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  • Disney ‘regrets’ performance by visiting school drill team (The Indianettes)

    03/18/2022 5:00:56 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 38 replies
    AP News ^ | March 18, 2022
    LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Officials at Walt Disney World said Friday that a performance by a visiting Texas high school drill team that used American Indian stereotypes, including chants of “scalp them,” doesn’t reflect the Florida resort’s values. The performance this week in the Magic Kingdom by the “Indianettes” drill team from Port Neches-Grove High School “did not reflect our core values, and we regret it took place,” Disney spokeswoman Jacquee Wahler said in an emailed statement. An audition tape that the school had provided in order to be selected to perform at the theme park resort was...
  • Mark Cuban:If Your Company Is Moving For Tax Reasons, I'm Selling Your Stock

    07/25/2014 6:53:00 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 43 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 07/25/2014 | Myles Udland
    Mark Cuban isn't a fan of tax inversions, either. Last night, President Obama spoke with CNBC's Steve Liesman, and their first topic of conversation was the issue of tax inversions, or mergers where U.S.-based companies acquire foreign companies and move their tax base overseas to enjoy lower rates. Obama said this strategy, among other things, "undermines people's confidence in how companies are thinking about their responsibilities to the country as a whole." Cuban took his rhetoric a step further: he said he's selling stock in companies that move for tax reasons. On Twitter this morning, Cuban fired off a series...