Washington Post (July 9)
“Tokyo’s newly rebuilt, 68,000-capacity National Stadium… will be empty throughout the Games, symbolizing the vast sums of money invested in these Olympics with little reward for the people of Japan or the country’s economy.” The spectator ban “highlights the government’s failure to get its vaccination program underway early enough to allow the Games to take place safely with fans.”
Tags: Economy, Empty, Failure, Government, Japan, Money, National Stadium, Olympics, Reward, Spectator ban, Tokyo, Vaccination program
New York Times (February 5)
Bank of America lost $2.2 billion, but awarded CEO Brian Moynihan $9 million in restricted stock. At Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein scored even more. In fact, pay and benefits set a new record of $135.5 billion at the top 25 publicly traded Wall Street banks and security firms. The New York Times is not impressed. “More needs to be done to tame bankers’ appetite for high-risk financial strategies that shower them with profit in good times and leave the taxpayers holding the bag when their bets go bad.”
Tags: Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Pay, Reward, Risk
