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ALERT: Beware of insulting trolls     (Business)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 11 months ago (+0/-1)
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Insulting trolls warning

There are insulting trolls spamming Upgoat.

If you see a troll account trying to insult you, do not reply.

If you see an insulting account posting here, send mod message, I will take care about the troll asap.

Take care.
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New Oracle CEO gets $29.7 Million after firing 30,000 employees     (www.ndtv.com)
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Aussie couple’s ‘game-changing’ idea now worth $10m     (www.news.com.au)
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Gen Z is going back to the future with analog     (fortune.com)
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Antivirus brands that were bought by other brands     (Business)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 6 days ago (+2/-3)
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Avast - Acquired by NortonLifeLock in 2022 (deal valued at ~$8–8.6 billion). Avast had previously acquired AVG in 2016.

Avira - Acquired by NortonLifeLock in 2020–2021 for ~$360 million (Avira was briefly owned by Investcorp just months earlier).

AVG - Acquired by Avast in 2016 for ~$1.3 billion. Now part of Gen Digital.

CCleaner (Piriform) - Acquired by Avast in 2017. Now under Gen Digital.

McAfee - Acquired by Intel in 2011 (later spun out and went through private equity ownership; now focused on consumer security).

BullGuard - Acquired and integrated into the Avira/Norton ecosystem (joined around 2021 under Gen Digital).

Dr. Solomon’s Antivirus - Acquired by McAfee (then Network Associates) in 1998.

Norman Antivirus - Acquired by AVG in 2014 (before AVG itself was acquired).

Intego (Mac security/AV) - Acquired by Kape Technologies in 2018.

GIANT Company Software (anti-spyware, became part of early Windows Defender) - Acquired by Microsoft in 2004.

Webroot - Acquired by Carbonite in 2019, then Carbonite (including Webroot) acquired by OpenText.

Total AV / UltraAV — Now part of Point Wild (after merger involving Pango Group and Total Security in 2024).

Current Ownership Clusters

Gen Digital → Norton, Avast, Avira, AVG, CCleaner

Intel / former McAfee owners → McAfee

OpenText → Webroot (via Carbonite)

Kape Technologies → Intego (and other privacy tools)

Microsoft → Windows Defender (built on early acquisitions like GIANT)
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Capitalism is a conspiracy of the wealthy elite     (Business)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 5 days ago (+0/-2)
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Capitalism is privatization of the profits and nationalization of the losses. Funded by taxpayers.

Corporations rake in massive gains, hoard the credit, and reward executives and shareholders. When risks blow up, bailouts, subsidies, and guarantees socialize. The population gets the debt, higher taxes, inflation, and austerity.

The elite gain easy credit and boom-time riches. The public gain mountains of debt when things crash.

Some random well known examples:

Big Banking crisis (2008): Wall Street banks gambled on risky mortgages and derivatives bubble for huge bonuses and record profits. When it all collapsed, taxpayers handed over $700B+ via TARP plus trillions in Fed support and guarantees. Many execs kept their bonuses, millions of families lost homes. The banks got rescued and resumed business as usual, the public carried the debt and economic fallout.

Big Airline bailouts (2020): Carriers got $50B+ in direct cash + loans during COVID. They laid off workers, paid execs big, and resumed dividends / stock buybacks soon after, while taxpayers footed the bill.

Big Tech & Big Pharma: Massive public R&D funding (your tax dollars) creates breakthroughs. Private firms patent them, charge premium prices, and offshore profits to dodge taxes. Losses or flops are not their problem.

Big Oil & Big Agro: Ongoing subsidies, tax breaks, and environmental cleanup costs shifted to the public. Profits stay private.

This isn't free-market capitalism, it's cronyism with a safety net only for the elite. Heads they win ( privatized profits), tails people lose (nationalized losses).

Who really pays are the average working class via taxes, inflation, and jobs loss.

Capitalists do like socialism when it is convenient.
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Netflix fined for inexplicable subscription price increase      (en.ilsole24ore.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 1 week ago (+1/-3)
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Surcharges on payment cards will be removed in Australia     (www.abc.net.au)
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Iran war cuts off helium from Qatar, damaging chip supply chains     (fortune.com)
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Elon Musk has been found liable for attempting to drive down Twitter’s stock price ahead of his takeover     (www.kqed.org)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 3 weeks ago (+2/-3)
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How Masters (assisted by US Lowe's) collapsed after a $3b gamble. Aussies and Yanks are simply different!     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to Business 4 weeks ago (+2/-2)
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1/4 of iPhones are now made in India     (www.gsmarena.com)
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Big Tech has gone full retard     (Business)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 1 month ago (+3/-2)
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Big Tech is suddenly dumping hundreds of billions into chatbots and AI data centers with basically zero meaningful revenue coming back yet. We're talking $650B+ capex projected just for 2026 on this stuff.

This causes massive shortage of memory chips (DRAM, HBM, NAND) because they're hogging all the production for their GPU farms.

This is now delaying device releases left and right laptops, smartphones, even cars and jacking up prices across the board. RAM prices doubling or more, phones up 8-20%, PCs potentially 20%+, GPUs getting insane.

Obvious conclusion: Big Tech isn't run by profit-maximizing execs. It's clearly controlled by crazy members of some secret cult following deranged orders from the shadows. Why else burn insane cash on unprofitable hype while screwing over consumers and the entire supply chain?

This isn't business, it's a ritual sacrifice of shareholder value and your wallet to the cult.

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Phison CEO says many tech brands will go bankrupt     (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 1 month ago (+2/-3)
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When the fashion couturier dies, the brand dies with them     (Business)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 1 month ago (+2/-2)
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Buying these "legacy" names in 2026 is straight-up fashion Stockholm syndrome: you're not preserving talent, you're subsidizing logos on committee-designed merch.

List of dead founders whose houses keep printing cash without them:

Chanel — Coco Chanel died 1971 (55+ years of "what would Coco do?" guesses)

Dior — Christian Dior died 1957 (nearly 70 years of Bar suit reruns)

Yves Saint Laurent — Yves Saint Laurent died 2008 (Kering's cash machine now)

Givenchy — Hubert de Givenchy died 2018 (Audrey's elegance? Corporate history)

Balenciaga — Cristóbal Balenciaga died 1972 (the master gone; today's version is... experimental?)

Versace — Gianni Versace murdered 1997, shot dead; his sister Donatella kept it alive but without her brother's talent.

Valentino — Valentino Garavani died January 2026 (freshly gone; the "Last Emperor" era already nostalgia)

Armani — Giorgio Armani died 2025 (Italian tailoring king? Now succession roulette)

The irreplaceable part was ONE person's obsessive, era-defining vision.

Once they're in the ground → it's mood-board committees, 30-something creative directors, and yet another tweed/Bar/tux/red gown "reinterpretation" that looks like everything else at Saks.

It's not heritage.

It's a corporate ghost wearing the dead designer's name like a luxury skinsuit.

Let's not worship zombies.
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EU calls for US credit cards alternative     (www.pymnts.com)
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Gold reaches all-time high at $5,000 and beyond     (www.cnbc.com)
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Apple is still the world’s most valuable brand     (9to5mac.com)
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JPMorgan Chase reaches deal to take over Apple Card     (appleinsider.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 3 months ago (+2/-2)
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If you're thinking you might end up stuck in wage slavery for life, check out this guy who built "a $3M/Year Factory in a 600sqft Shop"     (www.youtube.com)
submitted by Sector2 to Business 3 months ago (+22/-0)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlcL-q5cDV4

Not that you're going to do the exact same thing. This is an example of what a motivated person can do.
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Wall Street downgrades Apple after billionaire sells his shares     (www.phonearena.com)
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CEO Huang declares Israel Nvidia’s “second home”     (www.calcalistech.com)
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Digital price tags force customers top pay more by suddenly changing prices at will, based on availability and time     (www.cnbc.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 3 months ago (+1/-4)
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PayPal wants to become a bank     (www.gsmarena.com)
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iRobot files for bankruptcy. Chinese Picea to acquire 100%     (technode.com)
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EU clears (((Mars)))' acquisition of Pringles maker Kellanova     (qazinform.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to Business 4 months ago (+1/-7)
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