Rolex
Rolex is a series of paradoxes. They sell obsolete and objectively inferior mechanical devices for 10-1000x the price of their superior digital successors… and demand is stronger than ever in history! Their products are comparable to a Hermès Birkin bag in price, luxury status and waitlist times… yet they produce over 1m units / year (roughly 10x annual Birkin production). They make the most universally recognized and desired Swiss watches… yet their founder wasn’t Swiss and didn’t start the company in Switzerland! If Rolex were publicly traded, they’d almost certainly be among the top 50 market cap companies in the world… yet they’re 100% owned by a charitable foundation in Geneva that (among other things) literally just gives away money to local people in the city. Tune in for one of the
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is leaving the Department of Justice, President Trump announced on Truth Social Thursday. The big picture: Bondi led the unsuccessful attempts to prosecute Trump's political foes and oversaw releasing files about deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , which has been a political liability for the president. Driving the news: "We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future," the president posted on Truth Social , "and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General." Context: The Justice Department has historically operated independently from presidents, but Trump very publi
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