#news

Best managed companies listing:

https://drucker.institute/annual-data/annual-ranking-data-2025/

IBM at #8.

The press release:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/09/3202657/0/en/The-Drucker-Institute-at-Claremont-Graduate-University-Releases-Its-2025-Ranking-of-America-s-Best-Managed-Companies.html

The announcement:
https://www.cgu.edu/news/2025/12/drucker-institute-2025-management-rankings/

The list:
https://drucker.institute/annual-data/annual-ranking-data-2025/

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple and Nike Board of Directors member, just purchased 50,000 shares of Nike stock at the current price, costing him $2.9+ million.

https://www.gurufocus.com/news/4086202/nike-nke-director-tim-cook-acquires-295m-in-company-shares

Is this a vote of confidence in the company's future or a PR move?

Tim Cook has a reported net worth of $2.6 billion, so dropping a couple million on some Nike stock is spending couch cushion money for him.

When an employee hits the report I get for being in the office for 7hrs and 15 mins, it’s time to be worried. They obviously don’t want to pay severance in 2026. Sorry to be the bearer of this news but watch yourself, it’s about to get turbulent

Watch this video: https://videos.opentext.com/watch/4WQFRhcuwY5a6Psvn5Tuv2

What problem is this solving? Without Sandy and Mark, there isn’t all the ra-ra so these pitches sound worse than before.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/us-bars-five-europeans-says-pressured-tech-firms-censor-american/

Just when the furor over 4 day RTO began to die down now this.

Was told by a reliable source and that will be no exceptions.

Freshen up those resumes.

J.C.Penney property sale falls thru, according to Retail Dive, now what?

C-Suite is quietly looking to sell of re-purpose the Marshall MI site. What a huge mess! DF wrecked the local community economy. Would be a good location though for an Amazon DC.

What is the latest with Phase 2 RTO and remote workers?

https://www.netrise.io/xiot-security-blog/when-the-secure-stack-isnt-so-secure-lessons-from-the-f5-incident

I was an employee of F5 for a number of years. Development of F5 products (especially BIG IP NEXT) suffered from a number of significant issues - the largest being ego. The architects and senior/principle developers could do no wrong. Because of their titles, they couldn't be questioned - they didn't have to explain their decisions.

If a test showed a problem, then the problem was that the test was written incorrectly. Go write it so that it passes.

The mindset of the majority of the engineers was coding for the golden path. Because of that it was easy pickings to find issues using the mindset of a hacker - do all those things that had not been protected against. Push and push hard. Three years at F5 were painful - BIG IP NEXT should never never have been released. My director ignored all of the data provided that it was not architected well, not designed well, and coding was an abomination.

BIG IP NEXTs short life is proof of this. It was good to see this article to confirm.

• Google told staff it will ramp up PERM applications next year, per a memo seen by Business Insider.
• PERM is the first step for securing a green card. Google paused applications in 2023.
• Staff must meet certain criteria to be PERM-eligible, the memo said.

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-green-card-process-perm-2026-2025-12

138 new wells Q3!

• The Trump administration halted Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest project of its kind in the U.S.
• The administration also paused leases for Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind 1, all of which are under construction.
• Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the administration paused leases for the projects due to national security concerns identified by the Pentagon.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/22/trump-offshore-wind-cvow-dominion.html

https://globalbiodefense.com/2025/07/03/trump-vance-research-cuts-biotech-warning-2025/

https://www.hcltech.com/press-releases/hclsoftware-acquire-jaspersoft-cloud-software-group

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation/

Well done leadership, really good stuff, keep it up.

https://ir.nasdaq.com/news-releases/news-release-details/annual-changes-nasdaq-100-indexr-2

Xerox and Lexmark Secure Majority of $385 Million of USGPO Contracts in 2025. (Google this)

What happened with the coin toss? People are saying it was botched but I didn’t see anything that indicated it went poorly? In a strange video she said she trained for the coin toss….and I don’t think she was joking. Lastly, it has been reported that PP was crying a lot signing the new partnership agreement - is that true?

The General Services Administration is abandoning plans for additional layoffs within its Technology Transformation Services after a federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must pause any layoffs underway and rescind layoffs issued since the start of the government shutdown on Oct. 1.

https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/12/gsa-backs-planned-layoffs-within-its-technology-team-after-court-order/410304/

A multibillion-dollar federal delivery contract awarded to FedEx coincided with a sharp rise in the company’s use of foreign workers, even as it carried out large-scale layoffs of U.S. employees across multiple states.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fedex-wins-2-2b-federal-180028951.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-summon-insurance-execs-demand-212014626.html

None of us small folks needed this deal.

https://www.djournal.com/news/business/cadence-bank-layoffs-begin-company-maintains-it-is-committed-to-tupelo/article_05b780fe-6373-4bb7-a31e-c9da3b8be5f3.html

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288847/000128884725000177/fivn-20250729.htm

Now sale will only need to be approved by a implement majority, not 2/3rds that doomed Zoom’s $15B takeover bid

Removal of Supermajority Vote Threshold
Since its initial public offering, the Company has maintained a voting threshold in its Certificate of Incorporation of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) in voting power of the stock of the Company for (i) amendments, alternations, changes or repeals, or adopting provisions inconsistent with, certain sections of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, and (ii) amendments, alterations, changes or repeals of the Company’s Bylaws (the “Supermajority Vote Threshold”). While the Board believes that the Company’s stockholders have benefited from having the Supermajority Vote Threshold, the Board determined on July 29, 2025 that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to remove the Supermajority Vote Threshold.
The Board intends to approve and recommend to the Company’s stockholders at the 2026 Annual Meeting an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to replace the Supermajority Vote Threshold with a majority vote threshold, effective at the conclusion of the 2027 Annual Meeting.

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https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/19/unitedhealth-group-results-independent-audit-investigation.html

Franklin Foods is closing its Casa Grande facility. This closure will result in 83 job cuts. The company had previously reduced seven positions. These earlier cuts included key leadership roles. The plant is located in Pinal County. Casa Grande, Arizona

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2025/12/18/dairy-cream-cheese-layoffs-casa-grande.html

Has anyone heard? Seems management knows but haven’t officially announced

https://old.reddit.com/r/ATT/comments/1ppowek/att_staff_outrage_prompts_ceo_stankey_to_regret/

Any news? The WCs keep hiding behind the confidentiality.

Billionaire Darwin Deason The Man Who Sold ACS To Xerox for $6.4 Billion in 2010 Passes Away at 85. (Xerox's Largest Chairholder)

https://www.newsweek.com/h1b-visas-banned-republican-proposal-11226290

https://www.newsweek.com/h1b-visas-banned-republican-proposal-11226290

Guess this puts to rest any concerns re financial challenges and ccc+ credit rating.
https://www.news.xerox.com/news/xerox-and-lexmark-recognized-as-sustainability-leaders-in-quocirca-2025-report

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/pepsi-worked-to-keep-prices-higher-at-retailers-to-protect-walmarts-prices-ftc-found-e2c46883