Author: MGSN
In November of 2021, Smartmatic, an obscure tech company that provided election technology in one county, Los Angeles, during the 2020 presidential election, sued Fox Corporation and three Fox anchors, Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro, all ardent supporters of the former president, Donald Trump. The allegations described how Mr. Trumpās media backers sought to cast doubt on an election, that delivered a victory to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., a loss to Trump. The Plaintiff alleged that the defendants created a story about Smartmatic and that the Defendants conspired to defame and disparage Smartmatic and its election technology and software.…
MGSN published Part 1 of this 2 part series on September 27, 2022.An Austin jury decided that Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay damages toĀ parents, Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis for years of broadcasting lies about what happened at Sandy Hook, where their six-year-old son Jesse was murdered. The jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages and another $45.2 million in punitive damages.The issues on appeal will be twosome and straight forward:Ā 1) Did Jonesās conduct meet the standard in Texas that constitutes slander?Ā 2) Did the punitive damage award exceed the dictates of the Texas legislature?Alex Jonesās burden…
Big Tech is deploying an industry – wide harmful policy of implementing layoffs.Ā It is understandable on one level. Investors are panicking with the daily news reports of a coming recession. The blind invocation of the Rule of 40 metric which is an arbitrary, if not capricious ratio of profitability is a major factor in driving Tech layouts. The profitability ratio is derived by subtracting the cost of goods/services from revenue. That figure is divided by revenue and multiplied by 100. If the percentage is close too or below 40%, investors run.As such, Tech is driving down the cost of goods/services…
The First Amendment of the US Constitution protects free thought, speech and expression of the thoughts and speech. By definition the constitutional protection extends to the written word and varied digital backgrounds.The First Amendment also provides protection for speech and the expression of thoughts that are offensive, vile and unpopular. The ACLU filed an Amicus Curia Brief in the significant case of Snyder v. Phelps, in which the Westboro Baptist Church, Westboro, was sued for staging a protest at the funeral of a slain US Soldier, who was killed in action in Iraq. Westboro had engaged on a pattern of…
According to the McKinsey& Co the fashion industry is worth more than one trillion dollars USD. The New York Fashion Week just concluded in NYC. There was a certain amount of excitement over the full resumption of the economic and creative activities in New York City. The competition between global cities to host fashion weeks is intense. The business development features of fashion weeks have a positive derivative economic value to the host city. The hotels, restaurants, clubs, public and private transportations tend to increase sales and tax revenue for the local economy. The success of the business development model…
As noted in Part 2 of this series, the Seoul based Nthing, brings innovative manufacturing and agri-tech together which can grow vegetables in the harshest environments. The contracting consumer base in ROK presents a significant market stress point to which entrepreneurs can develop solutions, starting with Concept Generation. As documented in the first two articles of the ENTREPRENEURS OPPORTUNITIES: GO EAST series, leaders in Korean society reached the conclusion that mutually beneficial collaborations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and across the African continent will create markets in which Korean Manufacturing Tech will address respective market stress points for the collaboration partners.…
As noted in Part 1 of this series, opportunities exist in the East Asian tech sector for Startups that are able to develop a business model that can address the market needs of the region. In Part 1 of this series, MGSN focused on the market needs of South Korean industries to expand into new markets. The high development cost of the Korean Tech sector and the contracting population presents a significant market stress point. The market need is underscored by the government’s recognition that the business development policy with Africa has been ignored for too long and it is…
East Asia has always been an epicenter for tech. Taipei dominates the globe in the production of the highest-tech silicon chips. South Korea is a global leader in manufacturing tech. Japan is develops innovative Fin-tech solutions.Despite the development of high tech societies, there are significant challenges to these East Asian countries. The aging population and restrictive immigration policies have created market stress points that could undermine the economic vitality of these societies.The highly developed service and product lines that are produced in this vital region will need new consumer bases.Recognizing the need to expand it’s consumer base beyond it’s borders,…
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