New York Times (February 12)
“European leaders have stepped up their push to reduce reliance on big American tech firms like Amazon, Google and Microsoft for cloud computing, and on financial services titans like Mastercard and Visa for payment systems. The move to secure what are being labeled monetary sovereignty and digital sovereignty is part of a broader effort to reduce Europe’s dependence on American weapons, trade, technology and more.”
Tags: Amazon, Big tech, Cloud computing, Dependence, Digital sovereignty, Europe, Financial services, Google, Mastercard, Microsoft, Monetary sovereignty, Payment systems, Reliance, Technology, Trade, U.S., Visa, Weapons
New York Times (December 4)
“On Wednesday, the price of a single Bitcoin rose to more than $100,000, a remarkable milestone for an experimental financial asset that had once been mocked as a sideshow…. Bitcoin now stands as arguably the most successful investment product of the last 20 years. The value of all the coins in circulation is $2 trillion, more than the combined worth of Mastercard, Walmart and JPMorgan Chase.”
Tags: $100K, $2 trillion, Asset, Bitcoin, Circulation, Experimental, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, Milestone, Mocked, Remarkable, Sideshow, Value, Walmart
Barron’s (March 7)
“Today, in response to a campaign by sustainable investors Arjuna Capital and Walden Asset Management, American Express (AXP) became the seventh financial-services company since Jan. 15 to agree to take steps to publish and close the pay gap between male and female employees. The others are Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Mastercard (MA), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM).”
Tags: American Express, Arjuna Capital, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Campaign, Citigroup, Financial services, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, Pay gap, Sustainable investors, Walden Asset Management, Wells Fargo
