previously, a lot of Detroit money…

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