Wall Street Journal (November 29)
“Anti-Ukraine voices in Congress, the Administration and the pundit class cite Kyiv’s corruption as worthy of unique condemnation.” But they are simply using it as an “excuse to abandon Ukraine,” which they hold to an artificially high standard. “Corruption deserves to be policed and punished. But U.S. support for Ukraine deserves to be judged by overall American interests, and the highest interest is national security.”
Tags: Abandon, Condemnation, Congress, Corruption, Excuse, Interests, National security, Policed, Punished, Support, U.S., Ukraine
South China Morning Post (November 26)
“No winter lasts forever, but the deep chill in the Beijing-Tokyo relationship set off by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan could last a long time.” There is speculation “that Japan’s new prime minister could tighten her hold on power should relations between Beijing and Tokyo remain frosty, but there is one big wild card: “US President Donald Trump’s reluctance to show open support for Japan, America’s closest ally in the region.”
Tags: Ally, Beijing, Deep chill, Frosty, Japan, Power, Relationship, Reluctance, Speculation, Support, Taiwan, Takaichi, Tokyo, Trump, U.S.
Sustainability Magazine (March 22)
“Almost all Disney shareholders have rejected a proposal challenging the company’s participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index…. The proposal, which sought to push Disney to reconsider its commitment to the index, received support from only 1% of shareholders, signalling strong investor backing for the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.”
Tags: Challenging, Commitment, DEI, Disney, Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, Investor backing, Proposal, Rejected, Shareholders, Support
Wall Street Journal (January 22)
“Every incoming presidential administration is tempted to overread the electorate’s support for its agenda. Judging by the tone and content of President Trump’s Second Inaugural Address, his administration will be no exception.” He has already misread popular support “in his Inauguration Day executive actions.” If this continues, “he’s in for a rude awakening. The people who put him over the top on Nov. 5 weren’t members of his fervent MAGA base.”
Tags: Agenda, Electorate, Executive actions, Inaugural address, Incoming, Maga, Misread, Presidential administration, Rude awakening, Support, Trump
Investment Week (August 22)
“BlackRock’s support for shareholder proposals on environmental and social issues has plummeted to a new low, now representing less than one-tenth of the backing these proposals received in 2021…. The firm only supported 4% (20 out of 593) of proposals put forward by shareholders on climate and natural capital and company impacts on people.” This marked a significant decline from “the 47% high in 2021, at the height of the ESG investing boom.”
Tags: 2021, BlackRock, Climate, Company impacts, ESG, Investing boom, Natural capital, Plummeted, Shareholder proposals, Support
The Economist (June 19)
“Rising temperatures in the Arctic are slowly opening up new possibilities for transport.” Geopolitical stakes are also rising in the region. “China’s support for Russia is fuelling Western distrust of the Asian power’s ‘polar silk road’ plans. But China is not retreating from the Arctic. It still sees a chance to boost its influence there, and to benefit from the area’s wealth of natural resources.”
Tags: Arctic, China, Distrust, Geopolitical, Influence, Polar silk road, Russia, Support, Temperatures, Transport, Wealth
Wall Street Journal (May 27)
“America’s travel resurgence is finally here… Despite worries over persistent inflation, banking-sector woes and the debt-ceiling standoff, people are probably going to be spending a lot of time, and money, on trips. This should provide some support for the economy in the months ahead.”
Tags: Banking sector, Debt-ceiling standoff, Economy, Money, Persistent inflation, Resurgence, Spending, Support, Time, Travel, Trips, U.S., Woes, Worries
Reuters (July 21)
“Worries over a global slowdown are casting a shadow over Asia’s recovery prospects with factory activity growth slowing in Japan and Australia, keeping pressure on policymakers to support their economies while tightening monetary policy to combat inflation.”
Tags: Asia, Australia, Factory activity, Global slowdown, Inflation, Japan, Monetary policy, Policymakers, Recovery, Slowing, Support, Tightening, Worries
Endgadget (June 16)
“Microsoft has been sounding the death knell for Internet Explorer for months, but many businesses in Japan seemingly did not take heed. Almost half were said to still be using the browser, for which Microsoft ended support yesterday.” The heel dragging “on switching to other browsers” could “cause chaos for months.”
Tags: Browser, Businesses, Chaos, Death knell, Heel dragging, Internet Explorer, Japan, Microsoft, Support
Wall Street Journal (June 3)
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine calls into question the wisdom of the environmental, social and governance movement’s policy centerpiece: restricting oil and gas investment.” Moreover, “the coordinated effort to depress oil and gas production is potentially a violation of American antitrust law. This combination of bad policy and legal risk will likely” cause the movement to “lose much of its support.”
Tags: Antitrust law, Coordinated, ESG movement, Gas, Invasion, Investment, Legal risk, Oil, Policy, Production, Restricting, Russia, Support, U.S., Ukraine, Violation
