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When Cement Meets Jihad: How Lafarge Turned War Into a Business Model

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From roughly 2012 to 2014, as Syrian Civil War turned northern Syria into a live-fire apocalypse, Lafarge made a calculated decision: stay open, stay profitable, and if that meant paying off armed groups—including ISIS and al-Nusra Front—then so be it. Business is business. Even if your business partners occasionally crucify people for sport. The company didn’t just stumble into this. Courts later described it as an organized system. Money moved. Deals were made. Raw materials, checkpoints, safe passage—all greased with cash. The same way you’d negotiate trucking contracts in Ohio, just with more AK-47s and fewer HR policies.

NEW: Citadel fires back after Mamdani singles out CEO

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Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, suggests that business leaders should invest in states where they are appreciated on ‘The Evening Edit.’

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AI Boom Driving $100 Bln Chip Opportunity, Arm CEO Says

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Chip company Arm is positioning itself for a major shift beyond smartphones, betting big on the rapid growth of cloud computing and data centers. CEO Rene Haas says the company expects this segment to dominate its business in the years ahead. Haas speaks to Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie about the lucrative opportunity. This interview was recorded on March 23 for “Bloomberg Tech: Europe.”

Do Not Look, But Big Business, Not Allah, Is in Control By George Mcclellan

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The main goal behind the Israeli-US war against Iran is patently obvious: control over Iran’s energy sources especially its oil sold to China. For Israel, it’s their self-defense. Sanctions did not stop Iran terrorism policies until military pressure was brought by Trumps “Epic Fury” opération when it became necessary to achieve commercial dominance over middle east energy resources, not Iran. Iran’s belligerent behavior on the world stage holding other countries hostage to Islamic terrorism with the one product everyone needs, petroleum, rendered Iran a pariah nation suitable for behavioral modification. For us, oil is our primary but not only reason. For Iran, religion and money, in that order, is their motive to do what they do because they need the cash their oil producers to destroy Israel. Israel, on the other hand, wants to survive by destroying Iran’s military, especially itsnuclear threats. Dealing with weak leaders since Jimmy Carter, facing indecision, bribery and incompetence over fifty years, made Iran’s goal easy, until Donald Trump.

Hedge Fund Electric: $5 Billion in 2025 Profits. 18% in 2026-2027 Rate Hikes

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“Privatize the profit – socialize the costs?” You betcha.

Utility companies are their own personalized legal black hole. Private companies own them – but get all sorts of government cronyism to aid and abet their profit making and taking.

It’s a quintessential example of the Diet Fascism that now dominates the US.

Two Wings, One Bird: How We Traded a Republic for a Revenue Machine

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We like to pretend we live in a fierce two-party system. Red vs. blue. Left vs. right. Cable news gladiators screaming like it’s the Super Bowl of righteousness. But step back far enough and the illusion fades. What you actually see is one bird with two wings—and that bird doesn’t care about your values, your vote, or your virtue. It worships one thing: money.

Introduction to Business 101: Golf with THE Chuck A Tribute to Enduring American Grit The Golf, CPAC while just getting over another thwarted Kill Chuck attempt on my life by CCP Democrat Clostridioides difficile, Norovirus & War Edition March 27th – Sunday, March 29th, 2026

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  Some weekends are about business. Some weekends are about golf. And then there are weekends where surviving another biological assassination attempt, fighting through CPAC, dodging the media, and still finding time for cigars, Old Fashioneds, and American grit all come together. This was one of those weekends. Front and center on THE Chuck’s table …

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Doing Business Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #86: Portland Biz Bankruptcies Soar To 12-Year High

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Doing Business Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #86: Portland Biz Bankruptcies Soar To 12-Year High

Oregon’s small-business scene just lived through its roughest year in more than a decade, and Portland-area operators are feeling it on every block. A spike in bankruptcies in 2025 hit storefronts, suppliers and nonprofits alike, squeezing already thin margins for mom-and-pop shops.