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This is a weird thing. last july, depths of the covid crisis and the government mismanagement, the trump administration randomly announced they were going to give a huge $765 million government loan to a private company. to ramp up american pharmaceutical manufacturing and the company that was going to get this huge loan was kodak. kodak, the camera company? really? why, is this just alliteration. theyre like cameras. kodak. covid. close enough. i mean would that be any weirder than the other wa...

Last july, covid crisis, government mismanagement effort, the trump administration announced that they were going to give a huge 765 million dollar governments loan to a private company. all to ramp up american more pharmaceutical manufacturing. the company that was going to get this huge loan was, kodak. kodak? the camera company? really? why? was it just alliteration? theyre like cameras. kodak. covid. close enough. i mean, will there be any weirder than any other decisions they made? so, supe...

There is kodak last july announcing a huge, three-quarters of a billion dollars government loan last summer as if it was already signed, sealed, and delivered. it turns out that loan to kodak never actually happened. kodak never did a big pivot to drugs. it never produced anything. what was going on there? what was that all about? well, we now know that the month before the announcement kodaks ceo who knew that potential federal deal was in the works bought a ton of kodak stock for himself nearl...

Million loan to kodak, a borderline defunct film company, to produce ingredients for pharmaceuticals to fight the covid pandemic. that loan never materialized and kodak never did a big pivot to drugs. it never actually produced anything. but in the month before the announcement kodaks ceo bought 46,000 shares of stock which soared more than 300% after the announcement. guess what happened then? he sold them as did other company board members. the attorney generals office said kodaks statement to...

Updated 21/02/2021 03:41 GMT Ikeas Ambitious Plan To Make Its Cheap Furniture Last Forever To erase its massive climate footprint, Ikea needs to change how it makes its products and how you buy them. Illustration:Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photos:Getty, Ikea The Ikea store in Queens, New York, which opened on Jan. 14, marked a decided departure for the iconic home furnishings brand. Located in the Rego Park Shopping Center, the 115,000-square-foot open layout ― a new, small...

Updated Feb 20, 2021 Ikeas Ambitious Plan To Make Its Cheap Furniture Last Forever To erase its massive climate footprint, Ikea needs to change how it makes its products and how you buy them. By Alexandra Kirkman Illustration:Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photos:Getty, Ikea The Ikea store in Queens, New York, which opened on Jan. 14, marked a decided departure for the iconic home furnishings brand. Located in the Rego Park Shopping Center, the 115,000-square-foot open layout ― a new, smaller form...

Republicans among those saying this doesnt go far enough and that kind of speaks to these tweets weve already seen from the president today saying among other things to those undocumented immigrants already in the united states and one he writes please does make yourself too comfortable. you will be leaving soon. so while the president is trying to carve out a little more space, hes been hard line anti-immigration from the start dating back to the first day of his campaign. hes trying to cav out...

Immigration proposals next hour. and they would include making sweeping changes to the legal immigration if passed and thats no easy feat because it has a number of parts resigned to republicans that avoids key issues like asylum seekers at the southern border and status of dreamers. >> heres what the plan would do, it would screen immigrants to a merit-based system. the proposal is centered around, quote, build america visa. and it would add more requirements for those seeking entry into the un...

Leaving even some religious conservatives in the state of shock. >> i think alabama has gone too far. some breaking news right here in new york city, our mayor, bill de blasio, officially throws his hat in the 2020 presidential run ring. >> working americans deserve better, and i know we can do it because ive done it here in the largest,ing toughest city in this country. we have to put working people first. >> as i said, a lot to cover but we must start with president trumps immigration plan, ...

Looking out for now is reporting on apple. a lot of sentiment moving forward will likely be determined on the back of these results. keeping in the tech space, one interesting bit of niece is related to netflix. netflix is going to launch three of their movies in cinemas before they actually hit their streaming service. this marks a big pivot in netflixs willingness to adapt and change their model. people say these movies are oscar contenders. we may start to see netflix in with the big dogs in ...