Category: Business
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Cease-and-desist letters are usually bluffs and lawyers know it
Cease-and-desist letters look terrifying by design, but most are theatrical. Here’s why lawyers send them and why receiving one rarely means you’ll be sued.
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Delaware’s grip on corporate law is finally breaking
For nearly a century Delaware set the rules for American business. The state’s losing its monopoly, and the alternatives may not be an improvement.
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1099 vs W-2 is a moral question, not just a tax one
Worker classification looks like a tax issue but it’s really about who carries the risk. Many 1099 arrangements quietly offload it onto workers.
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The invention of edible underwear and why it actually sold
Edible underwear sounds like a punchline, but it became a multi-million-dollar product line. Here’s the actual history and why the novelty was the whole point.
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The weird economics of bottled water brands
Bottled water is one of the most successful branding feats in modern retail. Here’s how an essentially identical product gets sold at wildly different prices.
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McCain Foods: the Canadian company that supplies one in four french fries worldwide
From a New Brunswick family business to the world’s largest frozen fry maker, McCain Foods quietly supplies a quarter of global french fries. Here’s how.
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JPMorgan Chase and Epstein: Inside the Bank’s Decades of Doing Business with a Sex Trafficker
Court filings and 2023 settlements reveal how JPMorgan kept Epstein as a client for years amid internal warnings. Here’s what the public record actually shows.