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Firms like Glass Lewis and ISS that provide recommendations to institutional shareholders on how to vote on corporate matters, such as executive compensation and board elections. They are criticized for their significant, often opaque, influence and for pushing agendas like DEI.
The system of rules and practices by which a company is directed, criticized heavily by Cohen regarding eBay's board.
A business strategy where companies use multiple cloud computing services from different providers (e.g., AWS, Microsoft, GCP) to avoid dependency on a single vendor, improve reliability, and manage risk.
The concept that advancements in AI and robotics will lead to a significant reduction in the number of available jobs for humans. This is a central theme in the discussion of Amazon's automation plans and Elon Musk's comments on the future of work.
The use of robots to perform tasks previously done by humans. Amazon's leaked plans aim to automate 75% of its warehouse operations, which raises broad concerns about AI-driven job displacement.
A massive outage of Amazon Web Services that affected 2,000 companies and 4 million users for nearly a day, highlighting the risks of dependency on a single cloud provider and accelerating the move towards multicloud strategies.
A major scandal involving the NBA where the FBI arrested 30 people in a sports betting and gambling probe, including players and a coach, for activities like running rigged poker games and insider betting.
A proposed tax in California that is cited as a major reason for capital and high-net-worth individuals, including the podcast hosts, to consider leaving the state for places like Texas.
A major industry in West Virginia and a central part of Manchin's political background. He describes his conflict with Barack Obama over policies that he felt 'villainized' coal.
Voters who do not align themselves with a political party. Manchin argues that this is the largest group of voters and they are disenfranchised by the closed primary system.
A type of primary election in which voters may participate in selecting candidates for a political party's nominees only if they are registered members of that party. Manchin argues this system perpetuates the political duopoly.