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Support for Beaver’s Mini Mart Continues After Buc-ee’s Sparks Outrage
Buc-ee’s opened its first Ohio location less than five months ago, but that excitement looks to have waned with the Texas gas station chain going after a local mini-mart that’s been a staple of Beavercreek, Ohio, for years. Earlier this month, Buc-ee’s put out a press release regarding a lawsuit against Beaver’s Mini Mart, which… -
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Cracker Barrel Helps Itself to Humble Pie After Catastrophic CEO
THE WASHINGTON STAND—A year ago this month, America was in a full-blown uproar over the radical makeover of a beloved restaurant chain known for its therapeutic chicken and dumplings. Now, 12 months after Cracker Barrel’s disastrous rebrand, karma (and the unemployment office) has come calling for CEO Julie Masino. The longtime restaurant executive is out… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The American Tech Boom No One Is Talking About
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. During this midterm summer and fall, don’t fall for the doom and gloom that we hear… -
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Reminding Corporations What They Are For
Edmund Burke, defending the “little platoons” of civil society against the leveling ambitions of revolutionary abstraction, would have found some to admire but little to recognize in the modern American corporation, an institution that has, in recent decades, developed an un-Burkean appetite for causes well beyond its charter. The Heritage Foundation’s Free Enterprise Initiative has… -
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Gov. Kemp Discusses Impact of New Siemens Facility on Georgia’s Job Growth
On Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced the impact that Siemens will have on Georgia’s workforce over the next few years. The global technology leader is building a 550,000-square-foot facility near Pendergrass and will add 1,400 new jobs to the state over the next three years. This expansion signifies a $185 million investment, Kemp and other… -
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The Value and Virtues of Free Enterprise
Socialism is on the rise, and capitalism is on its back foot. The implications span all parts of our society but certainly include corporate governance. As is often the case, the corporate governance issue boils down to who makes decisions, and to what end those decisions are—and should be—aimed. Should corporations strive solely to maximize shareholder value?… -
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Fox News Owns Every Top 10 Spot in Cable News Ratings
Fox News once again dominated the cable news scene last week, according to Nielsen Media Research. The cable news network wrapped up a strong July with another week as No. 1 in all demographics. Among viewers aged 25 to 54, a key demographic for advertisers, Fox News led all cable channels in total day ratings… -
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The Case for Capitalism
I’ve failed! I make the case for free markets … young people elect socialists! What are they thinking? Do they even think? Do they pay any attention to history? Or economics? Socialism always fails. Only markets create environments that let people prosper. “Getting the right environment—this country’s done it better than anyone else,” says Steve… -
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Cracker Barrel and Its Shadow
One of Aesop’s best-known and most-beloved fables is the story of “The Dog and the Shadow,” which goes like this: “It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank… -
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Facing a Lawsuit, Airbnb Finds Room for Its Principles
For a while there, Airbnb seemed bent on taking a vacation from its principles. Happily, a federal lawsuit has driven home to the company the importance of honoring its stockholders. The lawsuit has prompted Airbnb to rethink and reverse its actions from a year ago, when the company refused to include two legitimate shareholder resolutions—both filed before… -
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Red Flag Case Studies Highlight Corporations Putting Shareholder Value at Risk
When corporate governance experts speak about “red flags,” they are typically referring to information signaling a problem at a corporation that warrants additional oversight. As a related law firm memo on Delaware law notes: “The duty of oversight requires directors to … take action to address red flags that indicate potential corporate wrongdoing.” As a… -
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Alaska Is More Than a Theme Park With Moose and Bears
Alaska is unlike any other state in the country. And when I say that, I’m not referring to its size or its natural beauty or even its resource abundance—although all three are relevant to the discussion. Rather, what I mean is that Alaska is different from the other states in that everybody, everywhere, thinks they… -
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‘Affordability’? Virginia Drives Gun Manufacturer to Cheaper Georgia
Gov. Abigail Spanberger and whatever members of the Virginia Democratic Party that aren’t in a war of words with her still speak of fulfilling their affordability agenda, which we have debunked in earlier columns as nothing more than more taxpayer-funded subsidies or draconian controls on providers like landlords. However, the news that Rideout Arsenal, a… -
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Giving Americans More Choices for Their Retirement Savings
For years, most Americans’ retirement savings plans have been locked out of certain investment choices, including some of the market’s best-performing assets. That makes it harder to save for retirement. Fortunately, though, this is about to change, giving savers new—and better—options for their investments. At issue are not only the many rules and regulations surrounding… -
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The Great Corporate Governance Realignment
Three relatively recent events arguably serve as the most prominent landmarks for the dramatic shift in corporate governance we are currently witnessing. First, after roughly 100 years of essentially unchallenged dominance, Delaware’s role as the undisputed home of corporate charters ran into an iceberg in the form of Elon Musk. On Jan. 30, 2024, a… -
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Exxon Wins Shareholder Backing for Legal Move to Texas
HOUSTON, May 27 (Reuters)—Exxon Mobil shareholders on Wednesday approved the company’s plan to redomicile in Texas, marking a win for the top U.S. oil producer after two leading proxy advisory firms advised investors to strike down the proposal. The oil producer is incorporated in New Jersey, but the company has been headquartered in Texas since… -
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Seattle’s Socialist Mayor Now Panicking Over Businesses Leaving
Seattle’s socialist-in-chief is no longer laughing about chasing away businesses and wealthy residents. But the attitude adjustment may be too little, too late. Just a few weeks ago, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson infamously giggled when asked if she was concerned about wealthy residents fleeing Seattle because of her policies. “I think the claims that millionaires are going… -
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Big Business Bows Down in Beijing
Among the $308.37 billion in goods that the United States imported from China in 2025, the No. 1 category was described by the Census Bureau as “cell phones and other household goods.” Americans last year purchased $39,246,893,116 worth of these items manufactured in that communist regime. Not surprisingly, Tim Cook, the chief executive officer of… -
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How ESG Will Destroy Your Company
On Feb. 26, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a “first of its kind” settlement with the Vanguard Group, which, together with BlackRock and State Street, makes up the “Big three” asset managers representing “the largest shareholders in 88 percent of S&P 500 companies.” Among other things, the press release announcing the settlement noted that “Vanguard… -
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‘We’ll Get Back on Track’: White House Addresses Falling Small Business Optimism Amid Iran War
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler is optimistic that the economic sentiment for small businesses will return to pre-Iran war levels soon amid a downturn. “One data point does not a trend make. And the long-term trend under President [Donald] Trump has been for small business optimism to be above its 52-year average under Joe…