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Live from a pile of dark chocolate-dipped kittens, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today's calorie free Double Big Mac called February 4th 2025: the Who Do You Blame? Game! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE. DAMION1 Who Do You...

Introduction LIVE from your DEI Blame Game, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at January 31st Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: a DeepSeekWeek, The Zuck Suckup Tour, Target is not the new Costco, and fecal phones  Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE...

Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE. DAMION1 The AI Tech BroBubble ‘ Sputnik moment’ : $1tn wiped off US stocks after Chinese firm unveils AI chatbot Anger and Fighting Back Walmart is facing backlash from investors after cutting DEI programs A lawyer says he dropped Meta as a client after what he...

Story of the Week (DR): Trump signed an order ending DEI . Here’s what it means for Fortune 500 companies Trump’s latest presidential moves mandate government agencies to specifically target companies in the private sector engaged in what it describes as “illegal DEI discrimination and preferences.” Despite the intended chilling effect of these executive moves, multiple legal sources point out tha...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG EV Dipstick, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at January 17th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: The CEO takeover has accelerated; bravery for sale at Costco; and men finally have power  Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for...

Live from an DEI-bedazzled ESG Glowstick, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today's SAT Cheat Sheet called January 14th 2025: BIZ NUGGETS! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE. DAMION1 Zuck In our 'He also said corporations named "J...

ESG Disclosure The next wave of anti-ESG movement focuses on reduced disclosure Decrease in Director/NEO bio/photo disclosure in both proxy statements and corporate websites Anti-DEI board composition A sharp drop in new directors that are “diverse” An increase in overall board size; instead of outright replacing diverse directors, an increase of white male directors (who skew younger) are simply...

Live from an ESG-flavored 2025, it’s an all-new Wacky Wednesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today's Costco lovefest called January 8th 2025: Headlines We Missed since the end of December and the new comic book superhero named Costco! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performan...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG Hanukkah Jesus Bush, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at December 20th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s YEARLY wrap up: Everything. Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE. Story of the Year (DR): Exxon Sues Two ESG Investors [Follow This,...

Live from an ESG-scented 100% cotton unisex onesie, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today's anti-anti-DEI lovefest called December 17th 2024: Random ESG Headlines That I Care About Because Somebody Has To Care About Something and Changing the Methodology for Fortune 100 Most Powerful Executives! Our show today is being sponsored...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG-powered Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Smart Blender, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at December 13th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: Ongoing NEO murder stuff, Rupert Murdoch fails to screw over 75% of his children, God eats McDonald’s, and hot sauce is going woke Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics...

All the NEO Murderer updates: Luigi Mangione /Brian Thompson Mangione attended elite schools BA/MS Penn Gilman School, an elite all-boys preparatory school in Baltimore: In his valedictorian speech, Mangione praised classmates for "challenging the world" Mangione comes from a wealthy and influential Baltimore family Mangione is one of 37 grandchildren of the late Nick Mangione Sr., a prominent mul...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG bath salts inhaler kit, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at December 6th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: Murder, Black women fighting back, Investor cowards, and the darkest reason imaginable for a CEO pay cut Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections...

The Business Pants Thanksgiving Special Game! Let’s take a trip through history: Dark ages Walmart pulls back on DEI efforts, removes some LBGTQ merchandise from website The nation’s largest employer, which has about 1.6 million U.S. workers, joined a growing list of companies that have stepped back from diversity, equity and inclusion efforts after feeling the heat from conservative activists. In...

Introduction LIVE from Vanguard’s "Mirror Voting Policy", it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at November 22nd Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: DEI and Meritocracy Shark Jumping, no more Jaguars for blue-collar America, A-Holey (or is it A-Holy) investors, Will the real Elon Shady please stand up? Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics,...

The Random Ask Matt Stuff about the Headlines Game! Donald Trump ’s social media group in talks to buy crypto trading venue Truth Social owner is close to an all-share takeover of Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt Which one of these key facts surprises you the most? The least? Hoover you want to answer: Bakkt, which has struggled for profitability since its launch, was created by ICE, and the owne...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG sad sack, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at November 15th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: The government is getting its own Facebook Oversight Board; Meritocracy is not the name of a new WWF character; and food with a 36-month shelf life is still bad for you Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, t...

Live from an ESG-scented fanny pack, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today’s ongoing post-Election hangover called November 12th 2024: The Financial News Headline Trigger Game! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE. DAMION1 The Fin...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG crying towel, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at November 8th Studios, featuring all your favorites: AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: a former CEO beats a glass cliff CEO and a bunch of other depressing stuff Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance fo...

WHO WOULD YOU RATHER BE/VOTE FOR? Home Depot co-founder, GOP donor Bernie Marcus dead at 95. Berne endorsed Trump in November… 2023 and said two years ago that “Nobody works, nobody gives a damn. Just give it to me. Send me money. I don't want to work — I'm too lazy, I'm too fat, I'm too stupid. We used to have free speech here. We don't have it. The woke people have taken over the world. You know...

Live from an ESG-flavored pumpkin patch, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today’s Halloween-filled scary Independent lead Director called October 29th 2024: a scary rate the headline game and a Terrifying headlines quiz! Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG corn maze, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at October 25th Studios, featuring all your favorites: AnalystHole-man Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: McDonald’s investor relations team hires entire writing staff from The Onion, an accelerated retirement at Southwest, Denny’s is saving lives, and a shout-out to Mr. CorpGov Our show today is being sponsor...

Live from the Founder’s Diamond Mine in Botswana, where all diamonds are worth 50 votes per share, it’s an all-new Terrific Tuesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today’s chocolate-filled summary compensation table called October 22nd 2024: It’s Double Quiz Tuesday, featuring a heartbreakingly mediocre ESG News Quiz and a relatively thoughtful data drop quiz! O...

Introduction LIVE from your ESG USB-C DIY LOL DEI Vape Pen, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at October 18th Studios, featuring all of your favorites: AnalystHole Matt Moscardi! On today’s weekly wrap up: Meta employees have acne but don’t call CVS’s Karen Lynch, meth-flavored TikTok, 3-headed CEOs, and even one-headed CEOs named Jamie that love to talk  Our show today is being sponsore...