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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Market Consolidation/Neo-Feudalism, Random Stuff, and More

https://ztemobiles.com.au/

https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/02/shadow-government-key-players-and-more.html

https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/05/mexican-drug-cartel-background-random.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McGovern
https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/ray-mcgovern/
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/MICIMATT
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=war+dogs+bidding+scene
Winning the $300 million Afghan deal – War Dogs (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCAPURWHHmk
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lord+of+war+interrogation+scene
Lord Of War - Interrogation Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTK8torOylM
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=newsroom+opening+scene
The Newsroom - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore...(Restricted language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Dogs_(2016_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Newsroom_(American_TV_series)
Professor Goes WAY Off Script!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SGO0oubcV34
https://www.youtube.com/@RealLeeCamp
defense exports by country
2022
Rank Supplier Arms Exp (in million TIV)
1 United States 14,515
2 France 3,021
3 Russia 2,820
4 China 2,017
5 India 1,900[19]
6 Italy 1,825
7 Germany 1,510
8 United Kingdom 1,504
9 Spain 950
10 Israel 831
...
1950–2022
Rank Supplier Arms Exp (in billion TIV)
1 United States 729,161
2 Soviet Union[23] 450,786
3 Russia[24] 155,926
4 United Kingdom 144,569
5 France 136,347
6 Germany 90,701
7 China 61,283
8 Italy 37,328
9 Czechoslovakia[25] 31,066
10 Netherlands 25,632
...
List of major weapon manufacturers
For a more comprehensive list, see List of modern armament manufacturers and List of defense contractors.
This is a list of the world's largest arms manufacturers and other military service companies who profit the most from the war economy, their origin is shown as well. The information is based on a list published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for 2022.[27]
Rank Company name Defense Revenue (US$ billions) % of Total Revenue from Defense
1 United States Lockheed Martin 59.39 90
2 United States RTX Corporation 39.57 59
3 United States Northrop Grumman 32.30 88
4 United States Boeing 29.30 44
5 United States General Dynamics 28.32 72
6 United Kingdom BAE Systems 26.90 97
7 China Norinco 22.06 27
8 China Aviation Industry Corporation of China 20.62 25
9 China China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 19.56 44
10 Russia Rostec 16.81 55
11 China China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 15.08 27
12 United States L3Harris Technologies 12.63 74
13 Italy Leonardo S.p.A. 12.47 83
14 Europe Airbus 12.09 20
15 China China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation 11.77 32
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_armament_manufacturers
defense industry contractors by market share
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defense_contractors
arms dealers list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_illegal_arms_dealers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Arms_traders
The sight of North Korea's chubby leader, Kim Jong Un, shaking hands with Vladimir Putin on September 13th—having travelled by train to a spaceport in Russia's far east to discuss selling its dictator a stash of North Korean weapons—was remarkable both on its own terms and for what it said about the business of selling arms. The world's five biggest arms-sellers (America, Russia, France, China and Germany) account for more than three-quarters of exports. But up-and-coming weapons producers are giving the old guard a run for their money. They are making the most of opportunities created by shifting geopolitics. And they are benefiting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Kim's trip to Russia followed a visit to Pyongyang in July by Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defence minister, who wanted to see if North Korea could provide gear that would help his country's faltering war effort. North Korea would love to find buyers for its kit. And few regimes are willing to sell Russia arms. China has so far been deterred from providing much more than dual-purpose chips (although it could yet channel more lethal stuff through North Korea). Only Iran has obliged, selling some 2,400 of its Shahed "kamikaze" drones.
https://www.economist.com/international/2023/09/19/meet-the-worlds-new-arms-dealers

fighter jet sales by country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_aircraft_and_spacecraft_exports

https://militaryembedded.com/avionics/computers/the-global-market-for-fighter-planes-and-bombers

https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/06/funny-f-35joint-strike-fighter-jsf.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/02/life-in-syria-why-jsf-isnt-worth-it-and.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/10/defense-podcasts-mh17-background-jsf.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/07/joint-strike-fighter-f-35-notes.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2015/11/how-wasteful-is-us-dod-how.html
- homes and real estate. If you understand some of the scripts/programs that I wrote earlier you'll notice how closely correlated national policy seems to be to geopolitical (regional and international policy). Some people think asset bubbles come from nowhere. It's obvious that they are often created, can be curtailed/moderated, can be a consequence of filter down effects of poor policy at regional/international level which filters down into national policy (if you can't create income you have to have asset price growth but you're redemption rate needs to be kept in check relative to your growth rate), etc...
Notice most investment funds are split into commercial vs consumer real estate?
Cameron Murray - The Great Housing Hijack | Australia's Biggest Book Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDyFDnUWelk
https://www.youtube.com/@TheAusInstitute
Homeowners Are Getting ARRESTED For Evicting Squatters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTVvvgoIMQ0
https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks/videos
Honest Government Ad | the Rental & Housing Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqFPhsO-2W0
https://www.youtube.com/@thejuicemedia
We Will Lose The Property Owning Middle Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWRpaaz_8wM
https://www.youtube.com/@GarysEconomics/videos
Why we need to abolish landlords | Nick Bano interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6izshH4ymtk
https://www.youtube.com/@PoliticsJOE
The 1985 Plaza Accord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqeGC-KQLvU
https://www.youtube.com/@Coldoutside-tv
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Accord
https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/renting/landlord-complains-property-owners-are-demonised-by-renters/news-story/f08e8cfc972842f5f220b210e3afd557
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-29/perth-councils-homeless-strategies-hostile-architecture/103630950
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/22/in-queenslands-feeding-frenzy-housing-market-renters-are-paying-the-price
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/19/end-of-landlords-surprisingly-simple-solution-to-uk-housing-crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/apr/10/are-you-sick-of-rich-people-hoarding-empty-houses-somebody-should-do-something-no-not-like-that
Fewer than one in 10 (9%) of respondents said the housing system was "largely working well" for homeowners and renters and "does not require change". Some 43% thought the system was "fundamentally broken" and 47% said it was "not working in some parts and needs change in those areas".
More respondents were hoping that house prices would reduce (40%) or stabilise (45%) than wanted to see them continue to rise (15%).
The majority (73%) of respondents believe housing "should be a basic human right that everyone should have access to", far higher than those who described it as a "foundation for vibrant neighbourhoods and communities" (18%) or "a vehicle for growing personal wealth" (9%).
But asked how the housing system was now operating, 35% described it as a "vehicle for growing personal wealth".
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/09/guardian-essential-poll-australia-housing-system-reform-anthony-albanese-labor-government
https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/renting/free-house-renter-advocate-and-social-media-star-encourages-struggling-aussies-to-become-squatters/news-story/84f19448d1e3fbc69f8623d367c97976
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/05/future-of-artificial.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2022/01/country-gdp-growth-correlation-checker.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/11/abs-postcode-research-script-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-crazy-justice-system-random-stuff.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2022/07/law-and-disorder-downloader-script_27.html
- medical, dentistry, optometry, etc... I didn't previously understand why some medical professionals were doing "strange things" but I recognise signs of corruption now. Doctors saying they need more appointments then is standard, charging more then they should when you have private insurance, asking you to pay for things that aren't required/overservicing, asking you for checkups earlier then required, etc... Bizarre but some governments not allowed to negotiate for better prices on medicines or treatments?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/11/medical-corruption-and-industrial.html
"I'm A Doctor: Corporate Greed Is Killing Your ER"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KZkEv1CHgE
https://www.youtube.com/@moreperfectunion
The real reason American health care is so expensive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNla9nyRMmQ
https://www.youtube.com/@Vox
Why American Healthcare Is The Worst In The Developed World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO1IoKN0AkY
https://www.youtube.com/@SecondThought
Anatomy of Healthcare | The U.S. Healthcare System Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK4EV9wJPm0
https://www.youtube.com/@MedSchoolInsiders
Bernie Goes SCORCHED EARTH On Big Pharma #TYT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=613lPJlnuEc
https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=katie+porter+pharma
Rep. Katie Porter Grills Big Pharma CEO For Putting Profits Before Patients - FULL QUESTIONING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOftaNdqIUk
Rep. Porter grills Big Pharma CEO for price gouging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arduwbwYB_w
https://www.youtube.com/@RepKatiePorter
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-04/heart-disease-peer-support-regional-victorian-patients/103645066
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service_(England)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(Australia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Q.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstabbing_for_Beginners
bupa and specsavers price comparison
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OwnSchedule2124
9mo ago
OPSM is just a brand of the largest eyewear manufacturer in the world https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica
Mostly seen in ANZ because that's where it was founded before the conglomerate takeover.
Current estimated value of luxottica is USD88.4 billion.
It owns almost every brand you've ever heard of.
Maybe their vertical integrations add value. Maybe not.
https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/15ajgyv/specsavers_vs_opsm/
Criticism
Monopolistic pricing practices
The company has been criticized for the high price of its brand-name glasses, such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, and several others. A 2012 60 Minutes segment focused on whether the company's extensive holdings in the industry were used to keep prices high. Luxottica owns not only a large portfolio of brands (over a dozen[55]) such as Ray-Ban and Oakley but also retailers such as Sunglass Hut, Lenscrafters and Oliver Peoples, the optical departments at Target and Sears, as well as key eye insurance groups including the second largest glasses insurance firm in the US, EyeMed. It has been accused of operating a complete monopoly on the optical industry and overcharging for its products; for example, temporarily dropping then-competitor Oakley from its frame design list, then, when the company stock crashed, purchasing the company, then increasing the prices of its Ray-Ban sunglasses. In addition, it has been argued that, by owning the vision insurance company EyeMed, it also controls part of the buyers' market as well.[50]
The company has said that the market is highly competitive, and that their frames account for ≈10% of sales worldwide and ≈20% in the United States.[56][55] Euromonitor International estimated that Luxottica's market share was 14% worldwide, with the second-largest company in the industry, Essilor, holding a 13% market share. The third-largest player was Johnson & Johnson, with a 3.9% market share. In October 2018, Luxottica and Essilor merged into a single company, EssilorLuxottica, which now occupies nearly 30% of the global market share and represents almost a billion pairs of lenses and frames sold annually.[57]
The HBO series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has criticized the company as a prominent instance of corporate consolidation,[58] as has the TruTV series Adam Ruins Everything.[59]
In 2019, LensCrafters founder E. Dean Butler spoke to the Los Angeles Times, admitting that Luxottica's dominance of the eyewear industry had resulted in price markups of nearly 1,000%. In the interview, Butler noted "You can get amazingly good frames, with a Warby Parker level of quality, for $4 to $8. For $15, you can get designer-quality frames, like what you'd get from Prada." When told that some eyeglasses cost as much as $800 in the United States, Butler remarked, "I know. It's ridiculous. It's a complete rip-off."[60][61][62]
Major shareholders
The list of Luxottica shareholders with more than 2% of holdings, December 2014.[63]
Delfin S.à r.l. a company controlled by Leonardo Del Vecchio 66.485%
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (as ADR depository) 7.466%
Giorgio Armani 4.955%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica
https://www.luxottica.com/en/media-arc/photo-brands
https://www.essilorluxottica.com/en/brands/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Del_Vecchio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bank
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Armani
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essilor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_%26_Johnson
hospital private market ownership
https://www.afr.com/property/commercial/private-hospitals-in-a-real-estate-class-of-their-own-hmc-capital-20230330-p5cwln
1. Background
The private hospital sector plays a significant role in providing specialised healthcare in Australia. The aim of this research is to examine trends in the activity and capacity of the private hospital sector, against a context of falling demand for private health insurance and reduced affordability for private healthcare. In 2017/18, around 47% of all hospitals in Australia were private, with 657 private hospitals, including 357 private freestanding day hospitals (AIHW, 2019). In 2016/17 62% of private hospitals were 'for profit' (ABS, 2018). The private hospital sector had around one-third (34,300 beds in 2016-17) of total hospital beds in Australia, comprised 40% (4.5 million separations in 2017-18) of total hospital separations, undertook 66% (1.49 million admissions) of all elective surgery, 33% (9.98 million patient days) of total patient days (AIHW, 2019), and had a total income of $14.3 billion (ABS, 2018). The revenue of private hospitals comes from a range of sources, with almost 80% from private health insurers that include government subsidies, 13% from federal and state governments, 3.8% direct from patients, and 2.3% from other sources (ABS, 2018)
A key issue for the healthcare sector has been the fall in the proportion of the population covered by private health insurance (PHI). After steady increases in coverage since subsidies were increased 2001, the percentage of the population having PHI hospital cover fell from 47.4% in June 2015 to 43.6% in March 2020 (the bars in Figure 1). The solid line in Figure 1 shows that the total number of insured persons also started to flatten out around the same time, peaking in the first quarter of 2017 at 11,353,517, and then falling every quarter until March 2020 (by 1.15% to 11,223,363: a net fall of 130,154 insured persons). The net change in total number of insured persons is relatively small. The issue, however, is the composition of the change. Since March 2017, most of those dropping cover have been aged under 60 years old where the number of insured persons fell by 318,716 and increased for those aged over 60 years old by 188,562 (Figure 2). This causes a problem in insurance markets with community rated premiums where the premiums paid by the young and relatively healthy are used to subsidise the costs incurred by the older and on average less healthy members.
The reasons for the drop in PHI coverage are consumers' increasing concerns about the value of private health care. This includes growth in out of pocket costs, including private health insurance premiums and fees for medical services provided by GPs and non-GP specialists, as well as the decline in coverage of private health insurance policies. Consumer price indices for healthcare have grown faster than any other component of the consumer price index (Figure 3), with the medical and hospital component growing the fastest, which includes PHI premiums as well as doctors' fees. Since July 2012, healthcare costs have also grown faster than wages, which have been growing but at a much slower rate. These trends have produced a widening gap between growth in private health costs and household incomes over time, with a cumulative effect on affordability that is associated with the fall in PHI coverage and membership from June 2015.
The falling growth in the use of private hospitals in Australia*
https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/3501222/wp2020n18.pdf
https://www.themandarin.com.au/204906-the-impact-of-private-equity-ownership-in-health-care-a-research-roundup-and-explainer/
Biggest companies in the Private General Hospitals industry in Australia
Company Market Share (%) 2024 Revenue ($m) 2024
Ramsay Health Care 5,100.0
ANZ Hospitals Topco 2,850.0
St John of God Health Care 1,600.0
Market share concentration of the Private General Hospitals industry in Australia
Market share concentration for the Private General Hospitals industry in Australia is moderate, which means the top four companies generate between 40% and 70% of industry revenue.
The average concentration in the Health Care and Social Assistance sector in Australia is 28%.
https://www.ibisworld.com/au/industry/private-general-hospitals/14495/#IndustryStatisticsAndTrends
- banking and finance. Most of the world's finance is in the US and/or China now. Internal breakdown is indicates mature market (for me). Very difficult for new entrants and existing incumbents have a hard time taking market share from one another. ~91% of cars purchased via financing. Dealers are fronts for finance/bank companies? Dealers used to use discretion to determine loan interest rates but are now forced to have a standard rate for everyone and have to be more transparent. You're forced to pay via financing in order to pay for car, can't pay for it outright? You can't survive on basic salary so have to push finance to create a comfortable lifestyle. Work with independent financiers to get better rate. ~4% better rates possible
big 4 bank market share
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_(banking)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_pillars_policy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_banks_of_Canada
I INVESTIGATED THE CAR FINANCE SCAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRn2MIjLJg
https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMcCann64
https://lillianstanley.co.uk/
https://www.prestigemotoringgroup.co.uk/
John Clarke and Bryan Dawe on banks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyaitC91hEM
https://www.youtube.com/@abcnewsaustralia
australia big 4 bank policy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_pillars_policy
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/au/banking/big-four-banks/
Parliament of Australia
Of every $100 spent in Australia, nearly $3 ends up as underlying profit for the banks. Profits are so high because the banking market is highly concentrated.
Money and power
https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=1a45fd2c-e590-4fa2-b8b7-8a7d5ab4000a
worlds largest banks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_banks
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/explainers/the-10-largest-banks-in-the-world/86967/1
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/122315/worlds-top-10-banks-jpm-wfc.asp
home loan market lender breakdown
Characteristic 2020 2021 2022 2023
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 25.73% 26.04% 25.89% 25.66%
Westpac Banking Corporation 23% 22.4% 21.58% 21.34%
National Australia Bank Limited 14.78% 14.42% 14.73% 14.68%
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited 14.28% 14.05% 13.13% 13.3%
Macquarie Bank Limited 2.89% 3.69% 4.63% 5.11%
ING Bank (Australia) Limited 2.91% 2.81% 2.75% 2.66%
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited 2.57% 2.76% 2.82% 2.75%
Bank of Queensland Limited 1.6% 1.65% 2.88% 2.84%
Suncorp-Metway Limited 2.42% 2.3% 2.34% 2.41%
HSBC Bank Australia Limited 1.23% 1.25% 1.36% 1.37%
Other 8.59% 8.62% 7.88% 7.89%
Market share of the leading mortgage lenders in Australia from 2020 to 2023, by value of gross lending
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211594/market-share-of-mortgage-lenders-australia/
personal loan market australia
https://www.money.com.au/personal-loans/personal-loan-statistics
https://www.finder.com.au/insights/personal-loan-statistics
https://rogermontgomery.com/a-review-of-the-australian-private-credit-market-in-2023/
The Plan Is To Privatise EVERYTHING. Here's How | Aaron Bastani meets Brett Christophers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jxL9Cktsao
https://www.youtube.com/@NovaraMedia
Takeovers
Thames Water plc was acquired by the German utility company RWE in 2001.[6]
On 17 October 2006, following several years of criticism about failed leakage targets in the UK, RWE announced it would sell Thames Water for £8 billion to Kemble Water Holdings Ltd, a consortium led by the Australian Macquarie Group which appointed David Owens as CEO.[7] In December 2006, the sale of Thames Water's British operation went ahead, with RWE keeping the overseas operations.[8]
Under the new ownership, the company re-focused its efforts on improving its operational performance and in 2007 announced the largest-ever capital investment programme (£1 billion p.a.) of any UK water company.[9]
However, during the 11 years of Macquarie's ownership, which ended in 2017, there were substantial dividend payouts to shareholders. In this period debts more than tripled from £3.2bn to £10.5bn (unadjusted for inflation) as Macquarie borrowed against the company's assets to increase dividend payments. During these 11 years £2.8bn was paid to shareholders, 40% of the total £7bn in dividends paid in the 32 years from 1990 to 2022.[10]
Thames Water was a Tier Three sponsor of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Water
Current operations
Macquarie employs more than 20,000 staff in 33 countries.[13] Macquarie's business activities are organised into four principal operating groups.[13]
There are two annuity-style businesses:
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) – The world's biggest infrastructure asset manager and a top 50 global asset manager, managing more than $735.5 billion of assets on behalf of investors across multiple asset classes.
Banking and Financial Services (BFS) – Comprises Macquarie's retail banking operations and provides personal banking, wealth management and business banking products and services to approximately 1.7 million clients.
There are two markets facing businesses:
Commodities and Global Markets (CGM) – A global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution and logistics solutions to its diverse client base.
Macquarie Capital (MacCap) – Advises companies on growth opportunities, sources investment funds, negotiates transactions and lists companies on the share market, as well as investing alongside clients.
In addition to the principal operating groups, Macquarie has a network of support groups comprising: Corporate Operations Group (COG), Financial Management Group (FMG), Legal and Governance Group (LGG) and Risk Management Group (RMG).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMERS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait_Investment_Authority
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universities_Superannuation_Scheme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Investment_Authority
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Investment_Management_Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_Investment_Management
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Investment_Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Investment_Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stichting_Pensioenfonds_Zorg_en_Welzijn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Phalippou
https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/future-climate-innovators/ludovic-phalippou
How private equity conquered America | The Chris Hedges Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shv9g-4xXww
https://www.youtube.com/@therealnews
- automotive markets. This includes cars, trains, buses, etc... If you work on cars or are interested in them, you'll notice lots of commonality of parts between manufacturers? Sometimes some brands don't even bother to rebrand parts so you can see Mercedes parts on McLarens, BMW parts on Rolls Royce, GM and Audi powerplants across various vehicles, Ford parts on Lamborghinis, etc... Other times they rebrand but change part numbers so that it's more difficult to figure out what parts are in common use, etc... What's worse is when they make tiny changes to make it incompatible or make purchase of tiny parts impossible which means you have buy an entire assembly. It used to be you could go to the local car wrecking yard to get parts for older cars. Now a lot of the time, most of the cars at the wrecking yard are completely stripped of the most common parts that someone would need from them. When you look things up, it looks like have all gone to specialist parts companies. Either wrecking yards have agreements with existing breakers specialists or else they come in and sweep everything up regularly?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/07/international-manufacturing-youtube.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/06/youtube-car-repair-channels-random.html
We Fixed this $200,000 Bentley Truck's Factory Flaw with a Screw and Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjwc-G4CcH4
https://www.youtube.com/@Samcrac
DRIVING MARCUS RASHFORDS WRECKED ROLLS ROYCE FOR THE FIRST TIME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPAeRGBDrBM
https://www.youtube.com/@MatArmstrongbmx
Stellantis N.V. is a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation formed from the merger in 2021 of the Italian–American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the French PSA Group.[13][14][15] The company is headquartered in Amsterdam.
As of 2023, Stellantis was the world's fourth-largest automaker by sales, behind Toyota, Volkswagen Group, and Hyundai Motor Group.[16] In 2023, the company was ranked 61st in the Forbes Global 2000.[17] The company's stock is listed on the Borsa Italiana, Euronext Paris and the New York Stock Exchange.[18]
Stellantis designs, manufactures, and sells automobiles bearing its 14 brands: Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall. At the time of the merger, Stellantis had approximately 300,000 employees, a sales presence in more than 130 countries, and manufacturing facilities in 30 countries.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellantis
As of 2024, the Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under four brands: Daihatsu, Hino, Lexus and the namesake Toyota. The company also holds a 20% stake in Subaru Corporation, a 5.1% stake in Mazda, a 4.9% stake in Suzuki, a 4.6% stake in Isuzu, a 3.8% stake in Yamaha Motor Corporation, and a 2.8% stake in Panasonic, as well as stakes in vehicle manufacturing joint-ventures in China (FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota), the Czech Republic (TPCA), India (Toyota Kirloskar) and the United States (MTMUS).
Toyota is listed on the London Stock Exchange, Nagoya Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange and on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where its stock is a component of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core30 indices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota
General Motors Company (GM)[2] is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.[3] The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac and Buick. By sales, it was the largest automaker in the United States in 2022, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.[4][5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company
The Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi, Bentley, Cupra, Jetta, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen brands, motorcycles under the Ducati name, light commercial vehicles under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand, and heavy commercial vehicles via the marques of the listed subsidiary Traton (Navistar, MAN, Scania and Volkswagen Truck & Bus). It is divided into two primary divisions: the Automotive Division and the Financial Services Division. As of 2008, it had about 342 subsidiary companies.[11] Volkswagen also has three joint ventures in China, FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen and Volkswagen Anhui. The company has operations in roughly 150 countries, and it has 100 production facilities across 27 countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group
The group was formed through the purchase of 51% of Kia by Hyundai Motor Company in 1998. As of 2011, Hyundai owns 33.7%[5] of Kia Motors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaimlerChrysler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_manufacturers_by_motor_vehicle_production
car sales by brand worldwide
https://www.factorywarrantylist.com/car-sales-by-manufacturer.html
https://www.drive.com.au/news/car-brand-ownership-and-global-sales/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobile_sales_by_model
car wrecking yards
https://carpart.com.au/blog/top-10-wrecking-yards-in-melbourne
car market ownership
https://www.statista.com/statistics/316786/global-market-share-of-the-leading-automakers/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/275520/ranking-of-car-manufacturers-based-on-global-sales/
https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-advice/car-manufacturer-brands-family-tree
- power and garden tools, whitegoods, and various other appliances? Heaps of stuff, seems to have similar designs, have shared/complicated ownership structures, stolen/copied/reversed engineered technology, licensed technology, etc?

Breville Group Limited or simply Breville is an Australian multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in the inner suburb of Alexandria, Sydney. The company's brands include Breville, Kambrook and Ronson (outside of North America). In the UK and Europe the company, firming as Sage Appliances, goes to market as the Sage brand (because the name Breville is taken by the unrelated Jarden company in the UK) and as the Breville brand in the rest of the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breville_Group

Black+Decker is an American manufacturer of power tools, accessories, hardware, home improvement products, home appliances and fastening systems headquartered in Towson, Maryland, north of Baltimore, where the company was originally established in 1910. In March 2010, Black & Decker merged with Stanley Works to become Stanley Black & Decker.[3][4] It remains a wholly owned subsidiary of that company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%2BDecker

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (German for 'BSH Home Appliances'; stylized as B/S/H/)[a] is the largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide.[1] The group stemmed from a joint venture set up in May 1967 between Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart) and Siemens AG (Munich), and it posted annual sales of 14.8 billion euros in the year 2023.[2] BSH is an acronym for Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte.[b]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSH_Hausger%C3%A4te

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changhong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisense

Haier Group Corporation (/ˈhaɪ.ər/)[2] is a Chinese multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells products including refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, dryers, microwave ovens, mobile phones, computers, and televisions. The home appliances business, namely Haier Smart Home, has seven global brands – Haier, Casarte, Leader, GE Appliances, Fisher & Paykel, Aqua and Candy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelite_Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere
whitegoods market share concentration
Market share concentration is medium for the Whitegoods Wholesaling industry in Australia, with the top four companies generating 58% of market revenue in Australia in 2023. The level of competition is moderate overall, but is highest among smaller industry players.
https://www.ibisworld.com/au/industry/whitegoods-wholesaling/5469/
Biggest companies in the Domestic Appliance Retailing industry in Australia
Company Market Share (%) 2023 Revenue ($m) 2023
JB Hi-Fi 5,650.0
Harvey Norman 2,930.0
BSR Australia 340.6
https://www.ibisworld.com/au/industry/domestic-appliance-retailing/1838/#IndustryStatisticsAndTrends
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/tpe-sd2000i-inverter-petrol-power.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/fixing-cheap-hurricane-gen850-and.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/repairing-troy-bilt-tb525ec-whipper.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/02/repairing-and-maintaining-victa-2.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/servicingfixing-my-briggs-and-stratton.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/10/vacuum-filter-troublesplanned.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/09/conversion-from-physical-to-virtual_10.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/07/international-manufacturing-youtube.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/06/youtube-car-repair-channels-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/11/recyclingunlockinghacking-devices-for.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2012/07/if-only-reading-were-easier.html
...
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/10/vacuum-filter-troublesplanned.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/07/international-manufacturing-youtube.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/06/youtube-car-repair-channels-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/05/future-of-artificial.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/11/recyclingunlockinghacking-devices-for.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/04/things-spies-have-stolen-random-stuff.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-happened-to-escaped-nazis-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/12/angels-and-demons-random-stuff-and-more.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/02/cybersecurity-attack-background.html
- oil, mining, utilities, etc... Notice, a lot of todays gigantic mining and mineral companies have their origins from long ago?
Why Britain's Water Companies are Going Bankrupt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNI_O85RFAI
https://www.youtube.com/@TLDRnews
mining companies by market share
This is a list of the largest mining companies in terms of revenue (in US billion dollars) as ranked by Investopedia in 2023.[1]
No. Company Revenue
(billion US dollars) Headquarters
1 Glencore 255.98 Switzerland, United Kingdom
2 Jiangxi Copper 70.99 China
3 BHP 60.28 Australia
4 Rio Tinto 50.55 United Kingdom, Australia
5 Aluminum Corporation of China Limited 42.46 China
6 Vale 41.46 Brazil
7 Zijin Mining 40.96 China
8 Anglo American plc 35.12 United Kingdom
9 Hindalco Industries 27.83 India
9 CMOC Group Limited 25.25 China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_mining_companies_by_revenue
Largest coal mining companies of the world
Both private and public companies are included in this list.
Rank Company Revenue (billion USD) Year Industry Country References [1][3][2][4]
1 BHP 43.6 2021 Coal mining Australia [1][3][2][4]
2 Rio Tinto 40.7 2021 Coal mining Australia United Kingdom [1][3][2][4]
3 China Shenhua Energy 37.6 2021 Coal mining China [1][3][2][4]
4 Anglo American plc 27.7 2021 Coal mining United Kingdom [1][3][2][4]
5 Coal India 14.5 2021 Coal mining India [1][3][2][4]
6 NTPC Limited 10.5 2021 Coal mining India [1][3][2][4]
7 Sasol 10.1 2021 Coal mining South Africa [1][3][2][4]
8 Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry 8.6 2021 Coal mining China [1][3][2][4]
9 Teck Resources 8.1 2021 Coal mining Canada [1][3][2][4]
10 ČEZ Group 7.5 2021 Coal mining Czechia [1][3][2][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_coal_mining_companies
Most fossil fuel companies have produced more emissions in the seven years since the Paris Agreement was signed than the seven years before the major climate pact, a new report reveals.
It found that 80 per cent of the fossil fuel and cement emissions since the Paris Agreement have come from just 57 producers.
State-owned oil producer Saudi Aramco has produced the most carbon emissions since the Paris Agreement, making up 4.8 per cent of global emissions.
The aim of the Paris Agreement forged in 2015 is for all countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to keep global warming to at least 1.5 degrees.
...
Top ten investor-owned companies by emissions
The top five in this list are cumulatively linked to more than 11 per cent of all fossil fuel and cement emissions since 1751.
Table with 3 columns and 10 rows.
Company Total emissions (MtCO2e) Percentage of gobal CO2 emissions
Chevron 57,898 3.0%
ExxonMobil 55,105 2.8%
BP 42,530 2.2%
Shell 40,674 2.1%
ConocoPhillips 20,222 1.0%
Peabody Coal Group 17,735 0.9%
TotalEnergoes 17,584 0.9%
Occidental Petroleum 12,907 0.7%
BHP 11,042 0.6%
CONSOL Energy 1,709 0.5%
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-05/small-cohort-of-mega-polluters-produce-most-of-greenhouse-gas/103669772
oil monoply
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successors_of_Standard_Oil
https://www.investopedia.com/insights/history-of-us-monopolies/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/news/albanese-unveils-millions-for-minerals/ar-BB1lIbDH
https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/electricity/wholesale-electricity-market-wem/data-wem/data-dashboard
https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/market-operations
how many water suppliers are there
Twelve water corporations provide water and sewerage services in regional cities and towns across the state.
https://www.water.vic.gov.au/about-us/how-we-work-with-water-corporations
https://www.health.vic.gov.au/water/water-suppliers
https://www.ibisworld.com/au/industry/water-supply/304/#ProductsAndMarkets
wholesale electricity suppliers
Electricity
There are five electricity distributors in Victoria. Each is responsible for a separate geographic region of Victoria.
Citipower
Jemena
Powercor Australia
AusNet Services
United Energy Distribution
Please note that Essential Energy also serves a small number of customers in Victoria.
Not sure who your distributor is?
If you are not sure who your electricity distributor is, you can find out more information on the Victorian Environment, Land, Water and Planning website.
Gas
There are three gas distributors in Victoria. Each is responsible for a separate geographic region of Victoria.
Australian Gas Networks
Multinet Gas
AusNet Services
Not sure who your distributor is?
Each distributor provides information on their websites to assist customers in determining whether you are in their area.
https://www.aer.gov.au/victoria
- I didn't notice thi until recently but a lot of the most profitable companies control the secondary market. This is prticularly the case with premium brands. Expensive cars, farming equipment, and gardening equipment often have contract clauses which don't allow for modification or repair by third parties outside of their authorised dealers (voids their warranty), does not allow for their resale within certain time periods after new purchase, often forces the purchaser to allow the manufacturer first dibs if they do decide to resell, they have trade-in programs but often with terrible resale value, they often prefer to destroy gear then to allow people to resell goods on the secondary market, etc...
https://www.officeworks.com.au/information/about-us/peopleandplanet/device-trade-in
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/pages/jbtradein
CONFRONTING FERRARI ABOUT MY BROKEN 812 GTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTAhc48AAU
https://www.youtube.com/@NicoLeonardMK2
https://www.news.com.au/checkout/tech/gadgets/even-better-affordable-samsung-unveiled/news-story/4fca719e7aa98c0335a765be7329a04c
Honda Mower MASSIVE Safety Recall!!! 400,000 Units!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRKKVM3aP7s
https://www.youtube.com/@TarylFixesAll
Lenovo wants you to stop buying used PCs because they may have viruses on them 😂😂😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahw1cppZi-g
https://www.youtube.com/@rossmanngroup
The Bentley Dealer wanted $5,000 to Fix this Common Failure! We did it for $50 in Minutes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jKulpa_yHI
https://www.youtube.com/@Samcrac
Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors Because of a Right to Repair Ban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPYy_g8NzmI
https://www.youtube.com/@VICE
LG's Broken Promise: How Consumers Got Screwed Out of Their 10-Year Warranty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km-QqU5Pk84
Lenovo wants you to stop buying used PCs because they may have viruses on them 😂😂😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahw1cppZi-g
https://www.youtube.com/@rossmanngroup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warranty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_repair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_service_provider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_right_to_repair
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/10/vacuum-filter-troublesplanned.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/repairing-troy-bilt-tb525ec-whipper.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/fixing-cheap-hurricane-gen850-and.html
- it sounds crazy but control of garbage/recycling and the repair/used/secondary market is highly predatory. In theory, consumer law says that the original manufacturer is repsonsible for repairs (and recycling as well) but what a lot of companies do goes way beyond this. They limit limit access to parts, destroy/control secondary market, ban access to manuals, make it difficult or impossible for third parties to repair them, etc... which means that anyone outside of the umbrella of the original manufacturer is unable to make money easily without resorting to extreme measures often. The irony is that I've discovered that most of the people inside of the umbrella are often less skilled then those that had to learn by themselves how to design and build things by themselves, reverse engineer things, hack things generally, etc...
Pixel's Hidden Risk: Google's Arbitration Clause & Defective Phone Sales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_EtQPB1ok
https://www.youtube.com/@rossmanngroup
REBUILDING WRECKED BMW M3 THAT THE INSURANCE WOULDN'T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI94j9B3P1k
https://www.youtube.com/@MatArmstrongbmx
The Truth Behind Why Shops WON'T Work On Your Stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRSeTobU0WY
https://www.youtube.com/@TarylFixesAll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_pricing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_lending
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/tpe-sd2000i-inverter-petrol-power.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/fixing-cheap-hurricane-gen850-and.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/03/repairing-troy-bilt-tb525ec-whipper.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2024/02/repairing-and-maintaining-victa-2.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/servicingfixing-my-briggs-and-stratton.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/10/vacuum-filter-troublesplanned.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/07/international-manufacturing-youtube.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/06/youtube-car-repair-channels-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/05/future-of-artificial.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/11/recyclingunlockinghacking-devices-for.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/04/things-spies-have-stolen-random-stuff.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-happened-to-escaped-nazis-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/12/angels-and-demons-random-stuff-and-more.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/02/cybersecurity-attack-background.html
- clothing and fashion isn't that bad?
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2023/07/international-manufacturing-youtube.html
clothing manufacturers by market share
https://www.statista.com/topics/5091/apparel-market-worldwide/#dossier-chapter5
Biggest companies in the Global Apparel Manufacturing industry
Company Market Share (%) 2023 Revenue ($m) 2023 Profit ($m) 2023 Profit Margin (%) 2023
Bosideng International Holdings Limited 3,546.8 N/A N/A
Heilan Group Co. Ltd. 3,546.8 N/A N/A
Youngor Group Co. Ltd. 2,660.1 N/A N/A
Market share concentration of the Global Apparel Manufacturing industry
Market share concentration for the Global Apparel Manufacturing industry is low, which means the top four companies generate less than 40% of industry revenue.
The average concentration in the Global Manufacturing sector in Global is 23%.
https://www.ibisworld.com/global/market-research-reports/global-apparel-manufacturing-industry/#IndustryStatisticsAndTrends
https://fashionunited.com/global-fashion-industry-statistics
- insurance is pretty heavily consolidated as well. Once again main insurers locally are driven by 3-4 players
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_Australia_Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suncorp_Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBE_Insurance
insurance market share
https://www.marketwatch.com/guides/insurance-services/largest-car-insurance-companies/
Biggest companies in the General Insurance industry in Australia
Company Market Share (%) 2024 Revenue ($m) 2024
IAG 18,259.2
Suncorp 13,738.6
QBE Insurance 10,136.3
Market share concentration of the General Insurance industry in Australia
Market share concentration for the General Insurance industry in Australia is moderate, which means the top four companies generate between 40% and 70% of industry revenue.
The average concentration in the Finance and Insurance sector in Australia is 40%.
https://www.ibisworld.com/au/industry/general-insurance/526/
https://www.statista.com/markets/414/topic/461/insurance/#statistic4
I EXPOSED THE WORLD OF CAR THIEVES PT2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9cZmJHOuK0
I EXPOSED THE WORLD OF CAR THIEVES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHIwtiA963M
https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMcCann64
Why Car Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing In The U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6TjtgJNki4
https://www.youtube.com/@CNBC
Denying Your Health Care Is Big Business in America | NYT Opinion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3CN5EafNs
https://www.youtube.com/@nytimes
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-24/health-insurance-self-fund-health-care-medical-public-private/103613950
https://www.racv.com.au/royalauto/news/where-cars-are-stolen-from-victoria.html
The Point Special: One-on-one with former CIA analyst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn5SvTXKdRw
https://www.youtube.com/@cgtn/videos
Health Insurance Company Caught Using Software To Screw Patients
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfx_QZU_0iM
The Happiest Country for the 6th Year in a Row is . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7H1uXPCTd4
https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks/videos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rainmaker_(1997_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Q.
- politics. Massive consolidation of power in a small number of parties. In reality, a Australia, US, UK, and many other countries only have 2 parties that genuinely have the ability to be able to compete for power? Ironically, they often differ very little in policy
Honest Government Ad | A message to whistleblowers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWkGmw3xMTU
Honest Government Ad | How to rig elections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WTlyuhDs0
https://www.youtube.com/@thejuicemedia/videos
America's Two-Party Corporate Duopoly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW-ImCVDsWk
https://www.youtube.com/@SecondThought
Nationals MP Anne Webster says Australians need to be "aware" of the risks associated with voting in Independents.
Ms Webster's comments comes in light of the latest polling which suggests Anthony Albanese could be governing in a minority government with the Greens, as well as the Teals.
"Do we really want to go through the Windsor-Oakeshott Gillard and back to Rudd years all over again?" Ms Webster said to Sky News host Chris Kenny.
"It is all about horse trading, it's all about keeping independents on side.
"It's not a government that can come with a strong agenda.
"Australia needs to be aware of what they are really doing when they are voting in Independents."
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/national/australians-need-to-be-aware-of-what-they-are-doing-voting-for-independents/video/605176015dbe2d194e48b04eea5fa6b7
https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=281688
Webster is one of eleven MPs in the 46th Parliament of Australia who possesses a PhD, the others being Katie Allen, Fiona Martin, Anne Aly, Andrew Leigh, Daniel Mulino, Jess Walsh, Adam Bandt, Mehreen Faruqi, Jim Chalmers and Helen Haines.[10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Webster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Friedman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_Unit
https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/03/26/religious-charities-tax-productivity-commission-lara-kaput/
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/social-engineeringmanipulation-rigging.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-sea-of-fakery-random-stuff-and-more.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-16/how-russian-election-is-rigged-for-vladimir-putin/103595508
https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/victoria/liberal-royalty-picked-to-replace-frydenberg-as-liberal-candidate-in-kooyong-20240322-p5fekm.html
Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without. And this is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it. We fight to deny it, but it is of course pretense.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Reloaded
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-free-choice-is-an-illusion/
https://www.quora.com/Is-choice-an-illusion
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Merovingian
The Merovingian Restaurant Scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwO0CDYxyxc
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+interview+same+same+but+different
The Interview - Same same speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uAmMfsfeAA
The Interview: We Are Same-Same, But Different
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tTfL-DtpXk
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/12/not-much-has-changed-from.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-people-eatate-random-stuff-and-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/09/wikipedia-list-data-scan-pack-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/01/how-elite-maintain-power-random-stuff.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/06/history-of-hate-and-supremacy-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-sea-of-fakery-random-stuff-and-more.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/02/is-society-filtering-for-fairnessmerit.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/09/thinking-like-political-elite-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/05/if-only-hiring-were-so-simple-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/01/capitalism-analysis-religion-23-and-more.html
- there's basically only two commercial aircraft manufacturers in the world? The space launch industry is basically confined to the traditional "major powers" but most launches are handled by US and Russia. Ironically, much of this technology was also stolen/aided by the Nazis?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bloodstone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lusty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKNAOMI
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/04/things-spies-have-stolen-random-stuff.html
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aircraft market share global
As of 2016, Flight Global fleet forecast 26,860 single aisle deliveries for a $1,360 bn value at a compound annual growth rate of 5% for the 2016–2035 period, with a 45% market share for Airbus (12,090), 43% for Boeing (11,550), 5% for Bombardier Aerospace (1,340), 4% for Comac (1,070) and 3% for Irkut Corporation (810); Airbus predicted 23,531 and Boeing 28,140.[9] Single-aisles generate a vast majority of profits for both, followed by legacy twin aisles like the A330 and B777: Kevin Michaels of AeroDynamic Advisory estimated the B737 to have a 30% profit margin and the B777 classic 20%.[10]
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Orders and deliveries
It took Boeing 42 years and 1 month to deliver its 10,000th 7series aircraft (October 1958 – November 2000), and 42 years and 5 months for Airbus to achieve the same milestone (May 1974 – October 2016).[108] Boeing deliveries considerably exceeded that of Airbus throughout the 1980s. In the 1990s, this lead narrowed significantly but Boeing remained ahead of Airbus. In the 2000s, Airbus assumed the lead in narrow-body aircraft. By 2010, little difference remained between Airbus and Boeing in both the wide-body or narrow-body categories or the range on offer.
By July 2021, Airbus had a 62% share of the airliner backlog compared to 38% for Boeing.[35]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_between_Airbus_and_Boeing
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=muppets+pigs+in+space
- 2 large MNC/TNC alcholic breweries have locked up Australian market. Kirin and and Asahi control ~90% of Australian market. Craft beers were growing and taking market share but they were purchased by other companies? Breweries provide financial incentives for a percentage of sales in a pub. ACCC not really able to help and looking to change competition and monopoly law at the moment to deal with this.
Why your favourite craft beers may not really be independently owned | 7.30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GpFjTQtyww
https://www.youtube.com/@ABCNewsIndepth
https://hawkers.beer/

alchohol market market share

The retail liquor market is highly concentrated by 3 players who have over 70% market share – Endeavour Group (43.5%), Coles Group (17.1%) and Metcash (10.4%) Each State & Territory has different regulations on the types of alcohol that can and can't be sold, as well as the premises and venues that can sell alcohol.

https://www.foley.com.au/industry-update-alcoholic-beverage-sector-in-australia/

https://www.statista.com/markets/415/topic/464/alcoholic-beverages/#statistic4

https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/alcoholic-drinks-market-report

https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/01/capitalism-analysis-religion-23-and-more.html

https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/02/is-society-filtering-for-fairnessmerit.html

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big 4 consulting market share
Revenue comparison
In 2010, Deloitte, with its 1.8% growth, was able to outpace PricewaterhouseCoopers' 1.5% growth, gaining "first place" in revenue size, and became the largest firm in the professional services industry. In 2011, PwC re-gained first place with 10% revenue growth. In 2013, these two firms claimed the top two spots with only a $200 million revenue difference, that is, within half a percent. However, Deloitte saw faster growth than PwC over the next few years (largely due to acquisitions) and reclaimed the title of largest of the Big Four in Fiscal Year 2016.[17][18]
See also: Accounting network § Global ranking
It was estimated that the Big Four had about a 67% share of the global accountancy market in 2012, while most of the rest was divided among so called mid-tier players, such as BDO, Crowe Global and Grant Thornton.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_accounting_firms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_network#Global_ranking
chartered account history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_accountant
chartered patronage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_organisations_with_royal_patronage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_organizations_with_royal_patronage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_organizations_with_royal_patronage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Zealand_organizations_with_royal_patronage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_organisations_with_Royal_patronage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisations_with_former_royal_patronage_in_Hong_Kong
Corporations
Between the 14th and 19th centuries, royal charters were used to create chartered companies – for-profit ventures with shareholders, used for exploration, trade and colonisation. Early charters to such companies often granted trade monopolies, but this power was restricted to Parliament from the end of the 17th century.[15] Until the 19th century, royal charters were the only means other than an act of parliament by which a company could be incorporated; in the UK, the Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 opened up a route to incorporation by registration, since when incorporation by royal charter has been, according to the Privy Council, "a special token of Royal favour or ... a mark of distinction".[5][16][17]
The use of royal charters to incorporate organisations gave rise to the concept of the "corporation by prescription". This enabled corporations that had existed from time immemorial to be recognised as incorporated via the legal fiction of a "lost charter".[18] Examples of corporations by prescription include Oxford and Cambridge universities.[19][20]
Universities and colleges
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, of the 81 universities established in pre-Reformation Europe, 13 were established ex consuetudine without any form of charter, 33 by Papal bull alone, 20 by both Papal bull and imperial or royal charter, and 15 by imperial or royal charter alone. Universities established solely by royal (as distinct from imperial) charter did not have the same international recognition – their degrees were only valid within that kingdom.[21]
The first university to be founded by charter was the University of Naples in 1224, founded by an imperial charter of Frederick II. The first university founded by royal charter was the University of Coimbra in 1290, by King Denis of Portugal, which received papal confirmation the same year. Other early universities founded by royal charter include the University of Perpignan (1349; papal confirmation 1379) and the University of Huesca (1354; no confirmation), both by Peter IV of Aragon; the Jagiellonian University (1364; papal confirmation the same year) by Casimir III of Poland; the University of Vienna (1365; Papal confirmation the same year) by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria; the University of Caen (1432; Papal confirmation 1437) by Henry VI of England; the University of Girona (1446; no confirmation) and the University of Barcelona (1450; papal confirmation the same year), both by Alfonso V of Aragon; the University of Valence (1452; papal confirmation 1459) by the Dauphin Louis (later Louis XI of France); and the University of Palma (1483; no confirmation) by Ferdinand II of Aragon.[22]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_charter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_companies
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/09/big-data-and-social-trading-investments.html
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Asian Parents going through your room
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Asian Parent Punishments
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Asian Parents Punishments 3
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Shit Asian Dads Say
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THINGS ETHNIC MOTHERS SAY
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Ethnic Dad CONCRETERS
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Ethnic Mums at the supermarket
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ETHNIC DADS - "You're house its'a shit"
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- medicine and law are generally considered amongst the most prestigious jobs in modern society. They represent the thoughts and needs of the those at the top though. They want to live long and healthy lives and they generally have the best things in life. Spend enough time around the medical and/or legal profession/s and you'll know that they're functional but not very efficient and no way near perfect
politics is war by other means foucault
https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2019/11/18/a-war-by-other-means
Still, for Foucault power is never conceived as monolithic or autonomous, but rather is a matter of superficially stable structures emerging on the basis of constantly shifting relations underneath, caused by an unending struggle between people. Foucault explains this in terms of the inversion of Clausewitz's dictum that war is diplomacy by other means into the claim that "politics is war by other means." For Foucault, apparently peaceful and civilized social arrangements are supported by people locked in a struggle for supremacy, which is eternally susceptible to change, via the force of that struggle itself.
https://iep.utm.edu/fouc-pol/
https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/how-politics-works-from-individual-to-international-scale-sc/0/steps/322596
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/10/medicinebuilding-human-body-from.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/10/mental-illnessmedicine-and-pre_9.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/11/medical-corruption-and-industrial.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-crazy-justice-system-random-stuff.html
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Key points:
An internal review has pointed to long working hours, poor mentoring and little time for study as reasons Canberra's junior doctors are failing exams
Trainee doctors in the ACT's health system fail twice as often as the national average
The reviewers also found regular breaches of safe work requirements among trainee doctor rosters
ACT physicians doing their basic training had a pass rate of just 37 per cent last year, far below the national average of 70.6 per cent.
A review commissioned by ACT Health to determine why found staff in the Hospital Medical Office were regularly working paid and unpaid overtime.
After auditing staff rosters, the reviewers determined ACT Health had breached its legal obligations on multiple occasions.
The reviewers, Australia's first Chief Medical Wellness Officer Bethan Richards and Physician educator Anne Powell, pointed to a culture of overworked and under-supported doctors at Canberra's hospitals as the reason for high failure rates.
It found a burnout rate among basic physician trainees of 78.9 per cent, which was "well above the international average of 51 per cent".
"Following several interviews with basic physician trainees, it became apparent that trainee wellbeing and burnout may be significant factors contributing to the low clinical exam pass rate," the review said.
"There is a need for a review of safe working hours with a balance between training and service delivery."
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"Prior to 2010, the leading thinking was that anytime a single dolphin stranded the animal must be sick, diseased, separated from its group and the only responsible thing to do was euthanise it. [But] we can give the animal a second chance," Sharp adds.
One thing that has changed for groups like Ifaw is the introduction of new technology. Across the 1,100km-plus (700 miles) coastline of Cape Cod, the Ifaw team uses a bespoke app to help coordinate their 220-strong volunteer team to respond quickly to stranding emergencies. It allows rapid communication of stranding locations so those volunteers closest and with the most relevant training, can be on site as quickly as possible.
To add to the app, they also have a fully-equipped mobile healthcare unit, or ambulance. Here IV drips, blood tests, ultrasound organ scans and heart monitoring can be administered to rescued dolphins while they are driven to the nearest deepwater release site at the tip of the peninsula.
But such technology is no panacea, and is only part of the story.
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- DiMartino Booth says don't take the stock market highs at face value because if you look deeper, things are not that good. DiMartino Booth says,
"The concentration of the seven largest stocks is now $8 trillion. That is larger than most countries, by the way. Without them, the S&P 500, the broadest benchmark stock index in the country, would be . . . a down year in the stock market."
On the other hand, DiMartino Booth says the bailouts mostly benefited Wall Street and not Main Street. DiMartino Boot explains,
"This is the haves and have nots of credit. If you are a small or midsize company, good luck. It's very difficult to find credit. If you are the biggest companies . . . you don't even have to have profits. You can just get as much money as you want to keep going. So, it is as bifurcated as it comes. . . . There has not been as much discussion as needed about the monetary policy at the Federal Reserve that has done a bang-up job of keeping the largest companies going while we have watched a lot of Mom and Pops, that . . . just needed a liquidity bridge, go by the wayside. This has been a tremendous fiscal and monetary failing."
DiMartino Booth also warns, "As long as you have this type of damage and business travel being eviscerated, you are going to see permanent damage to the economy. You will see entire hotel chains close down, and those jobs be lost for good in many cases."
On unemployment in America, Di Martino Booth predicts, "at least 25% of these job loses will be permanent in nature stretching out through 2021. . . . I think there will be permanent damage to the housing market too . . . . Now, what we are seeing are evictions."
Why are gold and silver prices taking off in the past few months? DiMartino Booth says,
"The reason you have seen as much interest as you have in gold comes down to something very simple. We are in a speculative ball right now. Whether you are talking about junk bonds or the stock market, everything has gone completely haywire...
When the peanut butter hits the fan, gold is the one place where investors can find the protection they need...
As long as there is anxiety and disruption potential, that is what makes gold the perfect hedge whether you see deflation or inflation further out on the horizon."
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- Exceptionalism is the perception or belief that a species, country, society, institution, movement, individual, or time period is "exceptional". The term carries the implication, whether or not specified, that the referent is superior in some way.
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History
Further information: Historic recurrence
The German romantic philosopher-historians, especially Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) and Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814), dwelt on the theme of uniqueness in the late 18th century. They de-emphasized the political state and instead emphasized the uniqueness of the Volk, comprising the whole people, their languages and traditions. Each nation, considered as a cultural entity with its own distinctive history, possessed a "national spirit", or "soul of the people" (in German: Volksgeist). This idea had a strong influence in the growth of nationalism in 19th-century European lands—especially in ones ruled by élites from somewhere else.[1][2]
Claims of exceptionality have been made for many countries, including the United States, Australia,[3] France, Germany, Greece,[4] India, Pakistan, Imperial Japan, Iran, Israel, North Korea, South Africa,[5][6] Spain, Britain, the USSR, the European Union, and Thailand.[7][8] Historians have added many other cases, including historic empires such as China, the Ottoman Empire, ancient Rome, and ancient India, along with a wide range of minor kingdoms in history.[9]
Criticism
Belief in exceptionalism can represent erroneous thought analogous to historicism in that it overemphasizes peculiarities in an analysis and ignores or downplays meaningful comparisons[citation needed]. A group may assert exceptionalism in order to exaggerate the appearance of difference, to invoke a wider latitude of action, and to avoid recognition of similarities that would reduce perceived justifications[citation needed]. This can be an example of special pleading, a form of spurious argumentation that ignores relevant bases for meaningful comparisons[citation needed].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exceptionalism
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Shelby Paris, an experienced sex worker who said she is losing thousands of dollars a month because online work is now her only source of income, said the move to digital is harder than people imagine, especially for those attempting it for the first time.
"From personal experience, I feel like a lot of newer models will flood the cam rooms, but they'll realize it is super hard and not follow through with getting on," Paris told Newsweek. "It is hard to cam and I give the all full-time camgirl major props for hustling and continuing to get on every single day."
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- The current complaint against Google alleges the company has illegally maintained monopolies in search and search advertising by:
Entering into exclusivity agreements that forbid pre-installation of any competing search service;
Entering into tying and other arrangements that force pre-installation of its search applications in prime locations on mobile devices and make them undeletable, regardless of consumer preference;
Entering into long-term agreements with Apple that require Google to be the default — and de facto exclusive — general search engine on Apple's popular Safari browser and other Apple search tools; and
Generally using monopoly profits to buy preferential treatment for its search engine on devices, Web browsers, and other search access points, creating a continuous and self-reinforcing cycle of monopolisation.
At the time the suit was filed, Google described the DoJ's action as deeply flawed and claimed it would do nothing to help consumers.
A statement issued by Kent Walker, the search company's senior vice-president of Global Affairs, said: "People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives.
"This lawsuit would do nothing to help consumers. To the contrary, it would artificially prop up lower-quality search alternatives, raise phone prices, and make it harder for people to get the search services they want to use."
The current US administration has only another 64 days in office before the Biden team is sworn in. Given that, this effort to rein in the company may end as others have – in failure.
https://www.itwire.com/open-sauce/google-anti-trust-case-likely-to-fizzle-out-like-a-damp-squib.html
- The absence of a fully fledged system of naval bases in the zone of responsibility of the 5th Operational Squadron of the Soviet Navy (the Mediterranean Sea) resulted in warships and submarines having to spend significantly more time out of port. Lengthy navigations over the Mediterranean Sea and back required a lot of resources and, more importantly, took a toll on the ships' systems.
In some cases, the problem was so acute that the navy's leadership at the time had plans to create artificial islands that could serve as logistics support centers. The military scientific committee of the Soviet Navy was tasked with solving the issue.
Most of the Soviet sailors, however, relied on whatever means and tactics they could come up with to offset the unfavorable conditions. For example, they developed ways of organizing 'drifting' makeshift bases in the ocean. Floating bases and support vessels were used in areas where the sea was generally calm, and near sea-ice edges.
Another method involved using deep-sea drift anchors or heavy mooring equipment (barrels with multiple anchors weighing over 75 tons) in waters up to 300 meters deep and with wind speed no more than six or seven on the Beaufort scale. Another potential solution was to install floating ocean platforms at depths of up to 100 meters.
A Sudan base is just the first step
Sooner or later, Russia will face the challenge of restoring itself as a maritime power. It will regain economic might, military strength, and international status and respect. Therefore, the Russian Navy needs a well-developed system of naval bases worldwide.
Located at the crossroads of international trade routes – key transportation arteries pass through this hub, from Europe, through the Suez Canal, into the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and further into Asia and Australia – a base in Djibouti will give Russia vastly improved access to the Indian Ocean.
It will mean better security of strategic sea routes in many parts of the World Ocean, and expansion of military-political and military-technical cooperation with countries of the region. It will provide repairs, resupply operations, and rest for crew members. The new logistics center in Sudan is just the first step, but one of exceptional significance.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/506898-sudan-navy-base-russian-military/
"There's not the — dare I say it — look, cover, write, check. 'Here's a worksheet, let's have a test, we'll do another test at the end of the week,'" she said.
"The reading and the spelling are so closely linked at the same time, so that means we hear it, we see it, we spell it … then we read it again."
The model is promoted by the Australian Dyslexia Association, which notes the theory allows specially trained teachers to "adjust their teaching to meet the needs of the learners rather than expecting the learners to fit one way".
Principal Deirdre Arendt said the results since implementing Multisensory Structured Language for students in grades one to three had blown her away.
"We've got students achieving across the board," she said.
"Wherever they were at the beginning when they took this first assessment to the end of the year, it's been well over a years' growth of learning.
"That to us is absolute gold."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/literacy-coaches-in-tasmanian-schools-reading-writing-skills/12906150

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