However, many ESG funds and recommendations contain companies that engage in unethical practices. For example, the Xtrackers MSCI USA ESG Leaders Equity (USSG) ETF contains Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and the Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).
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Plus, Roku claims its research indicates “roughly 50%” of cord-cutters in the United States are Roku customers Cordcutters reports. Interestingly, Roku claims its users streamed 10.3 billion hours of video in 3rd Quarter 2019.
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In a related move Hulu is planning to pull the plug on its free streaming service, Variety reported. Instead the service owned by a consortium of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), Comcast and 21st Century Fox will only offer $7.99 and $11.99 monthly subscriptions.
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Disney’s abuse of the H-1B visa program shows why there is such support for Bernie Sanders. It also tells us that if Corporate America does not want to see more politicians like Sanders, it had better start rethinking some of its policies. The American public is no longer amused by the cavalier attitude companies like Disney are taking towards their workers.
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