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Corporations Are Stealing Billions in Tax Breaks, While the Confused, Screwed Citizenry Turn On Each Other
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, economy, robert reich, taxes, corporate subsidies, tax havens )

Lynn
- 21 hours ago - alternet.org
International corporations have no national allegiance, they care only for profit. Meanwhile, people all over the world are becoming increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic.
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82-Year-Old Connecticut Barber Offers the Homeless Haircuts in Exchange for Hugs
Business  (tags: humans, society, compasion, love, hugs, americans, abuse, economy, corruption, politics )

Evelyn
- 1 day ago - thedenverchannel.com
Each Wednesday, barber Anthony Cymerys sets up his chair in the shade of an oak tree in Hartford's Bushnell Park. For longtime clients, the homeless or those just down on their luck, the fee is always the same: a hug for a haircut..
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ALEC's Latest "Transparency" Move: Asserting Immunity From Freedom of Information Laws
Business  (tags: usa, society, lies, law, investors, investments, investing, government, ethics, finance, dishonesty, corporate, corruption, cover-up, americans, abuse, business, economy )

JL
- 1 day ago - prwatch.org
Shortly after the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) told the press "we really believe in transparency," new documents show the organization directing legislators to hide ALEC meeting agendas and model legislation from the public.
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New Details on JPMorgan's Electricity Manipulation Prompt Renewed Call for Key Executive's Termination
Business  (tags: lies, law, money, society, usa, corruption, corporate, abuse, business, americans, consumers, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, finance, government, crime, dishonesty, government )

JL
- 4 days ago - citizenvox.org
staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) claim that Ms. Masters was aware of the company's manipulation strategies, helped to conceal the schemes and lied to state & federal officials when confronted about the company's manipulation stra
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Mine in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Blocked for Now
Business  (tags: conservation, destruction, environment, protection, pollution, wildlife, Sustainabililty, nature, news, goodnews, GoodNews, business, corruption, corporate, ethics, usa, SustainableDevelopment )

JL
- 4 days ago - wildernesswatch.org
A Montana court ruling has added a legal roadblock to plans by a Spokane company to develop a large silver and copper mine in northwest Montana, including a portion that bores under the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.
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PLEASE SIGN: THANK THE LA TIMES STAFFERS WHO SAID THEY WILL QUIT IF THE KOCH BROTHERS BUY THE NEWSPAPER
Business  (tags: corruption, ethics, business, news )

Beverly
- 5 days ago - campaigns.dailykos.com
Please join with Daily Kos and Working Families by signing our petition supporting the journalists and staff at the Los Angeles Times who are willing to quit their jobs if Charles and David Koch purchase the newspaper.
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OP-ED: The Biggest "Takers" and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor
Business  (tags: rights, ethics, class warfare, economy, americans, corruption, society, news, politics, usa, ethics, dishonesty, abuse, world, society, dishonesty, corporate, corruption, business, corruption, society, politics, usa, world )

Cal
- 6 days ago - truth-out.org
In the past twenty years, corporate profits have quadrupled while the corporate tax percent has dropped by half. The payroll tax, paid by workers, has doubled.In effect, corporations have decided to let middle-class workers pay for national investments th
25 comments
Video:Charts: Why You're in Deep Trouble If You Can't Afford a Lawyer
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, culture, crime, dishonesty, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, politics, rights, society, safety, women, police, congress, economy, propaganda, SupremeCourt, usa, labor, investments, humans, corruption, consumers, americans, abus )

JL
- 9 days ago - motherjones.com
Fifty years after the groundbreaking "Gideon" ruling, public defenders are overworked, underpaid--and America's poor are paying the price.
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JPMorgan Cheating on the Stress Test: Exhibit 46,
Business  (tags: abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, debt, economy, ethics, finance, investments, investing, investors, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society, usa, world )

JL
- 9 days ago - citizenvox.org
JPMorgan's "London Whale" episode may boil down to a few senior executives attempting to increase their personal compensation.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE U.S. TOMATO INDUSTRY
Business  (tags: corporate, dishonesty, business, abuse, politics, exploitation, minimum wage workers, corporate corporate election spending, labor, usa, ethics, corruption, usa, news )

Cal
- 11 days ago - e-activist.com
Florida's tomato farms supply 50% of all U.S. fresh tomatoes but have also been called America's 'ground zero for slavery.' Countless workers held against their will, threatened with violence and forced to haul hundreds of heavy tomato buckets a day for
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"Business Climate" Rankings Bogus Says New Report
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, cover-up, ethics, finance, marketing, lies, investors, investments, investing, politics, society, money, usa )

JL
- 11 days ago - prwatch.org
Six influential state tax studies by anti-tax organizations including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are "deeply flawed," include "highly inconsistent findings" & constitute "ideologically charged pseudo-social science published to fu
9 comments
Lives Versus Profits By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Business  (tags: Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court, Myriad Genetics, Utah, genes, who owns genes, 2 critical breast cancer genes, profit vs. value of life, patent system, monopoly, corruption, Novartis kickbacks, WTO, TRIPS agreement )

Judy
- 13 days ago - project-syndicate.org
The United States Supreme Court recently began deliberations in a case that highlights a deeply problematic issue concerning intellectual-property rights. The Court must answer the following question: Can human genes - your genes - be patented?
10 comments
5 Ways That Raw, Unregulated Capitalism Is Acting Like a Cancer on American Society
Business  (tags: corruption, money, society, capitalism, lies, dishonesty )

Beverly
- 14 days ago - alternet.org
The predators on our society will scream about threats to "freedom" as soon as we start going after them, but it's just about trying to protect profits.
24 comments
Mozilla to Take Legal Action Against Spy Tech Firm Over
Business  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', HumanRights, humanrights, government, ethics, society, politics, world, technology, business, consumers, dishonesty, corruption, marketing, society )

JL
- 15 days ago - slate.com
Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, is well-known for battling online tracking.Now it's set to launch a fresh privacy-protecting offensive: taking on a controversial surveillance company that has been accused of selling spyware to authoritarian re
20 comments
Take Action: Tell the New Head of the SEC, Mary Jo White, to Force Corporations to Disclose Their Political Spending.
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, elections, GoodNews, government, media, lies, propaganda, politics, usa, SupremeCourt, corruption, corporate, cover-up, dishonesty, finance, investments, investors, law, lies, marketing )

JL
- 15 days ago - action.sumofus.org
Submit your comment to the SEC Send comments to the SEC supporting a rule change to require corporations to disclose political spending. A personal message will be the most effective, but feel free to use the one we provided.
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