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CSX To Fire Over 20% Of Management-Level Employees

CSX To Fire Over 20% Of Management-Level Employees

Earlier today, the WSJ reported that railroad giant CSX Corp, currently embroiled in a protracted activist investor fight, said that Michael Ward, its chairman and CEO will retire in May as railroad veteran Hunter Harrison and an activist investor try to shake up the company and grab the top spot. Harrison, a railroad veteran who unexpectedly announced his early departure from Canadian Pacific Railway in January foregoing tens of millions in potential bonuses, has been working with Paul Hilal of the Mantle Ridge activist fund, to become the company’s next chief executive.

"Fake Data": Economists Concerned Trump Administration Will Adopt 'Alternative' Economic Facts

"Fake Data": Economists Concerned Trump Administration Will Adopt 'Alternative' Economic Facts

Over the weekend we noted that the Trump administration was considering changing the U.S. trade deficit calculation to exclude re-exports from the US trade balance, a shift that would make America's trade gap appear even greater than it has been in recent years, potentially making future trade skirmishes and wars with America's export-heavy trade partners far more likely (see "White House May Change Calculation Of US Trade Deficit, Boosting Trade War Odds").

Bill Gates Embraces "Tax The Robots" Socialist Idiocy: Four Questions For The World's Richest Man

Bill Gates Embraces "Tax The Robots" Socialist Idiocy: Four Questions For The World's Richest Man

Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

I am unsure who first came up with the idea of taxing robots, but the proposal has been embraced by academia, socialists, and in general, the radical Left.

Today, entrepreneur Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, endorsed the idea.

What does Gates want to do with the money collected? Here’s the answer: Flush it down the toilet.

In a Quartz interview, Bill Gates proposes The robot that takes your job should pay taxes.

"It's Unfair" - Hispanic Workers Upset After Being Fired For Absence On "Day Without Immigrants"

"It's Unfair" - Hispanic Workers Upset After Being Fired For Absence On "Day Without Immigrants"

The manager of the ironically named "I Don't Care" Bar and Grill in Catoosa, Oklahoma is hiring...

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After firing 12 staff last week for violating his “no call/no show” policy.

http://foxbaltimore.com/embed/news/nation-world/catoosa-restaurant-fires-12-workers-for-not-showing-up-on-day-without-immigrants

Fox Baltimore reports that the workers are without a job after getting fired for skipping work as a show of support for “A Day Without Immigrants.”

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