Episode Details

Introduction

LIVE from your ESG bath salts inhaler kit, it’s a Business Pants Friday Show here at December 6th Studios, featuring AnalystHole Matt Moscardi. On today’s weekly wrap up: Murder, Black women fighting back, Investor cowards, and the darkest reason imaginable for a CEO pay cut

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Story of the Week (DR):

The Murder of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. DR

Mr. Thompson was on his way to an investors’ gathering when he was killed by a masked shooter who fled on an electric bike, the police said.

UnitedHealth CEO's killing unleashes social media rage against insurers

After UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO prompts flurry of stories on social media over denied insurance claims

Bullet casings found at the scene appear to have had the words “delay” and “deny” on them: Those words may have been a message related to “Delay, Deny, Defend,” the title of a book that discusses how health insurance companies avoid paying patients’ claims. The book, by Jay M. Feinman, a professor emeritus at Rutgers Law School, was published in 2010.

Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People

Slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Was Accused Of Insider Trading Amid DOJ Probe

Social media swoons over alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer amid investigation

Brian Thompson didn't seem to have a bodyguard, and that surprises corporate-security consultants

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