MARCH MADNESS GOOD GAME: Round 2, including Musk quashing free speech and Google’s Incognito delete

The Brackets

Play-in games from the last 2 weeks (Spring 2024)

1. March Madness matchup

1. ‘This is potentially once in a generation’: AT&T marketing head says Caitlin Clark is a ‘big deal’ for women’s sports

2. Women’s March Madness ad revenue doubled this year, Disney VP says

1. Corporate Governance nerd matchup

1. How Dana Walden could defy critics and become Disney's first female CEO

2. Two Warner Bros. Discovery directors resign after antitrust probe

1. New England states fight back

1. Connecticut wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil fuel projects

2. Vermont advances bill requiring fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change

1. Elon Musk sucks matchup

1. Twitter usage in US ‘fallen by a fifth’ since Elon Musk’s takeover

2. Lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X against anti-hate speech group dismissed: Judge rules Lawsuit was an attempt to punish free speech

2. Big Data matchup

1. Google agrees to delete Incognito data despite prior claim that’s “impossible”

2. Regulators Force Microsoft to Unbundle Teams from Office

3. Workers unite!

1. California fast-food workers are now making $20 an hour. Other businesses might have to catch up

2. Union employees are about $100,000 richer than nonunion workers, according to the Fed, as labor movement continues its winning streak

Early 2024 Bracket

1. Nestle Faces Investor Challenge From ShareAction Over Healthy Food Targets versus TotalEnergies sued over its responsibility for climate change in Belgium's first-ever climate action against a multinational company

1. Olivia Rodrigo concert hands out free morning-after pills in Missouri, a state where abortions are illegal versus The SEC is cracking down on investment advisers that falsely claim to use AI

1. Extreme wealth as power must be regulated': 31-year-old heiress is letting 50 strangers give her $27 million fortune away versus Millionaire banking boss says ESG investing is good for business: ‘If that makes me woke, shoot me’: Standard Chartered’s CEO Bill Winters isn't fazed by ESG naysayers like Elon Musk

1. Kaiser Permanente Unions Strike, Mounting Largest U.S. Healthcare Walkout in Decades versus Nissan to Launch Only All-Electric Car Models in Europe Starting Now

2023 Bracket

1. A Record 9.9 Million Tune In for NCAA Women’s Basketball Final versus A pizza company is letting customers buy now and pay when they're dead

1. It’s not just TikTok: French also warn against WhatsApp, Instagram versus L’Oréal Rolls Out Product Impact Labels in Canada

State Farm will no longer offer new home insurance policies in California over wildfire concerns versus FDA advisers vote unanimously in favor of OTC birth control pills