Business Pants

Mar 07 2025 284 ep. 40 mins 7
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Whether you love business news or feel like you’re supposed to know it but hate it, Business Pants is business news for humans. Snarky and irreverent, deeply researched and factual, a podcast devoted to market quirks and the humans that make up companies. Investing isn’t a what, it’s a who.

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Kroger’s CEO fired, State Street’s ESG loss, meritocracy is fake, and corporate blame games

Mar 07 2025 54 mins  
Kroger’s CEO fired, State Street’s ESG loss, meritocracy is fake, and corporate blame games

GOOD GAME: ESG is now “resilience”, Kroger’s CEO leaves, Tesla owners hate Musk, State Street loves nominating committees

Mar 04 2025 48 mins  
GOOD GAME: ESG is now “resilience”, Kroger’s CEO leaves, Tesla owners hate Musk, State Street loves nominating committees

The WWEification of the US, Capital One’s keeping the interest, and DEI “wins” at Apple

Feb 28 2025 63 mins  
The WWEification of the US, Capital One’s keeping the interest, and DEI “wins” at Apple

Blame Game: Buffett’s genetic skill, United Health’s shareholder pushback, JPM Dimon’s flip floppery

Feb 25 2025 58 mins  
Blame Game: Buffett’s genetic skill, United Health’s shareholder pushback, JPM Dimon’s flip floppery

The joke of meritocracy, unhalted engagements at Blackrock, and Coca-Cola's DEI double down

Feb 21 2025 47 mins  
The joke of meritocracy, unhalted engagements at Blackrock, and Coca-Cola's DEI double down

Blackrock and Vanguard “pause” corporate meetings, SEC’s boardroom power shift in the sarcastic Good Game

Feb 19 2025 41 mins  
Blackrock and Vanguard “pause” corporate meetings, SEC’s boardroom power shift in the sarcastic Good Game

Goldman: DEI has “served its purpose”, ISS: no DEI “factors”, and passive investors: stop proxy voting

Feb 14 2025 46 mins  
Goldman: DEI has “served its purpose”, ISS: no DEI “factors”, and passive investors: stop proxy voting

BIZ NUGGETS: ISS’s gender/race pivot, plastic straws, Disney’s DEI backpeddle, and WFH with a helicopter

Feb 12 2025 29 mins  
BIZ NUGGETS: ISS’s gender/race pivot, plastic straws, Disney’s DEI backpeddle, and WFH with a helicopter

Musk’s DOGE is an investor problem, make the anti-DEI movement measure merit, and nanoplastic teaspoons

Feb 07 2025 54 mins  
Musk’s DOGE is an investor problem, make the anti-DEI movement measure merit, and nanoplastic teaspoons

Who do you blame? WF’s Scharf’s pay raise, Target’s DEI drop, Ryder’s governance fail, Walgreen’s stock plunge

Feb 04 2025 41 mins  
Who do you blame? WF’s Scharf’s pay raise, Target’s DEI drop, Ryder’s governance fail, Walgreen’s stock plunge