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Amazon’s Behavior Makes Walmart’s Earnings Call Look Like a Profile in Courage

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It has been illuminating to see which U.S. institutions have shown some backbone against the corrupt requests of a president who was recently convicted of fraud, tried to overturn the last election, and seems to be openly soliciting favors, investments, and airplanes from foreign countries.

Among those sticking up for themselves is Harvard , whose president is cutting his own salary while the university fights the administration in court for federal funds.

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