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Darren Woods, CEO of Exxon, says stops and starts are bad for business- that joining, leaving, and leaving again followed by possible joining again doesn't make sense and is bad for business because it creates a lot of uncertainty.

"I don’t think the stops and starts are the right thing for businesses, it is extremely inefficient. It creates a lot of uncertainty.”  

Another factor is that economics drives action on climate change including the reduced prices for solar that make it competitive with natural gas, and natural gas replacing coal. Business operates independently of who is in charge of the administration for the long term.

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General Services Administration (GSA)was formed as cost cutting effort in the period of World War II. Today it manages most of the government real estate and has lost focus of its primary mission. DJT plans to reduce its holdings of office buildings by two thirds.

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The most striking aspect about Pew Research on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices and DEI in companies in Nov 2024 compared to early 2023 is the shift in sentiment about how much it hurts White Men. 36% of Americans now think it hurts White Men compared to 14% a shift of 22%. Among Republicans also there is a striking shift of 10% in just over a year. Asians no longer see it improving their situation. It comes also at a time when White Men are going through an unprecedented drop in college enrollment compared to women after financial crises and surging college costs, the kind of trend that is seen as unhealthy for the Nation.  Overall the shift shows says PEW Research that workers are more likely to believe that focussing on DEI is a bad thing and too much attention is going into doing this at companies. Reports in WSJ on Jan 10, 2025 say CEO's are making a shift away from DEI in 2025 consistent with the change in sentiment nationally.  ...

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The shooting of a young Australian woman Justine Diamond, after she called 911 for help upon seeing a sexual assault, is mourned in Australia. The shooting took place in Minneapolis. Minneapolis police have revealed little about what happened.

 

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Former Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi (2012 -2022) and its senior official makes these comments at the Munich Security Conference on US shooting down Chinese spy balloons. Yi says it was "absurd and hysterical." He says China is going to put out a paper on Ukraine that would underline the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty. For China its crucial relations with Germany, trade with Europe are critical for its economy and growth. Germany's coalition government itself is divided on investment by China in the port of Hamburg, with the Greens not supporting that decision by chancellor Scholz. The issue for Biden is not simply the balloons. As The Guardian points out the US is pushing for China to withdraw or at least make conditional its support of Russia in its invasion of Ukraine that is a clear violation of the UN Charter that China says it supports.