Podcasts about Exxon

Early this year American energy giant Chevron expressed interest in exploring for hydrocarbons in Greek waters off the coast of the Peloponnese. Just a few weeks ago, it expressed new interest in areas south of Crete. This vote of confidence is not only raising questions about what potential discoveries could mean for Greece and Europe, but are also delivering an important win for international law as they essentially “kill” the illegal Turkish-Libyan accord. John Psaropoulos joins Thanos Davelis as we look into why energy giants like Chevron and Exxon are looking at Greece, and break down why Chevron's moves south of Crete are a victory for international law.John Psaropoulos is an independent journalist and Al Jazeera's correspondent in southeast Europe. He also publishes Hellenica, a weekly deep dive into Greek current affairs and history that you can find on Substack.com.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Gas interest off Crete kills Turkish-Libyan accord EU once denounced as “illegal"Greece to repay first bailout loans by 2031, 10 years earlyErdogan's main rival in Turkey makes first court appearance since arrest

While the Idiots are off enjoying Spring Break, Kaity takes us on a special trip back in time to uncover the hidden VIP lounges of EPCOT's past. Before Club 33 and DVC spaces, there were secret spots tucked inside Future World pavilions—exclusive to employees of corporate sponsors like Siemens, Exxon, and GE. From the high-tech Explorer's Lounge in Spaceship Earth to the executive retreat in Horizons, these lounges offered unique perks, from AR mirrors to private ride access.Join us for this deep dive into a forgotten era of EPCOT history, and don't worry—the Idiots will be back next week with a brand-new original Imagineering project!Send us a textSupport the showDon't forget to check us out on Instagram and our website!

In this episode of the Age of Adoption podcast, host Keith Zakheim welcomes Duncan Meisel, Executive Director of Clean Creatives, an organization challenging PR and advertising agencies to reject fossil fuel clients. Drawing from his background in climate NGO communications, Duncan has pioneered a global movement to eliminate ties between creative agencies and fossil fuel companies. The conversation explores how Clean Creatives provides a pledge for agencies and brands, targets those working with polluters, and confronts the conflicts of interest that arise when agencies serve both sustainability-focused clients and fossil fuel companies simultaneously.Despite current political headwinds facing climate initiatives, Duncan maintains an optimistic outlook grounded in planetary urgency and market fundamentals. He highlights how twice as much capital now flows into renewable energy compared to fossil fuels, and emphasizes that engagement typically increases during challenging political climates. For businesses navigating the climate transition, Duncan stresses the importance of focusing on material climate impacts that directly affect bottom lines—like insurance companies losing advertising revenue due to climate disaster—and building strategic plans that position organizations for success when the pendulum inevitably swings back toward climate action.Duncan Meisel, Executive Director of Clean Creatives, leads a global movement challenging advertising and PR agencies to cut ties with fossil fuel companies through their industry pledge system. Drawing from his background in climate NGO communications at organizations like 350.org, Duncan identifies how agencies serve conflicting interests when representing both sustainability-focused brands and fossil fuel clients. In this episode, he reveals the concerning "climate doomer" mentality among many agency professionals working with polluters and explains how Clean Creatives connects the dots between climate impacts and business consequences—like State Farm's $8 million Super Bowl ad cancellation due to climate disasters while their agency also represented Exxon. Despite current political headwinds, Duncan maintains that planetary urgency and strong market fundamentals, including twice as much capital flowing to renewables versus fossil fuels, provide reasons for optimism in the climate transition. Based in Austin, Texas, Duncan has been recognized as one of Adweek's Young Influentials and PRovoke Media's Innovator 25.In This Episode: (00:00) Introduction - Duncan Meisel of Clean Creatives(03:39) Duncan explains Clean Creatives' mission and fossil fuel pledge(07:44) Discussion of agency conversations and rationalizations for fossil fuel work(11:06) Brand perspective on agencies with fossil fuel clients(14:42) Duncan shares his Age of Adoption story amid political challenges(18:07) Clean Creatives' tactical focus on materiality and real impactsShare with someone who would enjoy this topic, like and subscribe to hear all of our future episodes, send us your comments and guest suggestions!About the show:  The Age of Adoption podcast explores the monumental transition from a period of climate tech research and innovation – an Age of Innovation – to today's world in which companies across the economy are furiously adopting climate solutions - the Age of Adoption. Listen as our host, Keith Zakheim, CEO of Antenna Group, talks with experts from across the climate, energy, health, and real estate sectors to discuss what the transition means for business and society, and how corporates and startups can rise above competitors to lead in this new age. Access more curated content on the subject by visiting, www.ageofadoption.com.This podcast is brought to you by Antenna Group, an award-winning integrated marketing, public relations, public affairs and digital agency that partners with the world's most exciting and disruptive companies across cleantech, mobility, real estate, healthcare, and emerging B2B tech sectors. Our clients are transformational and distinguished corporations, startups, investors, and nonprofits that are at the bleeding edge of the Age of Adoption. Visit antennagroup.com to learn more.Resources:Duncan Meisel LinkedInClean Creatives WebsiteAntenna GroupAge of Adoption WebsiteKeith Zakheim LinkedIn

Join Michelle Martin on her tour of markets! Host Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss Trump’s sweeping tariffs sparking global sell-offs. We track the fallout from Wall Street to Seoul — and why BYD is climbing as Kia feels the heat. We dive into the steep losses suffered by Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow, and fintech names like Affirm and PayPal. Plus, a look at new IPOs in Singapore and Gulf Development’s rocky debut. We also explore winners like Frasers Centrepoint Trust and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust - and wrap with a delicious debate on the great croissant boom. Plus: new IPOs on SGX, Exxon’s outlook, and the croissant takeover of NYC! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI is transforming oil and gas, but not all AI is created equal. Many companies have wasted millions on failed AI projects, chasing optimization without real breakthroughs. But what if AI could think like a scientist—applying physics and chemistry to accelerate decision-making and innovation? In this episode, TC Zoboroski, Head of Sales for Energy at NobleAI, explains how their science-based AI is reshaping everything from production forecasting to molecular design. Unlike traditional generative AI, which relies on pattern recognition, NobleAI operates on scientific principles, enabling faster, more accurate results for R&D, product development, and enhanced oil recovery. TC shares fascinating use cases where AI has cut R&D timelines from decades to months, optimized drilling decisions, and even created new chemical formulations in real-time. We also discuss why AI skepticism is still strong in oil and gas, how to overcome it, and why AI should be seen as a force multiplier, not a job threat. About the Guest TC Zoboroski is the Head of Sales for Energy at NobleAI, a company specializing in science-based artificial intelligence for industries like oil & gas, materials science, and biotech. With a background in technology and experience at Halliburton, Dell, AWS, and Exxon, TC brings deep insight into how AI can bridge the gap between traditional energy challenges and cutting-edge digital solutions. Connect with TC and NobleAI:

Apart from Real Estate, there are many private placement vehicles to invest in, including Oil and Gas, pre-IPO companies, and many others. Some of these opportunities are less well known, but present higher returns than commercial real estate. Marshall Sykes, Founder and Owner of Capitano Investing Group, has been involved in over 20 syndications across multiple asset classes. After some initial wins, and some crucial lessons in Multifamily, and as an ex-Exxon executive, much of Marshall's current focus is on the lucrative oil and gas sector with existing wells and proven production. 

In this episode of the Energy News Beat Daily Standup, the hosts, Michael Tanner and Stuart Turley explore key energy developments, including President Trump's potential impact on energy projects, particularly in Democratic states, and the continued fossil fuel investments by BP, Shell, and Exxon despite underwhelming returns from green energy. They highlight Alaska's efforts to restore oil and gas leasing, with support from Native Alaskan tribes, and the geopolitical dynamics shaping global energy markets. The hosts also discuss upcoming tariffs, their potential effects on trade imbalances, and how they might influence the energy sector. The episode wraps up with insights on oil market trends and expectations for President Trump's upcoming announcements.Highlights of the Podcast00:00 - Intro02:20 - Why the Rubio Ceasefire Plan is DOA Part 8: The BLUF and the Overview of the Next Tranche of Papers05:05 - BP, Shell, and Exxon Signal One Thing: Oil Isn't Going Anywhere07:20 - Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states11:04 - Alaskan Tribes ‘Applaud' Interior's Move To Restore Oil And Gas Leasing13:04 - Trump's Trade Tactics Are Driving New LNG Deals16:42 - Markets Update18:38 - Rig Count Overview18:53 - Energy trader Vitol eyes $3 billion sale of US shale producer, sources say20:11 - OutroPlease see the links below or articles that we discuss in the podcast.Why the Rubio Ceasefire Plan is DOA Part 8: The BLUF and the Overview of the Next Tranche of PapersBP, Shell, and Exxon Signal One Thing: Oil Isn't Going AnywhereTrump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem statesAlaskan Tribes ‘Applaud' Interior's Move To Restore Oil And Gas LeasingTrump's Trade Tactics Are Driving New LNG DealsFollow Stuart On LinkedIn and TwitterFollow Michael On LinkedIn and TwitterENB Top NewsEnergy DashboardENB PodcastENB SubstackENB Trading DeskOil & Gas Investing– Get in Contact With The Show –

Er gaat gi-gan-tisch veel geld naar de aandeelhouders van Shell. Miljarden aan dividend, miljarden aan de opkoop van eigen aandelen én er worden miljarden bespaard. Shell trekt alles uit de kast om beleggers te paaien. 'Historisch veel', zegt het er zelf over. Allemaal om de beurskoers op te pompen. Deze aflevering kijken we naar de strategie van Shell. Heeft het echt zin om zoveel geld uit te geven? Wordt Shell daarmee net zoveel waard als de Amerikaanse concurrent Chevron? En hoe ver moet (en kan) het bedrijf gaan om dat doel te bereiken? Wordt het geen obsessie? De aandeelhouders van Shell zijn blij, die van Tesla wat minder. De verkopen van Tesla in Europa zijn niet incidenteel gekelderd, maar nu al meerdere maanden op rij. Het lijkt meer op een boycot, wat de kopzorgen van topman Elon Musk vergroot. Kopzorgen waren er ook onder Europese beleggers. Heffingenkoorts hadden sommige. Ze dumpten hun Europese aandelen, vanwege de importheffingen waarmee Trump ze bestookte. Maar de koorts lijkt inmiddels wat weg te ebben. Valt de handelsoorlog dan toch mee? Ook hoor je meer over KPN. Daar mogen werknemers zélf bepalen wanneer ze op vakantie gaan. We hebben het over een beursgang van een bedrijf waar een van onze vrienden van de show werkt én je leert meer over Warren Buffett. Hij deelt flink uit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Er gaat gi-gan-tisch veel geld naar de aandeelhouders van Shell. Miljarden aan dividend, miljarden aan de opkoop van eigen aandelen én er worden miljarden bespaard. Shell trekt alles uit de kast om beleggers te paaien. 'Historisch veel', zegt het er zelf over. Allemaal om de beurskoers op te pompen. Deze aflevering kijken we naar de strategie van Shell. Heeft het echt zin om zoveel geld uit te geven? Wordt Shell daarmee net zoveel waard als de Amerikaanse concurrent Chevron? En hoe ver moet (en kan) het bedrijf gaan om dat doel te bereiken? Wordt het geen obsessie? De aandeelhouders van Shell zijn blij, die van Tesla wat minder. De verkopen van Tesla in Europa zijn niet incidenteel gekelderd, maar nu al meerdere maanden op rij. Het lijkt meer op een boycot, wat de kopzorgen van topman Elon Musk vergroot. Kopzorgen waren er ook onder Europese beleggers. Heffingenkoorts hadden sommige. Ze dumpten hun Europese aandelen, vanwege de importheffingen waarmee Trump ze bestookte. Maar de koorts lijkt inmiddels wat weg te ebben. Valt de handelsoorlog dan toch mee? Ook hoor je meer over KPN. Daar mogen werknemers zélf bepalen wanneer ze op vakantie gaan. We hebben het over een beursgang van een bedrijf waar een van onze vrienden van de show werkt én je leert meer over Warren Buffett. Hij deelt flink uit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Er gaat gi-gan-tisch veel geld naar de aandeelhouders van Shell. Miljarden aan dividend, miljarden aan de opkoop van eigen aandelen én er worden miljarden bespaard. Shell trekt alles uit de kast om beleggers te paaien. 'Historisch veel', zegt het er zelf over. Allemaal om de beurskoers op te pompen.

On this day in 1989, an Exxon supertanker crashes, causing an oil spill which is now considered to be one of the worst in U.S. history. The supertanker, known as the Exxon Valdez, was owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation when it crashed on a reef in southern Alaska. Learn more in today's KTAR timeline brought to you by Beatitudes Campus.   

Send us a textOil and gas investments can be a goldmine — but only if you know how to navigate the complexities. In this episode, Vinki Loomba sits down with expert Courtney Moeller to discuss strategies, risks, and the unique tax benefits of investing in this lucrative yet volatile sector.Key Takeaways:The State of the Oil and Gas Market: Despite political shifts and the “drill baby drill” mindset, Courtney explains why major oil operators aren't ramping up production anytime soon. Infrastructure improvements are key before drilling can truly expand.Tax Benefits of Oil and Gas Investments: Unlike other asset classes, oil and gas offers powerful tax incentives, including massive depreciation (up to 85% in the first year) and a depletion allowance that can save investors thousands in taxes.Navigating Market Volatility: Oil prices are inherently volatile, but there are ways to mitigate risk. Courtney suggests focusing on projects with low break-even prices and working with experienced operators who can optimize production based on market conditions.The Role of Due Diligence: Just as in real estate, thorough due diligence is critical in oil and gas. Whether partnering with major companies like Exxon or smaller operators, vetting the track record and history of operators is essential to a successful investment.Mitigating Risks: While dry holes and market fluctuations pose risks, investing in mineral rights or partnering with experienced operators can reduce the likelihood of total loss and ensure long-term returns.

Dominic Chu and the Investment Committee debate the setup for stocks following the Dow's worst week in a year. Plus, the desk discusses the latest Calls of the Day on Netflix, Exxon and Diamondback Energy. And later, we hit some Committee stocks on the move today.  Investment Committee Disclosures

Het is de belofte van bedrijven zoals Shell: als we op Wall Street een notering hadden, dan hadden beleggers veel meer geld voor ons over gehad. Dat blijkt helemaal niet zo te zijn, ontdekte de Financial Times. Die volgden tal van Europese bedrijven die naar Wall Street trokken en zagen in de helft van de gevallen de waardering zelfs dalen. En meer aandacht zit er in de VS ook niet in. Bedrijven kregen namelijk ook niet meer analisten die hen gingen volgen na hun verhuizing. Waar die mythe van de hogere koersen in de VS vandaan komt, dat vertellen we je in deze uitzending. Dan hebben we het ook over de onzekerheid op de beurs. Die hakte er afgelopen cijferseizoen flink in. Beleggers reageerden een stuk heftiger dan normaal op de kwartaalcijfers van bedrijven. De reden voor die onzekerheid is het beleid van Donald Trump, die iedere dag iets anders roept. En met die onzekerheid is het nog lang niet gedaan, denkt ook de OESO. Die ziet de wereldeconomie het komende jaar zelfs stagneren. Verder hoor je over Klarna. De papieren zijn ingeleverd bij de toezichthouder, dus de stap naar Wall Street komt eraan. Volgens Bloomberg mikt het uitgesteld-betaalbedrijf op een waardering van 15 miljard dollar. En we ontvangen een nogal betreurende boodschap van Ferrari. Steeds meer leeftijdsgenoten zijn klant bij de autobouwer, want ondertussen is 40 procent van het klantenbestand van Ferrari onder de 40. Uithuilen kan bij ons, want wij weten al zeker dat wij daar nooit toe gaan behoren.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het is de belofte van bedrijven zoals Shell: als we op Wall Street een notering hadden, dan hadden beleggers veel meer geld voor ons over gehad. Dat blijkt helemaal niet zo te zijn, ontdekte de Financial Times. Die volgden tal van Europese bedrijven die naar Wall Street trokken en zagen in de helft van de gevallen de waardering zelfs dalen. En meer aandacht zit er in de VS ook niet in. Bedrijven kregen namelijk ook niet meer analisten die hen gingen volgen na hun verhuizing. Waar die mythe van de hogere koersen in de VS vandaan komt, dat vertellen we je in deze uitzending. Dan hebben we het ook over de onzekerheid op de beurs. Die hakte er afgelopen cijferseizoen flink in. Beleggers reageerden een stuk heftiger dan normaal op de kwartaalcijfers van bedrijven. De reden voor die onzekerheid is het beleid van Donald Trump, die iedere dag iets anders roept. En met die onzekerheid is het nog lang niet gedaan, denkt ook de OESO. Die ziet de wereldeconomie het komende jaar zelfs stagneren. Verder hoor je over Klarna. De papieren zijn ingeleverd bij de toezichthouder, dus de stap naar Wall Street komt eraan. Volgens Bloomberg mikt het uitgesteld-betaalbedrijf op een waardering van 15 miljard dollar. En we ontvangen een nogal betreurende boodschap van Ferrari. Steeds meer leeftijdsgenoten zijn klant bij de autobouwer, want ondertussen is 40 procent van het klantenbestand van Ferrari onder de 40. Uithuilen kan bij ons, want wij weten al zeker dat wij daar nooit toe gaan behoren.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het is de belofte van bedrijven zoals Shell: als we op Wall Street een notering hadden, dan hadden beleggers veel meer geld voor ons over gehad. Dat blijkt helemaal niet zo te zijn, ontdekte de Financial Times. Die volgden tal van Europese bedrijven die naar Wall Street trokken en zagen in de helft van de gevallen de waardering zelfs dalen. En meer aandacht zit er in de VS ook niet in. Bedrijven kregen namelijk ook niet meer analisten die hen gingen volgen na hun verhuizing. Waar die mythe van de hogere koersen in de VS vandaan komt, dat vertellen we je in deze uitzending.

My guest for Episode #524 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is John Willis, an accomplished IT management expert with over 45 years of experience. His extensive body of work includes contributions to Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge and co-authoring The DevOps Handbook. See video, transcript, and more Hosts a podcast that I was recently on, "Profound." John focuses his current research on DevOps, DevSecOps, IT risk, modern governance, and audit compliance. Over the course of his career, he has sold companies to Docker and Dell, and he played a foundational role at Opscode (now Chef). In addition, John founded Gulf Breeze Software, an award-winning IBM business partner recognized for its successful deployment of Tivoli technology for enterprise clients. He has authored six IBM Redbooks on enterprise systems management and served as the founder and chief architect of Chain Bridge Systems. Altogether, John has written more than 11 books and launched over 10 startups, cementing his reputation as a significant innovator in the IT industry. In this episode, the discussion navigates the intersection of lean principles, agile methodologies, and Deming's philosophies as they apply to modern IT and operations. John delves into how systems thinking, profound knowledge, and psychological safety underpin effective incident management and cybersecurity practices. The conversation explores practical challenges and the proactive strategies necessary for integrating legacy improvement methods with today's cloud innovations and infrastructure as code. Throughout the episode, John examines the real-world application of these timeless principles, offering listeners actionable insights into continuous improvement and risk management. He highlights the importance of questioning established norms and embracing complexity to drive operational excellence, providing a compelling roadmap for navigating the evolving digital landscape. Questions, Notes, and Highlights: Could you share your origin story regarding Lean and continuous improvement--specifically, what you learned during your early years at Exxon? How have you seen Deming's principle of eliminating fear put into practice in IT and entrepreneurial settings? Is the phenomenon you described established fact or more of a hypothesis? How can we confirm or measure the validity of that knowledge? Why do you consider cyber terrorism one of today's most significant threats? This podcast is part of the #LeanCommunicators network. 

Big earnings moves are shaking up the market! This episode dives into the biggest stock swings of the week, from Nvidia's jaw-dropping revenue growth to Salesforce's post-earnings dip. Traders are scrambling to figure out if these moves signal buy-the-dip opportunities or if more downside is ahead.

IntroductionLIVE from your ESG and DEI Teeth Bleaching Kit, it's a Business Pants Friday Show here at February 21st Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today's weekly wrap up: Canada still cares, Rupert Murdoch knows how to text, the illusion of meritocracy, and an important new announcement from YouTubeOur show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.Story of the Week (DR):ESG Week MMBlackRock and Vanguard halt meetings with companies after SEC cracks down on ESGBlackRock resumes stewardship talks after reviewing new ESG guidanceProxy vote support for ESG drops to record low in 2024Clarification: ShareAction analyzed how 70 of the world's largest asset managers voted on 279 ESG shareholder resolutions during the 2024 proxy voting season:In 2024, only four (1.4%) out of the 279 resolutions we assessed received majority support, less than half of the percentage that gained a majority vote in 2023 (3%), and far lower than the 21% which passed in 2021.This is reflected in an ongoing downward trend in the average percentage support that these resolutions received, which was 20.6% in 2024 compared to 40% in 2021.Vanguard, the world's second largest asset manager, performed the worst of all the managers we assessed, voting in favour of 0% of shareholder proposals.Top 26 all in Europe1 GenAM (Italy) 982 BNP Paribas Asset Management (France) 973 PGGM Investments (Netherlands) 9728 Federated Hermes (top in US) 80BlackRock at #67 with a score of 5; Vanguard to out of 70 with a 0.Tesla Targeted With Worldwide Protests, Vandalism Tesla showrooms are being hit by a wave of anti-DOGE protestsSheryl Crow says goodbye to her Tesla and donates to NPR: 'You have to decide who you are willing to align with'Sign That Says “We Hate Him Too” Appears in Window of Tesla DealershipEconomist Warns That Elon Musk Is About to Cause a "Deep, Deep Recession"Jesse Rothstein, DOL's chief economist at the start of the Obama administration: "This is going to be very, very bad."James Murdoch lays bare his relationship with ‘misogynist' father amid succession fight in rare interviewThe interview, published in the Atlantic, reveals James Murdoch, now 52, regarded his father, now 93, as a “misogynist” and described Fox News as a “menace” to US democracy.A series of “withering questions” put to James by Rupert's lawyer in a nearly five-hour session at a Manhattan law office. According to the Atlantic, the questions included:“Have you ever done anything successful on your own?”“Why were you too busy to say ‘Happy birthday' to your father when he turned 90?”“Does it strike you that, in your account, everything that goes wrong is always somebody else's fault?”The lawyer also referred to James and his sisters as “white, privileged, multibillionaire trust-fund babies”.James realised Rupert, who was seated silently, was texting the questions to the lawyer. “How fucking twisted is that?” he asks Coppins.UnitedHealth's rough stretch continues, with buyouts, a reported DOJ probe and a 23% drop in three monthsUnitedHealthcare is in hot water again as the insurance giant grapples with a reported government investigation of its Medicare billing practices, pursues employee buyouts and potential layoffs and faces sharp criticism from billionaire Bill Ackman.It extends a tumultuous period for its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, marked by the killing of a top executive, a costly cyberattack against its subsidiary and high medical costs.The Department of Justice has launched a civil fraud investigation in recent months into UnitedHealth's billing practices for its Medicare Advantage plansThe probe specifically examines whether diagnoses were routinely made to trigger extra payments in those plans, including at physician groups the insurer ownsGoodliest of the Week (MM/DR):DR: Canadian banks must reveal diversity of board, top managers under new rulesCanadian banks and other national institutions have to disclose information about the diversity of their boards of directors and top management under new rules published on Saturday, in sharp contrast with the U.S. Trump administration which is ending such practices.Federally regulated financial institutions must also disclose policies to increase diversity while sending out notices of annual meetings to shareholders."Investors lack transparent and standardized information on the representation of women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities in senior leadership positions … Diversity is fundamental to creating a thriving and successful financial sector that reflects Canadian values."DR: DEI is good for our business, Coca-Cola saysIn an annual filing, the company said its business could be adversely affected if it was "unable to attract or retain specialized talent or top talent with diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds."DR: REVERSAL: Trump rescinds DOT approval for NYC congestion toll, condemns city to pollutionDR: REVERSAL: Amazon workers reject union in vote at North Carolina warehouseOf the 3,276 ballots cast, there were 2,447 votes opposing the union and 829 in favor, according to the National Labor Relations Board.CAUSE was founded in 2022 by RDU1 employees Mary Hill and Rev. Ryan Brown to voice concerns about the company's response to the Covid pandemic, which they viewed as inadequate. The group sought to organize RDU1 to boost wages and secure longer breaks.Starting pay at RDU1 is $18.50 an hour. CAUSE has pushed to negotiate for wages of $30 an hour.Unions have enjoyed increasing support across the country, with 67% of Americans saying they approve of labor unions, according to Gallup.North Carolina had the lowest union membership rate in the country last year, with only 2.4% of workers in the state represented, according to the BLS.MM: NASA Has Some Good News About The Asteroid That Could Hit EarthMM: Finally, a future lawsuit against return to office mandates is here: Afternoon Naps Boost Your Problem-Solving, Study Finds110 minute nap!!MM: What's in that drink? Starbucks becomes less Instagrammable. MM DRAssholiest of the Week (MM):Meritocracy, the new buzzword DRExxon Swaps 'Diversity' for 'Meritocracy' in Report to InvestorsAccording to our data, ONE of Exxon's TWELVE directors meets relatively unimpeachable “merit” measures: advanced knowledge of the industry, network power, economic interest in the company, performance (earnings and TSR) at any company board they sit on, and CEO or leadership positions in the past.The ONE member that hits three of the five is Kaisa Hietala, who was a dissent director put there by Engine No 1 in an activist voteHere's why merit's missing: 7 of 12 directors are white menThere are no people of color anywhere except the two twofers - the woman born in Egypt who lived in Texas her whole life and was part of Trump 1.0, and the black guy on three other boards?Our data shows on average black women have more merit on paper than any other cohortNew plan: companies need to announce “increased meritocracy targets” - increasing the number of employees, executives, and directors meet meritocracy requirements by 2050The result will be: 100% of every company is black womenYou're welcomeIt's your job, assholeBoeing CEO praises Elon Musk for helping with the delayed Air Force One delivery: 'He's a brilliant guy'Your literal job is to build that thing for a client - imagine if we developed sucky director data, then said we hired ISS to build it because, “they're better at it!”Investors - you elected this board, this fool, and it's your money - is your job as owner the company to keep on a board and management team that needs help to do its basic job?Just a reminder: Ohio AG sued Boeing's board for safety failures - they can't keep their planes safe, they can't build new planes, they can't figure out how to deal with their employees… and the lowest vote against wasn't for prior CEO Dave Calhoun, it was for the guy who chaired the safety committee… for one year!Ohio voted FOR THEM ALLWhat it was always aboutThe worst version of fuck, marry, kill… fuck anyone with a vagina since you're a middle school boy, marry money, and kill… peopleAn Influencer Says She Had Elon Musk's Baby and the Drama Is Pretty Spectacular, Even by His StandardsElon Musk has a problem with X's Community Notes when he disapproves of the resultsElon Musk Is Flagrantly Gutting an Agency in Charge of Regulating TeslaTesla recalls more than 375,000 vehicles due to power steering issueHeadliniest of the WeekDR: Zuckerberg's New Metaverse Ad Is So Bad That the People Who Created It Must Be Secretly Trying to Embarrass HimMM: YouTube picked a new shade of red for its logo because the old red was too red - because the old color, hex code #FF1B1B was super loud and diverse, they made it a less diverse woke red, hex code #EB2F3BWho Won the Week?DR: NYC pollutionMM: Investor Relations Teams: BlackRock and Vanguard halt meetings with companies after SEC cracks down on ESG. BlackRock resumes stewardship talks after reviewing new ESG guidance. Not said but implied: “don't worry, we totally can't actually do stuff now, we're just talking here”PredictionsDR: Robbie Starbuck sues Coca-Cola because color of Coke is “too DEI”MM: Apple, prior to their upcoming meeting, sues Inspire Investing and Wayne Franzten, who copy pasted a shareholder proposal submitted by Bowyer Research, the company propped up by ISS, to Deere for a meeting in the same week. The lawsuit is on the grounds that Wayne Franzten doesn't exist (the only search result for his name is the Apple proposal, not even in voter records or political donation or real estate records can I find him - and this is his ONLY shareholder proposal in our database EVER), and on the grounds that a religious investor cannot sue on the grounds of financial materiality since Jesus said, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” | Mark 10:24b-25 and “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” | Luke 12:13-15, which means churches are anti-shareholder value.

Bonus Episode for Feb. 19. President Trump wants to slash regulations to help big energy companies. But he also wants to see the price of crude oil fall, an unwelcome prospect for companies such as Exxon and Chevron . In their latest quarterly earnings reports oil giants watched their annual profits dip as a result of anemic natural-gas prices and slimmer margins in their refining operations. Now, many are trying to prepare for far less favorable market conditions and more strategy shifts ahead.  Chip Cutter hosts this special bonus episode of What's News in Earnings, where we dig into companies' earnings reports and analyst calls to find out what's going on under the hood of the American economy. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In April of 1992, Exxon executive Sidney Reso left for work like he did every day.  When his car was discovered running in his driveway, the police and FBI were called.  They quickly began an investigation into Sidney's disappearance, which they learned was an abduction.  After cooperating with the kidnappers and getting together the 18.5 million dollar ransom though, the kidnappers began to make sporadic contact, often days and weeks between phone calls.  This lasted for 51 days before a break which led the kidnappers right to the FBI, and we ultimately found out what happened to Sidney Reso.  Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Fay Nutrition: Listeners of Killer Queens can qualify to see a registered dietician for as little as $0 by visiting FayNutrition.com/QUEENS.  Hungryroot: Go to hungryroot.com/queens and use code QUEENS to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life! Orgain: For 30% off your order, head to Orgain.com/QUEENS30 and use code QUEENS30.  Adore Me: For bra and panty sets for as low as $19.95, head to AdoreMe.com. © 2025 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights Reserved Audio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nieuwe week, nieuwe importheffingen. Toch krijgt Donald Trump beleggers er deze keer niet meer onder. Hij kondigt aan dat hij al het staal en aluminium dat de VS binnenkomt met 25 procent extra gaat belasten. Maar echt reageren op dat slechte nieuws, doen beleggers in Europese staalbedrijven niet. Moeten we die aankondigingen van Trump nog serieus nemen? Of is het een loos dreigement, dat met een beetje onderhandelen binnen een paar dagen weer van tafel is? Dat hoor je in deze aflevering. Dan vertellen we je ook dat je je Frans bij moet gaan spijkeren. Want president Macron is degene die de sprong in het diepe waagt, en ruim 100 miljard euro investeert in AI. Hij noemt het zijn equivalent van het Amerikaanse Stargate. Maar in omvang is het toch nèt wat kleiner. Je hoort ook over BP. Het Britse oliebedrijf heeft een nieuwe partner waar het niet blij mee is. Activistische aandeelhouder Elliott vindt dat er van alles moet gebeuren binnen het bedrijf. BP moet volgens Elliott minder doen alsof het groene vingers heeft, en meer inzetten op ouderwets olie en gas. En we hebben het over McDonalds. Je zou denken dat het de Amerikanen zijn die de omzet een stevige hand helpen, maar niks is minder waar. De fastfoodketen ziet een uitzonderlijke daling in verkopen in de VS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy Leyland (@andyleyland1 on X) is the founder and MD of Supply Chain Insights (@insights_SC on X). Supply Chain Insights is a leading advisory firm on all things related to the lithium ion battery supply chain.Topics:State of the LIB supply chainChina vs the rest of the worldBattery demand growth in 2025Korea's bet on the USIs LFP "the answer" for North America?President Trump and critical metalsMarket "reset" or "new normal"CATL's lepidolite restartPrice in 2025 and beyondThe incentive price for western projectsContracts: the latest trendsThe cost curveConversion projects ex ChinaThe change industry structure (Rio, Exxon, etc)The futures market

In today's episode we embark upon a rigorous analysis using a meticulous scientific approach, to uncover the probable roots of numerous modern diseases including autism, autoimmune disorders, neurodegeneration, cancer and more, all through the lens of vaccine-induced vascular and genetic damage.  Today we are fortunate to once again host Monsieur Marc Girardot direct from Paris, France.   Born in San Francisco in 1966, Marc is a visionary author, researcher, and strategic thought leader, known for his contributions in the fields of health, technology, and innovation.  Mr. Girardot is a regular lecturer and keynote speaker at leading business schools and corporations around the world. Mr. Girardot holds an MBA from INSEAD, as well as a Masters in Economics from ESSEC. He has deep experience in innovation and complex systems, having worked for Cisco, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and Air Liquide.  Mr. Girardot also has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, where he consulted for British Petroleum, Exxon, and Elf. Most recently, his seminal work, “The Needle's Secret: Unraveling the Mystery of Vaccine Harm and the Bolus Theory Revolution”, has become a bestseller and has attracted significant attention for its exploration of modern health challenges. The book presents the “Bolus Theory,” as a groundbreaking analysis that posits how improperly administered vaccines and other injectables can lead to systemic harm through intravascular injection.  His efforts have garnered a dedicated following, including more than 25,000 subscribers to Marc's “Bolus Theory Series” on Substack, with over 1.5 million views.  For those listeners who may have missed Mr. Girardot'd previous appearance, please listen to  Episode #120 for additional information on this subject. To buy Marc's book please click HERE (https://www.amazon.ca/NEEDLES-SECRET-UNRAVELING-MYSTERY-REVOLUTION/dp/B0CYLSCMHN/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1) To visit Marc's substack please click HERE (https://covidmythbuster.substack.com/)

Scott Wapner and the Investment Committee discuss the big tech trade as Alphabet, Amazon and Apple all under pressure today. Plus, Joe Terranova details more of his JOET rebalance. And later, the Committee discuss the latest Calls of the Day on Exxon and Robinhood. 

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Julie Hamill: @hamill_lawCalifornia Justice CenterExxonMobil sues Rob Bonta over defamation campaignRob Bonta gives back more fraught campaign fundsSeneca Scott: @SenecaSpeaks21What's next in the Oakland FBI corruption case? Barbara Lee officially launches campaign for Oakland mayor“If we do not change course, we will be roughly $115 million negative. We have already breached into our emergency reserve.”

Lesley Logan dives into financial independence with Steve Selengut. Discover actionable insights on managing your portfolio, minimizing risks, and building income-producing investments. Steve shares decades of expertise to help you achieve financial security and freedom.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The meaning of income independence and why it matters.Breaking down portfolio basics for beginners.How to use diversification to minimize financial risks.The value of income-producing investments like dividends and bonds.Why emotional decision-making can hinder financial growth.How to vet financial advisors and ensure alignment with your goals. Episode References/Links:Steve Selengut's Website - https://theincomecoach.netRetirement Money Secrets by Steve Selengut - https://a.co/d/caqcgnTVetting An Investment Advisor - https://beitpod.com/articleGuest Bio:Steve Selengut is a 40+ year professional investment manager, advisor, RIA, and IAR who now coaches both individuals and fellow advisors on creating what he calls “income independence.” He wrote Retirement Money Secrets, his second book, which uses a conversation-style narrative to guide readers from chasing market value to building sustainable portfolio income. A former private investment manager for 44 years, Selengut personally oversaw around 325 individual portfolios in the U.S. and abroad. Drawing on a “department store” metaphor, he treats each portfolio asset like “merchandise on a shelf,” taking strategic profits while reinvesting for consistent growth. Selengut retired from day-to-day portfolio management in 2022, devoting himself to a coaching practice that frees investors from market-driven stress and uncertainty. He remains one of the few investment authors who have directly managed other people's money. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.DEALS! DEALS! DEALS! DEALS!Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSoxBe in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramThe Be It Till You See It Podcast YouTube channelFacebookLinkedInThe OPC YouTube Channel Episode Transcript:Steve Selengut 0:01  It doesn't matter what the stock market is doing. It doesn't matter what interest rates are doing. It won't impact your income, your ability to live your life the way you want to financially. Lesley Logan 0:14  Welcome to the be it till you see it. Podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained 1000s of people around the world, and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity, and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and be it till you see it. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 0:52  All right, Be It babe. Here's the deal. We're gonna talk money. I say it straight up on the interview. It's good stuff. Don't be scared. He is going to say words you may not know or you've only heard of, and you usually nod along when you hear about it, but he doesn't talk nearly as fast as I do, so he's gonna absolutely inform you in the best way about how to manage your retirement, how to not even to your retirement, how to manage your portfolio so that you can retire. This is a whole different conversation than what I've had in the past about money investment. That's a new way of looking at it. Honestly. I've never heard of it before, so I have a lot of, I have, like, notes that I'm like, okay, I gotta go research this. Gotta research this. I already have committed to doing the Be It Action Item. And the reality is, it's like, I want you to have whatever you want in this world, and money isn't a bad thing, right? Shitty people with money can be a bad thing, but you're an amazing person who listens to this podcast. You deserve to have portfolios that support you, so that you can support the people that you love, because I know how generous you are. You know, they actually have proven that when women have money, they actually put it back into the community. They support other people. And so I want you to have as much as you want and more than that, so you can continue to do that and be the amazing person you are and have the impact you want to make on this world. But first, let's educate ourselves. So here is Steve Selengut. Lesley Logan 2:15  All right, Be It babe, we're gonna talk money, and I think I'm just gonna stay it right there. Do not fast-forward, skip this episode. I know no one like money, but we have to talk about money and being it till you see it. If you've ever been like, I just want to be good with money. I'm so excited for our guest today. His name is Steve Selengut and he is actually going to help us, really, he's going to demystify all this stuff that you hear. I mean, we hear negative stuff about the economy, we hear negative stuff about the stock market. And I'm really excited because Steve's going to help us understand not all bad things are bad, and how they can be good, and also how we can really take a charge of our money and our retirements the way he has for so many. So Steve, will you tell everyone who you are and what you rock at?Steve Selengut 2:53  Sure. Thank you. Good to be on your program. My name is Steve Selengut, like you said, and I guess I'll leave it with what I was for about 45 years. I was professional investment manager where I made all the investment decisions for about 135-145 families, and ran about $110 million for them. Our objectives were always to put them in a position where they were, what we used to call it, income independent, that their portfolios generated all the income they needed to get their lives done, whatever that happened to be, whatever they wanted to do, you know, depending on themselves. Now I'm an income coach. I sold my business last May 23. Lesley Logan 3:45  Wow. Steve Selengut 3:45  A little more than a year ago, and started a coaching business. So now I teach people had to do that. I can't actually do it for them anymore, which is fine for me. Fine with me. I look at their portfolios and I try to put them on a path to what I call income independence. And it's something, it doesn't matter what the stock market is doing, it doesn't matter what interest rates are doing, it won't impact your income, your ability to live your life the way you want to financially. Okay? So that, I think that's a big thing. I mean, I've enjoyed being in that situation for a long time, and I know a lot of people are also there, but I also know there are hundreds of people out there that are really, you know, coming towards the end of their career, and they're saying, you know, I don't think I can replace my six figure income from my investment portfolio?Lesley Logan 4:44  Yeah, yeah, no. I mean, that's one of the reasons I like to talk about this. Is because, first of all, so many people aren't taught about investment portfolio. I think the word portfolio might even need to be deconstructed for some of our listeners. And by the way, if that's you, don't be embarrassed. This is not taught in schools. They don't teach this. And I happened to when I was working for a high-end fitness company as a Pilates instructor, my trainer was like, oh, did you get on the 401(k)? And I was like, we have a 401(k)? And he's like, you have to get on there and you should just ask, like, they'll match the max. Just do that. And I was like, okay, that was my money advice in my 20s, was with my trainer at work. And then when I did reach out to someone who could help me, because someone said, oh, this person's helping with me with my portfolio, I was like, okay. I found out after six years of them doing it, that they had me as if I was an 80-year-old. There was no aggressiveness. A snail is more aggressive than what they were with my, so then I got really frustrated, because I'm like, I don't know enough to know that someone's screwing up with my money. And so I think we all would love to be income-independent. But also some people, especially after the pandemic, even though we're several years out now, some people had to rely on their retirement, so they're kind of starting over. So can you, first of all, break down what a portfolio is and then also kind of talk about, if you're someone who's where the income in (inaudible) is so far away, what are some things you need to know or should be thinking about?Steve Selengut 6:11  I can try. A portfolio is really all your investment accounts, your IRAs, Roth IRAs, 401(k)s, speaking of 401(k)s, you'd be surprised how many people don't even realize they're investing in the stock market. 401(k). They just think it's a 401(k) is the investment. But all of those things put together your personal accounts, if you set aside money for your kids already and education stuff like that. That's all part of your investment portfolio. Lesley Logan 6:41  Okay. Steve Selengut 6:41  Doesn't include your fancy jewelry and your cars and your stuff like that. Lesley Logan 6:46  Okay. Steve Selengut 6:46  So there's two types of securities, two general classes of assets that would be in a portfolio, and those are equity-based, where you own an interest in a company that would be a stock. You know? Anytime you want to share a stock, you are an owner of that company. They may not treat you like an owner, but you are. And then there's the other class of securities or securities you're in, mainly because they produce income, and those can also be dividend stocks, which produce some income. Some funds do as well, but what's inside is usually bonds, preferred stocks, mortgages, things of that nature, that are really, they're there. Your main purpose is to get income from them. So the combination of the two, like you alluded to, was, you know, when you're younger, it's okay to have more of an exposure to the ownership side of things, stocks, than when you get to be, you mentioned, those people that are 80, well, I'm only a few, six months away from that. Lesley Logan 7:57  No way. Stop. You guys have to be watching YouTube right now. No way.Steve Selengut 8:01  But, you know, you, at my age, my account still contains 35% in the stock market, but mainly because the kind, the way I invest in the stock market is also in income-producing securities that just happen to be invested in stocks, and the type of securities that I use are not very well known. You'll never find any in your selection universe for a 401(k), for example, but a lot of people have discovered their use in IRAs and things like that, because they're actually managed to produce income and to give it to their shareholders. Whereas stocks, the company's management is there to make a lot of money and to grow its influence and size, not to give a lot of money back to its shareholders. Mutual funds are there to gain market value. That's their primary objective, because people feel good when their bottom line is high. And the same with ETFs, their focus is on growing the market value. The dilemma, as you again, you mentioned the crisis around COVID, when the market really crashed for a couple of months, fortunately or unfortunately, when we get done with this conversation, you will agree with me that if it stayed down longer, it would have been better. You know? So, you know, so that kind of thing happens, but when you're focused totally on market value, that becomes very painful and very scary, because when the market value goes down, you know, that's what you're, what you're all about, whereas in my eyes, when the market value goes down, I recognize that the securities I have are going to pay the same income, irrespective where the market or interest rates are going. So I see it as an opportunity to add to those securities at a lower price, therefore increasing my income percentage.Steve Selengut 8:34  That makes sense to me. Like, you know, someone we work with, they're like, okay, it's an election year. Here's what you can expect. It's gonna go down. It always does. Doesn't matter who's in office, of go down, and then that's when we can invest more, because you can get it for a lower and I was like, oh, okay. Steve Selengut 10:23  Okay, that's, that person has the right mindset, a similar mindset to the one I have as an income investor as so that's what a portfolio is. That's what its content is. And everybody says they talk on radio shows and stuff, but all the uncertainty is way up here. It's so high.Steve Selengut 10:44  Is there ever certainty? Lesley Logan 10:45  I know. Steve Selengut 10:46  There's never, ever certainty. Lesley Logan 10:49  There isn't. I know. And everyone's out there like pretending like the past has certainty in it. If we all looked back at how we're feeling, it was pretty uncertain. I've heard you talk about how a portfolio is a department store or like, a shopping center. Is that what you mean we have these different area, like, different types of things that can go in the portfolio. Is that what you mean by a department store or a shopping center? Steve Selengut 11:13  You're good. Exactly, exactly. You have to, my mindset, I, and I guess we have to realize there are thousands of different types of stocks, all different sectors, healthcare, every different imaginable sector, then there is international. We are, regardless of what anybody tells you, a global economy. You know, we rely on China, even though they're angry at us all the time, and we're the same with them. It's a global economy, and you have to position yourself with this portfolio so that you own a little bit of everything. You have a presence in each place. It's difficult to do if you're just doing individual stocks, because it requires a lot of money to have all those different things, right? But when you use income-focused funds that I use, which are called closed end funds, and we can get into more with what they are, but you can get them in all shapes and sizes, all sectors, all focuses, income or equity. So that's what I use. And like you said, I think of them as merchandise on the shelves in my department store, you know, and I set a target markup which I'm comfortable with that profit, and I'll sell that merchandise because I know I have this unlimited supply of others to replace it with on my shelves. And that's exactly how I do it. I say, okay, I got a 5% markup. That would be nice if you had that in department stores, by the way, instead of 15, a 30% markup, 5% markup, somebody wants to buy it for a 5% profit, I'll take the profit and I'll add something else, and I just do that over and over and over, and I just replace them all, because once you are experienced enough to judge their quality, their amount of risk involved in different types of securities. You get comfortable with this. I call it a selection universe. Lesley Logan 13:10  Yeah.Steve Selengut 13:11  Comfortable to the extent that it doesn't matter which one you use, which product you put back on your shelf.Lesley Logan 13:17  Yeah. And I like the visualization of it, because I think, and you know, you guys, it's okay to hit pause, look something up, you know, and come back to this, because it can be overwhelming. But also, if we think about a department store or a shopping center, no one actually goes to a shopping center that has five shoe departments. They want a shopping center that has, oh, it's got the shoe department, it's got the pro, I'm going there because I can get the grocery, I can get groceries, I can get gas, I can get these things, and so more people are attracted to that. It can do really well, because, in case you don't need shoes, you're still going to the shopping center. There's still going to be something doing well. Am I describing your analogy correctly? Steve Selengut 13:50  Yeah, yeah. And what is the biggest thing that brings you to a shopping center or an individual store? What brings you there? Lesley Logan 13:59  Something you need or. Steve Selengut 14:00  Yeah, but, sale. The sale.Lesley Logan 14:04  The sale. Yes.Steve Selengut 14:05  There's another part of this analogy, when prices are down their bargains, the same stock market. When the price of Microsoft goes down as short a time as that thing's been in business, unlike Exxon or some of the other healthcare companies, every time it's gone down in price, it's always been an opportunity to buy it and then to be able to sell it. Most people don't sell. Lesley Logan 14:30  Yeah. We can get into that. So you mentioned risk, and I think, like one of the things that makes it difficult for some people, some listeners, to kind of get involved in their portfolios more is like the idea that you don't know enough to know what you're doing. Steve Selengut 14:48  Right. Lesley Logan 14:48  And also to kind of learn, you said, you should get experience with the risk of it, the experience could cost you money. And I think some of us, going back to certainty, were like, ah, I have this money, though. So I would just rather hold on to this than "lose" because if we go off of what you've said, if we actually stick with what is known is that the longer you're in there, it always ends up up guys. So it's almost feels like you're learning on your own dime, and you can lose a lot of money. And I think people get scared.Steve Selengut 15:17  That's the way. That's true of most people's entry into the marketplace, and when they get started, and that's a lot of what eventually leads them to a financial advisor to help them with that, especially when the size of their investment gets bigger, and it's scarier if you were to lose it, like, you know, oh my God, as you get older, how am I going to rebuild if I get these losses. In the book that I wrote after I sold my business, it's called Retirement Money Secrets, it spends a lot of time on six principles of investing, and four of them are risk minimization tools. When you're looking at a security, it doesn't matter if it's one of those regular stocks in the New York Stock Exchange or on any of the markets. You're looking at any security, you want to judge its quality. You want to come up with a way of determining what its quality is. And what I look at is things like, how long it's been in business. Is it profitable? Does it pay me a dividend as an owner? I mean, the chief executives getting $12 million a year. If I'm not getting the dividend, that doesn't seem right to me. I'm an owner. Lesley Logan 16:30  Yeah. Steve Selengut 16:30  I'm paying his salary, theoretically. Lesley Logan 16:33  Yeah. Steve Selengut 16:33  So that type of thing. So there are things you can look at to determine the quality. How long it's been in business is a big one. Then the next one is diversification. When I set up a portfolio, even if AI is crazy hot right now, you don't want a portfolio that's all in AI. I mean, Buggy Whips used to be the biggest thing, you know, years ago. So, you know, you just, so you have to diversify. Yeah, I have AI, but I also have everything else. So diversification is a second way to minimize your risk. The third way is to make sure everything you own pays you income. There's two reasons for that. First, you deserve it, and secondly, it's a clear way of knowing if there's something wrong with the company. No corporation wants to cut their dividend, that's why they're so reluctant to start paying dividends in the first place. But what if something happens? They have to cut it. It's a sure sign that they're in trouble. So that's why we want to have something that pays a dividend, because we want to know when they get in trouble. And if they cut their dividend, they can't keep it from us. And it's the same with bonds and things like that. They have to pay that regular interest every six months, and if they don't, everybody's going to sue them and they're going to be gone. So income is a very important thing for that and for the fact that you then have the wherewithal to take advantage of opportunities in the market, because you have income coming in, many people make the mistake of automatically reinvesting their income into the same securities. It's a big mistake, because then they don't have that luxury of having money that they can put back into Microsoft when it goes down, or put back into Exxon when it goes down, that type of thing, or pay a bill, buy Christmas presents, whatever. Those are the big three. And then the fourth one, and this is where most people fail miserably. It's a function of emotions. They fall in love with securities that go up in price. They just totally fall in love. They get convinced, I'm just going to keep adding to this one and adding to this, always goes up. It's wonderful. It's so green on my whole portfolio looks beautiful because this one security, or these three securities, are up so much. But then they go down. Then you have a COVID, then you have a dotcom bubble. Were you?Lesley Logan 19:05  Oh, I was around. I wasn't investing. I was alive. But I do remember, I do remember the year where the Super Bowl commercials were all dotcom commercials, and they were terrible. They were awful. And then when they and then they collapsed, and everyone was pissed, yes.Steve Selengut 19:21  Well, I remember the first Super Bowls when Green Bay was, the very first ones.Lesley Logan 19:27  Oh, the very first Super Bowls. There was no ad.Steve Selengut 19:29  My first, my first market correction, big one, was the crash of '87th. You know, it's interesting about the crash of '87 because it wasn't AI and it wasn't high-tech, but it was the first time when they started using computers in the stock exchanges. In the very, very old days, you never had a day where, where a million shares were traded in one day. The Dow was, I don't even know, was at 1000 back in '87 you know? But what happened was they started to put in these programs where people could trade on like a signal would come off, you know, this one went down that triggers a cell. And to me, I was pretty certain little I knew about automation, but it was just a computer loop, because if you you say, okay, you're going to sell, it goes to this level, and everybody sells. And then the mob hears about it, and they start to sell. It goes to the next level, the next level, next level. Lesley Logan 20:29  Right. Steve Selengut 20:30  And it was across the board. Everything was down. It wasn't just tech, it wasn't just this everything. Lesley Logan 20:36  It was just that, you know how the birds, like, they take off, they all fly together. It's kind of like everyone kind of goes, oh shoot. I must, everyone freaks out the same time, because somebody like. Steve Selengut 20:46  Everybody freaks out the same time. And that's how the stock market, everybody does freak out at the same time. Lesley Logan 20:51  Well, that's how the depression was. Everyone went to the banks to take somebody out at the same time.Steve Selengut 20:56  Run on the bank, right? Yeah, those days there was no protection. Lesley Logan 21:00  Yes. Steve Selengut 21:00  You didn't have all those controls and protections that we have now in our bank accounts and our.Lesley Logan 21:06  I just listened to an episode about Sam Bankman-Fried of how did he do what he did? And like, people lost their life savings. And whenever I hear of them, I'm like, you put all of your life savings in one thing? Like, not that you're deserving. No one is deserving of that. But also, I'm just like you put your life savings in one thing? And what's interesting is, whoever took over, they've actually been able to replenish and pay people back, which I think is amazing that they're very lucky. But I love that you brought up these different risk minimizers, because it does mean, like, things can go up and things can go down, and you're gonna be okay. But there's a part of my brain, and that is like the listener in here, going, how much time does this take every day? Because, how much time do I have? Because if I have a job and I've got, like, if someone wants to be it until they see it and be in charge of all these things, how much time do they need to spend on looking at their portfolios, or do you suggest they don't?Steve Selengut 22:01  Oh yeah, no, absolutely. If you're going to run your own portfolio, you better be there to, you can, well, there's two ways of looking at it. There's two streams of income that you can have in investments. The one is the regular distributions, bonds, stocks, whatever pay. And you get that on a regular basis, and maybe once a month, you see how much your cash position is, and you decide what to reinvest it in. So you can be pretty passive with it. And that's one stream of income. And right now in closed-end funds, I mean, even in those that are invested in the stock market, this is what I'm talking about, the spreadsheet with all these things on it. There's 100 of them that I look at and that I own that are yielding over 99% and they've all been tested for, like, quality diversification income, and I do the profit-taking myself. But if you could have a diverse portfolio like this made up of diverse portfolios themselves, you can be very passive, if you choose to. And you know, the income is going to come in at 9% and let's say you've got a million dollars. So that's what 90 grand a year you're going to make. Is that going to be enough for you? You make that decision, you know? So if it is, yeah, you can be as passive as you want to be, but then you have somebody like me who hasn't quite seen all of the world yet, and I'm determined that, while I can still walk, I'm going to see the world, the whole world. So I need more than just that base income is what I call as base income. Yeah, I need more than that, and I know how to get that, because I'm looking, I know how the market works, but I don't know when things are going to happen, because nobody does, but it's a cyclical beast, right? I mean, if you think back and you look at a chart, you can see that it goes up and down and up? Lesley Logan 24:01  Yeah. Steve Selengut 24:02  Highs and lows are not predictable, but you can tell if you're at a higher level or at a lower level, right? You can just look where you are. So depending on where you are, how I do my decision making, I buy less of things if the market is high, I buy more of them if the market is low. Lesley Logan 24:22  Got it. Steve Selengut 24:22  I'm looking to sell more when the market is high. I'm looking to buy more when the market, so all those things go into my thinking. Lesley Logan 24:30  I like that you pointed out based on what you want to make from your investments, can determine the level of your participation in it? Steve Selengut 24:42  Yes, exactly. So with me, I want I set these targets on my profits, just like my store, if it's just looking at the income, you're more like a bank with a very high level of earnings on the savings in the bank. You got this diversified portfolio spitting out all this income. You you don't need to do much except reinvest it selectively. But I want more than that. So what I want to do is I'm going to look at my prices, and if I have somebody comes into the store and I get my 5% markup, or even a 2% you know, when prices are down, I'll take it, and that builds up my capital every time I make a couple bucks. That way I can also reinvest it, add new securities, add to existing securities, and increase my level of income. Lesley Logan 25:34  Yeah. Steve Selengut 25:34  So for example, like right now, when you have an account statement like a fidelity or Schwab, they give you every month they tell you your estimated income for the next 12 months is this, so I know how much mine is for the next 12 months, but I also know that so far as of today, I've made nearly five months additional income by trading the securities in my account. So that tells me, Sandie, if you want to go to Japan next year, yeah, no problem.Lesley Logan 26:08  Yeah. I know, Sandie is your partner. And also, have you seen you can go on a two-year long around the world cruise? I already looked. It has internet, so you could totally do what you're doing. You can see the whole world. My husband and I did the math, because I was like, well, how much does this, I heard the price, which can sound like a lot, but I was like, well, just divide it by. Steve Selengut 26:28  200,000 something like that. Lesley Logan 26:30  Yeah, yeah. So then you divide it by like, 24 months, or whatever it is, and you're like, it wasn't much more than my mortgage.Steve Selengut 26:37  It's a whole lot cheaper than doing it the way I have, by individual trips. You know, a week in Southeast Asia, two weeks in Australia and in separate times. You know, when you're going here, if we added up all that we'd spent, going to all these places we better be a whole lot more than that.Lesley Logan 26:53  I know. I told them. I said, okay, I don't know if we'll ever not have dogs, because I don't know if I could leave my pet for two years. But if we ever got to a place where we had no pets, even if I've seen the place already, what a cool way to spend two years of your life. I hope you do that. I guess my next question for you is just, if someone's feeling overwhelmed, they're with you. They're like, okay, this guy, Steve, he gets it. I understand most of the words he's saying. I'm sure most people don't realize that they're like, stocks could just like income-produce for them on top of what they're already doing, where do they start? How do we take the overwhelm off?Steve Selengut 27:26  Okay. Well, you know how they say there's an app for that? Lesley Logan 27:30  Yes. Steve Selengut 27:30  There's a book for that. Lesley Logan 27:31  Okay. Steve Selengut 27:32  And that's why I wrote the book. It's a conversation between, really, my wife and I and this couple we meet on one of our trips in Amsterdam, and they've come into this trip by selling a chunk of their assets to fund the trip and we've come into it by paying a couple months income to do it. And we talked about how we got from A to B, and how they can get from where they are to where we are without really changing anything, because most people have the same securities in their model portfolios or their funds, or whatever they have in their 401(k)s, and these closed in funds that I have that deal in equities pretty much own the same things. It's just the focus of the managers of the fund are in line with my interest. My interests are income production. So I have these guys, hundreds of them, working directly for me, right? Because they're running these portfolios and they're giving me income, and then I am selling their poor souls every now and then for profits, but, you know, I buy them right back again soon, not immediately, but eventually. So that's the thing. You got to educate yourself. Like you said, in this country, most people come out of high school, they can't even balance a checkbook. They come out of college, and they don't have a clue unless they're majors, right? But there are certainly many books that you can read. I know the textbooks that I read in college, and I did take business courses, so yeah, I knew a little bit. You can learn about what stocks and bonds are. I mean, some of the people that are listening to you and I talk today don't know the difference between one and the other, or what they mean, what you know they're and that's unfortunate. You got to know that. You really need to know that before you can say to somebody, I'm going to trust you to manage my money. You don't know what he's doing. You've got to know and you've got to give him some direction. You've got to tell him, I'm not particularly concerned if you buy a stock that goes up and makes me a lot of money, unless you actually capitalize on that, because when it goes down, you don't look so smart anymore, you know? Lesley Logan 29:49  Yeah, I find it fascinating the idea of doing it myself, and also like I'm not in that place of my life where I'm there yet. So I've educated myself to a place where I ask questions of my person and they have to know them. And. I've been really impressed with this person I've worked with recently because no stuttering, definitely had it, got me the information, did better than the things that I asked. And the more I educate myself, the more questions I have. So every meeting we have, and he'll meet with me as much as I want, I'm like, okay, I have more questions that you're still securing your job, because I'm learning more. And so until I am able to do it myself, and that day will come, I just have a lot going on my own business, and I want to make sure that something is happening. But it is true, we have to educate ourselves, and we can't be scared of it. And I love that your book is like a conversation, because I think that that takes the overwhelm off. I read The Psychology of Money a couple years ago, and that was really helpful information from that guy, because he was just like, hey, the type of person you have to be to make a lot of money is not so good at keeping it. And he explained that. I was like, oh, that's very fascinating information. You know? Steve Selengut 30:55  Interesting. That's interesting. The education, the learning what you do, the amount of time you spend again will depend on back to where we were. How much money you really want to make. If you could be happy with this amount of money. Fine. Otherwise, you have to do other things. You have to take charge and trade those things to make really significant. And I mean, really significant.Lesley Logan 31:16  Yeah, I'm really excited for what you're doing, your book and stuff like that, because I do think that people need to hear what's possible. I also worry about people who are just relying on their 401(k) or their IRA. I think it's nice and it's important, but also it might not be enough, especially because we're living longer, thankfully, we're living longer and hopefully healthy. But that doesn't always mean so. Things happen all the time. There are disasters that are outside of your control, and so I do kind of worry about people. So I think educating people like you do, having you on it, is really important, because being it until you see it, you could have all these dreams of being this amazing boss who owns this awesome company, but at the same time, there's money behind everything comes back to that money. It's the energy that fuels things, and so having an understanding of how it works and different ways you can work it, I think it's so cool. I've never heard of something. I've never heard of it. I've never dove deep on the idea of the income producing, like getting those dividends, and using that as a measuring stick in that way. I mean, it's obvious once you said it, but it's not something I thought abou because I just thought, well, I want to be aggressive. I want the money to grow. I want these things. But also, like, how cool that you coach on that income-producing investment. Steve Selengut 32:32  What would you say your income is in your portfolio?Lesley Logan 32:36  Right now? (inaudible) What's it produced in the last month? Or what's it valued at right now? Steve Selengut 32:43  No, no. Market value doesn't matter. Lesley Logan 32:45  Okay, then I don't know that answer today. I have a meeting next week. Steve Selengut 32:48  Right. Most people don't ask that, and most people who have advisory people, and normally an advisor is getting about 1.5% not him personally, but the company that he works for. So when I used to tell people when I was managing their money, I was telling them that I would make it a point to make more in profits each year than they were paying me in fees. That was the objective as far as that goes. I'm taking care of the fees by making you actual more capital to replace it. I wrote an article recently about vetting an investment advisor. Lesley Logan 33:29  Cool. Steve Selengut 33:30  And that was one of the things that I said, you know? Number one is look at his portfolio first and if what he's got you in is not in his personal portfolio, find out why. I mean, your objectives may be different, but if your stuff sounds more speculative than his stuff, you don't want to take advice from somebody who doesn't have as much money as you do. Lesley Logan 33:52  Yeah. Steve Selengut 33:52  So the young guy just getting started, he's not the one you want as your financial advisor. And I learned that quick when I started, because I had my first two clients to get started with. I don't think I got another client for six or eight months, you know. So there are things to do when you're with your advisor, and one of the things is, take a look at his portfolio, make him assure you that he will take at least enough profits to pay his fees, and that he will produce at least 4% in income on your portfolio. And why do I say 4% because if you ask for advisors as you approach retirement, the key number is you'll have to use 4% of your market value each year to pay your expenses in retirement, unless you're like you and I, where we're going to make enough money while we're working that it's going to provide more than the amount we were making when we were working. Lesley Logan 33:52  Yeah, yeah. Steve Selengut 33:53  That's our objective. Lesley Logan 33:54  Yeah. Steve Selengut 33:54  But normally, people are going to spend about 4% of their market value. So since you're telling me that that's what's going to happen, I want you to make me at least 4% so that means you're going to make me 4% plus one and a half percent every year in income. You can grow the portfolio with the rest of the portfolio all you want, but that's the income I want you to start producing now.Lesley Logan 35:22  I like this, okay, that article you wrote, I would love to link to it, or you can, you know, put it behind a lead magnet. I think it's such a cool way for people to be armed with that because they don't have that information.Steve Selengut 35:34  It's on LinkedIn. Lesley Logan 35:35  It's on LinkedIn. Steve Selengut 35:36  It's on my profile or my articles. Lesley Logan 35:38  Okay, cool, cool. Steve Selengut 35:39  It's the last article I wrote. Lesley Logan 35:41  We will link to your LinkedIn for sure. We're going to take a brief break, and then we're going to find out where people can find you, follow you, work with you and your Be It Action Items. Lesley Logan 35:49  All right, Steve, where do you hang out? LinkedIn, sounds like and you said you advise people or you coach them. How can people connect with you? Steve Selengut 35:56  Theincomecoach.net I have two Facebook groups. One is called The Retirement Income Independence Coach and the other one is called Closed End Funds for Retirement Income and Equity Trading.Steve Selengut 36:05  Cool. You are busy for someone who is retired. Steve Selengut 36:14  Yeah, right. I get that a lot. I'm busier now schedule-wise than I was when I was managing money, because that was a, you know, couple hours in the morning, couple hours in the evening. Now it's all day long, with podcasts, writing a book, coaching, meetings and so on. Lesley Logan 36:33  And speaking of your book, Retirement Money Secrets, where can people order that? Can they get it wherever books are sold? Can they get it at your website? Where should they (inaudible)? Steve Selengut 36:33  Wherever books are sold, they can get it. The audiobook is only available on Amazon. All the other forms can be gotten anywhere. Lesley Logan 36:39  Yeah, well, you guys, it's money. You should probably read it instead of listen to it, because you want to be able to highlight, research, all that stuff. Amazing. Okay, you've given us a ton of amazing stuff already. But for the person who is ready to take some action, bold, executable, intrinsic, targeted steps people can take to be it till they see it. What do you have for us? Steve Selengut 37:06  Bold execution things is the one that I just asked you to do. Take a look at your portfolios and look at the actual income production, where it says dividends received this year or amount you can expect to receive this year with the portfolio just as it is, and see what that is as a percentage of your portfolio. And then the second action thing is, either yourself or your advisor approach them and say, I want that number to be about between four and 5%.Lesley Logan 37:06  I love it. I'm gonna take you up on that before I even do this recap, because I have a meeting with my advisor. So already scheduled. It's to go over, it's to go over my rest of my year. And am I supposed to be spending a little bit of money? Am I supposed to be investing in a certain way? How can I make that tax write off a little bit different? So I got a big meeting. I'm going to add this to it. I know that, especially for those of you who are over 40, you've got a lot going on. It can be just really overwhelming. But honestly, the more you educate yourself, the more these terms and words don't seem so crazy. And you can start with where you're at. And if you're going to start with an advisor, you can read Steve's article on how to vet them, and you can demand that they do that. And you know what? That's kind of why they have a job. So they can certainly rise to the occasion if they can't go find someone else. Until you want to be like Steven, do it yourself, which is impressive and amazing. Thank you so much. Until next time everyone, Be It Till You See It. Lesley Logan 38:43  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. 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On this episode of "On The Tape," hosts Guy Adami, Dan Nathan and Danny Moses make a huge announcement! "On The Tape" and "Okay, Computer." will merge, with the main show becoming "Risk Reversal Pod" airing Monday through Friday, while Danny Moses will continue independently with the "On The Tape" brand. The conversation then flows into a comprehensive market discussion, covering the Federal Reserve's recent meeting, which was described as a "nothing burger," and analysis of major company earnings including Apple, Tesla, Chevron, and Exxon. The hosts provide detailed insights on market trends, with particular attention to Tesla's earnings despite poor auto margins, Apple's performance with modest growth, and the challenges facing big oil companies. The discussion concludes with observations about gold prices reaching all-time highs and the impact of AI developments on tech stocks, particularly noting the market's reaction to news about Chinese AI company Deep Seek. Later, listen to a panel with "The Big Short" traders Steve Eisman, Danny Moses, Vincent Daniel, and Porter Collins from the iConnections Global Alts Conference in Miami. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://riskreversalmedia.beehiiv.com/subscribe — About the Show: On The Tape is a weekly podcast with CNBC Fast Money's Guy Adami, Dan Nathan and Danny Moses. They're offering takes on the biggest market-moving headlines of the week, trade ideas, in-depth analysis, tips and advice. Each episode, they are joined by prominent Wall Street participants to help viewers make smarter investment decisions. Bear market, bull market, recession, inflation or deflation… we're here to help guide your portfolio into the green. Risk Reversal brings you years of experience from former Wall Street insiders trading stocks to experts in the commodity market. — Check out our show notes here See what adding futures can do for you at cmegroup.com/onthetape. — Shoot us an email at OnTheTape@riskreversal.com with any feedback, suggestions, or questions for us to answer on the pod and follow us @OnTheTapePod on Twitter or @riskreversalmedia on Threads — We're on social: Follow @GuyAdami on Twitter Follow Danny Moses @DMoses34 on Twitter Follow Liz Thomas @LizThomasStrat on Twitter Follow us on Instagram @RiskReversalMedia Subscribe to our YouTube page The financial opinions expressed in Risk Reversal content are for information purposes only. The opinions expressed by the hosts and participants are not an attempt to influence specific trading behavior, investments, or strategies. Past performance does not necessarily predict future outcomes. No specific results or profits are assured when relying on Risk Reversal. Before making any investment or trade, evaluate its suitability for your circumstances and consider consulting your own financial or investment advisor. The financial products discussed in Risk Reversal carry a high level of risk and may not be appropriate for many investors. If you have uncertainties, it's advisable to seek professional advice. Remember that trading involves a risk to your capital, so only invest money that you can afford to lose. Derivatives are not suitable for all investors and involve the risk of losing more than the amount originally deposited and any profit you might have made. This communication is not a recommendation or offer to buy, sell or retain any specific investment or service.

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APAC stocks were mostly higher but with gains capped at month-end and as participants digested earnings and tariff threats.US President Trump said he will put a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico because of fentanyl, and stated that China is going to end up paying a tariff as well.US President Trump posted on Truth Social that the US will require commitment from BRICS countries to neither create a new BRICS currency nor back any other currency to replace the mighty US Dollar or they will face 100% tariffs.Mega-cap after-market US earnings saw Apple, Intel, and Visa rise by 3.0%, 3.7%, and 1.2% respectively.ECB may drop its "restrictive" label on the rate stance as soon as March, according to Bloomberg citing sources. The sources noted that with another 25bps rate cut highly likely then.Looking ahead, highlights include German Retail Sales, Unemployment & CPI, French CPI, Spanish Retail Sales, US PCE, Employment Costs, Canadian GDP (Q4), ECB SCE, German Credit Rating, Comments from Fed's Bowman, Earnings from Novartis, Exxon, AbbVie, Chevron, Colgate-Palmolive, LyondellBasell & Phillips 66.Read the full report covering Equities, Forex, Fixed Income, Commodites and more on Newsquawk

European bourses gain, NQ outperforms with AAPL +3.5% in the pre-market after strong growth in services segment.USD mixed vs. peers ahead of core PCE; JPY underperforms.Fixed benchmarks bounce on cool German State CPIs, which has led to outperformance in Bunds.Crude pares initial premia awaiting updates from Trump regarding tariffs on Canada/Mexico oil.Looking ahead, German CPI, US PCE, Employment Costs, Canadian GDP (Q4), German Credit Rating, Comments from Fed's Bowman, Earnings from Exxon, AbbVie, Colgate-Palmolive, LyondellBasell & Phillips 66.Read the full report covering Equities, Forex, Fixed Income, Commodites and more on Newsquawk

Welcome to The Hydrogen Podcast! In today's episode, Paul Rodden breaks down the Unleashing American Energy Executive Order and its profound implications for the hydrogen economy. This major policy shift emphasizes domestic hydrocarbon production, streamlined permitting for energy projects, and critical infrastructure development—presenting both opportunities and challenges for green, blue, and turquoise hydrogen production.Key Topics Covered:

On the morning of April 29, 1992, Sidney Reso did what he did almost every morning: he took the long drive down to the end of his driveway to pick up the daily newspaper. However, this morning was different: the husband and father of five never made it to work that morning. Sidney was shot in the arm, bound and gagged, and thrown into the back of a waiting van at his home in Morris Township, New Jersey. Sidney's kidnappers quickly contacted not only Exxon but Sidney's wife, Pat. They asked for a notorious amount of money in exchange for the safe return of Sidney: $18.5 million in $100 bills. With a series of complex ransom notes, detectives worked against the clock in an attempt to rescue Sidney.SOURCES:1) YouTube--"Kidnapped: The Story of Sidney Reso"2) The Seattle Times: Mystery: Powerful, Private Man Vanishes -- No Clues In Disappearance Of Key Exxon Executive3) Obituary for Gregory Steve Reso4) Find a Grave: Sidney Reso5) The New York Times: Portrait of 2 Accused of Kidnapping: Ardent, Hapless Pursuit of Affluence6) United States of America v. Arthur Seale 7) The New York Times: Kidnapped Executive Dies After 4 Days in a Locked Wooden Box8) TIME Magazine: Four Days in Hell9) NJ.com: Killer involved in 1992 kidnapping and murder of Exxon executive denied compassionate release

Het ging de hele dag alleen maar over Donald Trump. Bij zijn inauguratie gaat hij de lange lijst aan beloftes nog eens na. Op hoog tempo gaat hij decreten ondertekenen, zodra hij in de Oval Office geïnstalleerd is. Aan één belofte voldoet hij al meteen: Drill, Baby, Drill. Trump stapt uit het klimaatakkoord van Parijs. Ook roept hij een energienoodtoestand uit, zodat de VS meer olie kan oppompen. Met die olie, die hij het goud onder zijn voeten noemt, gaat hij de glorie van Amerika herstellen. Maar valt er wel iets te herstellen? Dat hoor je in deze aflevering. En dan hebben we het ook over jou, en jouw gedrag. Nederlandse beleggers hadden afgelopen kwartaal significant meer aandacht voor Amerikaanse aandelen, dat blijkt uit cijfers die BNR bij Saxo opvroeg. Die werden gelokt door de beloftes van Trump. Er waren zelfs een stuk meer Nederlanders die zich voor het eerst op Wall Street waagden. En we vertellen we je ook nog over TikTok. Het was uiteindelijk allemaal minder dramatisch dan media en influencers hadden gedacht. Trump geeft het moederbedrijf nog eens drie maanden om tot een oplossing te komen. Dus gingen na 14 uur de lichten weer aan en konden Amerikanen weer vrolijk door video's scrollen. Maar de competitie heeft niet stilgezeten...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beleggers kijken uit naar het cijferseizoen, maar wij kijken al naar de verdere toekomst. En dan specifiek naar de toekomst van Shell. De beurskoers blijft nog altijd achter bij Amerikaanse concurrenten. Dat maakt Shell kwetsbaar voor overnames. In deze aflevering hoor je wie het op Shell gemunt heeft. En we hebben het over China. De economie daar maakt een comeback. Het lijkt wel te mooi om waar te zijn. Maar of het dat ook is, dat vertellen we je. Verder komt ook SpaceX aan bod. Jeff Bezos kreeg gisteren z'n raket eindelijk de lucht in, maar Elon Musk moet toch een teleurstelling verwerken. Het contact met zijn Starship was na 8 minuten in de lucht opeens weg. Oorzaak: een ontploffing. ING heeft wéér een onderzoek voor witwassen aan de broek. De bank zweeg jarenlang over schimmig gedrag van de Belgische oud-minister van Financiën. Die zou met zwart geld allerlei loten hebben gekocht. De bank wist er volgens een Franse krant van. En we blikken terug op de week met de eerste kwartaalcijfers. Die van Fastned, die een grimmige vooruitblik bekend maakte. Die van de Amerikaanse grootbanken, die juist optimistisch waren. En die van TSMC, dat bewijst dat de terugloop in AI-investeringen vooralsnog pure fictie is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Dan Noone, CEO of G2 Goldfields Inc.Our previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/g2-goldfields-tsxvgtwo-aggressively-drilling-as-guyana-ma-heats-up-6029Recording date: 14th January 2025G2 Goldfields, a high-grade gold exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV:GTWO) and OTCQB (GUYGF), is advancing its gold projects in Guyana while preparing for significant corporate restructuring. The company's flagship Oko project, discovered in late 2019, has already established a resource of over 2 million ounces, with an updated estimate expected in Q1 2025 following an additional 58,000 meters of drilling.The company has announced plans to split its assets into two entities. The core G2 assets, which host the current resource, will be positioned for sale, while the regional exploration properties will be spun out into a new company called G3 Goldfields. Current shareholders will receive G3 shares on a 1:2 ratio, allowing them to benefit from both the potential G2 sale and ongoing exploration upside.G2's success in Guyana has attracted significant attention from major mining companies, with AngloGold Ashanti taking a 15% stake in the company. This investment validates both G2's assets and Guyana as an emerging mining jurisdiction. The country has seen increased interest from international miners, partly driven by Exxon's major oil discoveries that have raised Guyana's profile with American investors.In preparation for a potential sale, G2 is completing key milestones, including converting claims to prospecting licenses and updating its resource estimate. The company has already completed a year of environmental baseline studies to facilitate future permitting processes. CEO Dan Noone emphasizes the supportive nature of Guyana's government and the efficiency of its permitting system.The new G3 entity will control approximately 44,000 acres of property north of the main G2 project area, including several historic mine sites such as Peters and Aremu. G2 plans to provide G3 with $5-10 million in initial funding to support its first year of exploration activities, allowing the new company to create value before seeking additional capital.The company's strategy reflects a focused approach to creating shareholder value: developing and de-risking assets to the point of sale rather than becoming a mine operator, while maintaining exploration upside through the G3 spin-out. This dual-track approach, combined with Guyana's emergence as an attractive mining jurisdiction and strong institutional backing, positions G2 Goldfields shareholders to potentially benefit from both near-term asset monetization and ongoing exploration success.View G2 Goldfields' company profile: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/g2-goldfieldsSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

Clearly, the blame for California's current, deadly (perhaps worst-ever) wildfire lies at the feet of (checks notes) Governor Gavin Newsom, L.A. mayor Karen Bass and D.E.I. and not wild climate shifts, (aka 'hydroclimate whiplash') parched dry vegetation and hurricane-force winds fomenting a wildfire out of New Year's Eve fireworks. Oh, or 20th century sprawl and a water system not designed to fight wildfires (but whose is?) It's not as if we've been warned about the sort of dystopian scene many years before, like, say in 1958 or when Exxon executives knew in the 1970s climate change was a near-future reality and buried it. No, clearly the Los Angeles Fire Department hiring so many "diversity" applicants and ignoring the inane ramblings of Donald Trump is what wrought all this havoc and destruction.

This Day in Legal History: Standard Oil RisingOn January 10, 1870, John D. Rockefeller and his partners incorporated the Standard Oil Company, marking a pivotal moment in American industrial and legal history. Standard Oil quickly became a dominant force in the oil industry, employing innovative practices such as vertical integration and aggressive pricing to outcompete rivals. By the late 19th century, the company controlled nearly 90% of the U.S. oil refining market, making Rockefeller the nation's first billionaire and one of the wealthiest individuals in history.However, Standard Oil's dominance also sparked concerns about monopolistic practices and the concentration of economic power. In 1911, following years of legal challenges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States that the company violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The Court applied the "rule of reason," determining that the company's practices unreasonably restrained trade and harmed competition. As a result, Standard Oil was ordered to dissolve into 34 separate entities, including Exxon, Mobil, and Chevron, many of which remain influential today.This landmark decision underscored the federal government's authority to regulate monopolies and enforce antitrust laws, shaping the legal landscape for corporate regulation in the 20th century. The case also highlighted tensions between industrial innovation and market fairness, a debate that continues to resonate in discussions of antitrust law and corporate power.The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, cleared the way for Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York hush money case, rejecting his request to delay proceedings. Trump, now president-elect, argued for immunity from prosecution, claiming the sentencing would distract from his presidential transition and harm his global standing. However, the court stated his claims could be addressed later on appeal and noted the sentencing's impact would be minimal, as no prison time would be imposed.The majority included Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and the court's three liberal justices. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented–which means there is a one-vote majority in the Supreme Court on the issue of Trump not being entirely above the law. Trump emphasized that the decision leaves room for appeals on broader immunity issues. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who prosecuted the case, supported moving forward with sentencing due to its public interest.Justice Juan Merchan ruled that a president-elect doesn't qualify for the same immunity as a sitting president but opted for an "unconditional discharge," sparing Trump any real penalties beyond the conviction. Trump remains focused on overturning the verdict, asserting the trial was flawed under new presidential immunity standards set by a prior Supreme Court ruling. The case could ultimately return to the Supreme Court for a final decision.Supreme Court Allows Trump Sentencing in NY Hush Money Case (2)Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before his inauguration | ReutersThe U.S. House of Representatives voted 243-140 to pass the "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act," sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The act targets individuals involved in prosecuting U.S. citizens or allies, including Israel, who are not ICC members. It marks strong Republican support for Israel following their takeover of Congress. The sanctions echo Trump-era measures against the ICC, previously imposed over investigations into U.S. actions in Afghanistan and later lifted under the Biden administration. These new sanctions extend to those aiding ICC operations and could, according to ICC President Judge Tomoko Akane, threaten the court's functionality and existence. The ICC defends its actions, citing sufficient evidence and the need to prevent ongoing crimes in Gaza.Forty-five Democrats joined Republicans in backing the bill, while no Republicans opposed it. The Senate, now Republican-controlled, is expected to prioritize the measure, allowing President-elect Trump to sign it shortly after his inauguration. The ICC has yet to comment on the vote. The legislation comes amid heightened criticism of the ICC's pursuit of war crime charges against Israeli leaders, accusations Israel denies.US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel | ReutersRudy Giuliani, former lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, faces a second contempt hearing in Washington on Friday over claims he violated a court agreement in a defamation case brought by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. The case stems from Giuliani's false allegations that the workers helped rig the 2020 presidential election. The workers accuse Giuliani of breaching an agreement barring him from making further defamatory statements, citing comments on his podcast suggesting ballot tampering.  Earlier this week, Giuliani was held in civil contempt by a federal judge in New York for failing to comply with information requests related to the $148 million judgment Freeman and Moss won against him in 2023. Giuliani is appealing that decision. If found in contempt again, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell could impose civil fines or jail time.This adds to Giuliani's growing legal troubles, including disbarment for spreading false election claims and criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona. Giuliani's lawyers argue his podcast remarks did not specifically reference Freeman and Moss and were part of his legal defense on appeal. However, the May 2024 agreement prohibits any public comments implying wrongdoing by the election workers.Giuliani faces second contempt bid over false claims about 2020 election workers | ReutersThis week's closing theme is by Benjamin Godard.Benjamin Godard (1849–1895) was a French composer and violinist whose lyrical and melodic style earned him a place among the late Romantic composers of his time. Despite achieving considerable acclaim during his life, Godard's works have since faded into relative obscurity, overshadowed by contemporaries like Saint-Saëns and Fauré. His compositions, however, reflect a deeply expressive and refined musicality, blending the elegance of French Romanticism with a penchant for memorable themes.One of Godard's notable chamber works is his String Quartet No. 3, Op. 136, a piece that exemplifies his gift for balancing structural clarity with emotional depth. The third movement, "Minuetto molto moderato", is particularly striking. It reinterprets the classical minuet form with a delicately poised, almost dreamlike quality, showcasing Godard's skill in creating nuanced and intimate musical textures. The lilting rhythm and restrained tempo evoke a sense of grace, while the interplay between the strings lends the movement a sophisticated charm.This movement serves as a perfect closing theme for the week, offering a reflective and elegant departure from the bustling rhythms of daily life. The gentle, flowing melodies allow listeners to unwind while appreciating the timeless beauty of chamber music. Godard's Minuetto invites contemplation, serving as both a tribute to his artistic legacy and a serene conclusion to the week.Without further ado, Benjamin Godard's String Quartet No. 3, Op. 136. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Chuck Zodda and Paul Lane discuss the last time bond yields surged like this, stock markets sank. Is the US stock market in bubble territory? Exxon predicts a $700M hit to profit from lower oil prices. Todd Lutsky joins the show to share his thoughts on last minute estate planning.

This is KCBS Radio's daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with joined by Bloomberg's Kevin Crowley. Exxon is taking California to court over allegations made about the company's plastic recycling efforts. You can hear our Tech and Business Report weekdays at 12:30 pm on KCBS Radio and for more, tune into Bloomberg Technology weekdays at 8 am.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss PFAS from pharmaceuticals in drinking water, the toxic air in parts of Texas, and Exxon's unhappiness with California's claim that plastic is not actually recyclable. Then Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear talks about the push to reactivate old nuclear power plants and build new ones, all to satisfy the power requirements of AI and cryptocurrency companies. Who bears the risk and who gets the benefit? Don't miss this episode of Green Street!

On this week's show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week's cybersecurity news, including: The SEC's cyber incident reporting isn't very exciting after all China Telecom on the way to being thrown out of the US The NSA/Cybercom might get two separate hats The Cl0p ransomware crew are back and taking responsibility for the Cleo hacks (Yet another) File upload bug in Struts makes Java admins weep And much, much more. This episode is sponsored by SpecterOps, who run a pretty top notch offsec/pentest team when they're not busy making the Bloodhound Enterprise identity attack path enumeration software. SpecterOps' Robby Winchester joins to talk about how pentest has changed, and how their customers get value from their testing. This episode is also available Youtube. Show notes SEC cyber incident reporting rule generates 71 filings in 11 months | Cybersecurity Dive US senators, green groups call for accountability over hacking of Exxon critics | Reuters Biden Administration Takes First Step to Retaliate Against China Over Hack - The New York Times Unfinished business for Trump: Ending the Cyber Command and NSA 'dual hat' | The Record from Recorded Future News EU opens investigation into TikTok and the Romanian election – POLITICO Clop ransomware claims responsibility for Cleo data theft attacks CISA warns of ransomware gangs exploiting Cleo, CyberPanel bugs | The Record from Recorded Future News CVE-2024-55956 | AttackerKB Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug • The Register Japanese game and anime publisher reportedly pays $3 million ransom to Russia-linked hackers | The Record from Recorded Future News Israeli spyware firm Paragon acquired by US investment group, report says | Reuters How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks – Krebs on Security Arizona man arrested for alleged involvement in violent online terror networks | CyberScoop Russia bans Viber, claiming app facilitates terrorism and drug trafficking | The Record from Recorded Future News

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, December 12, 2024.TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide.Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast

A bitterly divided federal appeals court upheld a ruling that Exxon Mobil must pay a record $14.25 million in fines for pollution emitted by one of its Texas oil refineries. POLITICO's Alex Guillén breaks down the historic decision, the unusual judicial infighting involved in the case and what this ruling means for oil companies like Exxon moving forward. Plus, lawmakers unveiled three bills on Wednesday to strengthen the U.S. critical mineral supply chain and reduce reliance on adversaries such as China. Alex Guillén is an energy reporter for POLITICO Pro.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Kara Tabor is an audio producer for POLITICO. Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO.  Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO. For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Major fossil fuel corporations including ExxonMobil are clearly stating they would prefer the U.S. remain in the Paris Climate Agreement, despite President-elect Donald Trump's plans to take the country back out. We discuss oil majors' long-term plans for an energy transition. Also, hormone-disrupting chemicals in plastics take a yearly economic toll in the hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S. alone, according to a 2024 study. And PFAS, phthalates, BPA and flame retardants in plastics are barely regulated despite the risks. Plus: facing habitat loss, poaching and climate disruption, giraffes have declined more than 40 percent in the last thirty years, so US wildlife officials have proposed adding them to the Endangered Species List.  -- The Living on Earth newsletter now features new in-depth analysis and commentary! Sign up at loe.org/newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, is underway in Azerbaijan. This year's conference is all about how the world will pay to deal with climate change. But Donald Trump’s election victory looms large over the talks. President-elect Trump could roll back United States climate policy like he did during his first term. On the show today, Gautam Jain, senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, explains why climate investment won’t come to a complete halt under the next Trump administration. Plus, he weighs in on who might fill the void in global energy transition talks. Plus, the message ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods is sending Trump about the nation’s energy policy. And, how early is too early for Christmas lights? Here’s everything we talked about today: “What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can't change” from The Conversation “COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?” from Reuters “Trump Victory Leaves China Calling the Shots at COP29 Climate Negotiations” from The Wall Street Journal “Burning Questions: What are the climate wins and setbacks from the election?” from Marketplace “Exxon chief urges stability in US climate policy, knocks carbon border tariffs” from Politico We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, is underway in Azerbaijan. This year's conference is all about how the world will pay to deal with climate change. But Donald Trump’s election victory looms large over the talks. President-elect Trump could roll back United States climate policy like he did during his first term. On the show today, Gautam Jain, senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, explains why climate investment won’t come to a complete halt under the next Trump administration. Plus, he weighs in on who might fill the void in global energy transition talks. Plus, the message ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods is sending Trump about the nation’s energy policy. And, how early is too early for Christmas lights? Here’s everything we talked about today: “What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can't change” from The Conversation “COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?” from Reuters “Trump Victory Leaves China Calling the Shots at COP29 Climate Negotiations” from The Wall Street Journal “Burning Questions: What are the climate wins and setbacks from the election?” from Marketplace “Exxon chief urges stability in US climate policy, knocks carbon border tariffs” from Politico We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, is underway in Azerbaijan. This year's conference is all about how the world will pay to deal with climate change. But Donald Trump’s election victory looms large over the talks. President-elect Trump could roll back United States climate policy like he did during his first term. On the show today, Gautam Jain, senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, explains why climate investment won’t come to a complete halt under the next Trump administration. Plus, he weighs in on who might fill the void in global energy transition talks. Plus, the message ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods is sending Trump about the nation’s energy policy. And, how early is too early for Christmas lights? Here’s everything we talked about today: “What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can't change” from The Conversation “COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?” from Reuters “Trump Victory Leaves China Calling the Shots at COP29 Climate Negotiations” from The Wall Street Journal “Burning Questions: What are the climate wins and setbacks from the election?” from Marketplace “Exxon chief urges stability in US climate policy, knocks carbon border tariffs” from Politico We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

The California Attorney General sued Exxon Mobil this week for misleading the public on the sustainability of single use plastics. How did plastics recycling go from an exciting promise to a scam perpetuated by Big Oil? Max and Erin tear into Exxon's decades-long campaign to unwrap the truth—with help from journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis and the AG himself, Rob Bonta. Why is it so hard to recycle plastic? Who actually processes our waste? Will the lawsuit work? Listen to this week's How We Got Here to find out.

Costco is launching its 1st apartment building… Kirkland is California's solution to housing.Exxon was sued for making us think plastic is recyclable... because just 5% of plastic is actually is.Jony Ive designed the iPhone… and he just unveiled his next big (secret) thing.Plus, NYC is experiencing the country's slowest traffic day of the entire year… 4 MPH.$COST $ANF $AAPL—-----------------------------------------------------GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.