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Why Obama Should Be Attacking Casino Capitalism
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, finance, government, investments, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 1 day ago - truth-out.org
It's an attack on a particular kind of capitalism that Romney and JPMorgan both practice: Using other peoples' money to make big bets which, if they go wrong, can wreak havoc on the economy.
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CORPORATE GREED: JPMorgan Chase Loss Only Going to Get Worse
Business  (tags: corporate greed, business, JP Morgan Chase, money, news, investments, dishonesty, ethics, politics, corporate, abuse, finance )

Cal
- 5 days ago - money.cnn.com
One thing seems clear about JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss. It's no longer $2 billion. It's likely much higher.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Canada: Tell the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) That Rio Tinto Has No Place in the Olympic Games
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, abuse, Rio Tinto, labor, workers rights, activism, politics, news, world, ethics, business )

Cal
- 7 days ago - labourstart.org
Mining giant Rio Tinto is the official Olympic supplier of the metal used to make the 2012 Olympic medals - yet it locked out 780 workers who are standing up against the company's aggressive contracting-out demands at a highly profitable aluminum smelter
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REALLY BAD BUSINESS: U.S. Car Manufacturers Linked to Amazon Destruction, Slave Labor
Business  (tags: business, bad business, sourcing, society, corporate, dishonesty, government, abuse )

Cal
- 10 days ago - news.mongabay.com
According to a new report by Greenpeace, top U.S. car companies such as Ford, General Motors, and Nissan are sourcing pig iron that has resulted in the destruction of Amazon rainforests, slave labor, and land conflict with indigenous tribes.
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How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education
Business  (tags: education, culture, business, corruption, abuse, finance, society, money, news, politics, ethics )

Cal
- 12 days ago - alternet.org
Academic research is often dictated by corporations that endow professorships, give money to universities, and put their executives on education boards.
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At Least 100,000 March in Spain Over Austerity
Business  (tags: Spain, government, abuse, corporate, corruption, debt, economy, ethics, finance, foreclosures, investments, humans, labor, law, lies, money, politics, society, world )

John
- 13 days ago - windstream.net
"I'm here to defend the rights that we're losing and for the young people who have it so tough," 57-year-old middle school teacher Roberto Alonso said. "They're better educated than ever. But they don't have work. They don't have anything. They're behind
20 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! End Workplace Discrimination Against Pregnant Women
Business  (tags: women's rights, women workers, business, ethics, law, society, politics, news, corporate, humans, abuse, labor )

Cal
- 15 days ago - forcechange.com
Please sign this petition to protect pregnant women from being fired for requesting workplace accommodations.
27 comments
BAD BUSINESS: Abbott Laboratories to Pay $1.6 Billion Over Misbranding Drug
Business  (tags: health, healthcare, government, Big Pharma, Abbott Labs, investigation, protection, abuse, business, corruption, corporate, abuse, government, news, marketing, ethics, dishonesty )

Cal
- 18 days ago - cnn.com
Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.6 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department said
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The Beginning of the End of the Unpaid Internship
Business  (tags: unpaid internships, workplace practices, lawsuits, law, business, corruption, corporate, abuse, news, society, money, ethics )

Cal
- 23 days ago - moneyland.time.com
In the workplace, there seem to be two long-established but contradictory rules: Everyone gets paid to work - unless there's mindless drivel to do, of course, and then you get college kids to do it for free.
16 comments
BAD BUSINESS: Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders
Business  (tags: prison labor, business, corporate, dishonesty, ethics, money, marketing, government, society, politics, abuse )

Cal
- 25 days ago - alternet.org
The Corrections Corporation of America believes the economic crisis has created an opportunity to become landlord, as well as manager, of a chunk of the American prison gulag.
24 comments
COWARDS! Wells Fargo, Terrified to Face Victims of Its Foreclosure Fraud and Predatory Lending, Locks Shareholders Out of
Business  (tags: ethics, business, dishonesty, Wells Fargo, stockholders meeting, politics, society, money, news, corporate, abuse, americans, finance, economy, marketing, investments, debt, cover-up, corruption, consumers )

Cal
- 29 days ago - alternet.org
The move to lock out shareholders was unprecedented, according to organizers.Wells Fargo, assisted by dozens of Bay Area police, took the unprecedented step of locking more than 100 of its shareholders out of its annual meeting
37 comments
FIGHTING BAD BUSINESS: W. Va. Woman Fights to Collect $10 Million From Debt Collectors
Business  (tags: news, marketing, corruption, consumers, business, dishonesty, abuse, debt, usa, money )

Cal
- 29 days ago - abcnews.go.com
In a twist of irony, a West Virginia woman is trying to collect money from a collection agency. Diana Mey, of Wheeling, W. Va., won the largest judgment ever against an abusive debt collection company -- more than $10 million.
12 comments
BAD BUSINESS: Top Global Brands Accused Over Controversial 'Painted Home' Adverts in Africa
Business  (tags: ethics, marketing, africa, corporate abuse, abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, money, news, society, dishonesty, world )

Cal
- 30 days ago - theecologist.org
Global brands, including Coca-Cola, Unilever and Vodafone offer African township residents a 'lick of paint' in exchange for turning their homes into advertisements
8 comments
50 Percent Pay Cuts at GE's Plants: Is This the Future of American Jobs?
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, finance, government, labor, lies, marketing, money, news, politics, society )

Kit
- 39 days ago - alternet.org
The company President Obama called a "model for America" is squeezing its workers, cutting pensions, wages and benefits--but workers are organizing to fight back. GE paid how much in taxes? Zero!
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