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Industries
IRAQ: 2005 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions
THAILAND: Green Groups Will Take GM Crops Issue To Court
Chemicals
Asia Inhales While the West Bans the Deadly Carcinogen
CHINA: Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
25 Years and Still Fighting for Justice: When Will Dow Chemical Clean Up Its Poisonous Legacy in Bhopal
Bhopal: Generations of Poison
US: Monsanto's dominance draws antitrust inquiry
IVORY COAST: Trafigura offers deal to 31,000 Africans over dumped waste
IVORY COAST: Trafigura offers deal to 31,000 Africans over dumped waste
IVORY COAST: Toxic waste: company to pay
US: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
US: Chevron annual meeting heats up over Ecuador suit
Construction
Asia Inhales While the West Bans the Deadly Carcinogen
US: Deputy SecDef could earn $500K lobbying Pentagon
Iraq: Introducing DisneyIraq: The Unhappiest Place on Earth
US: Concrete contractor cuts deal with prosecutors
FRANCE: Prosecutors probe Alstom for contract corruption
US: Holes in the Wall
US: Protests Greet Nuclear Power Resurgence in US South
CHINA: China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories
Philippine News: R.P. probes ‘trafficked OFWs’ in Iraq
US: Sale of KBR Bolsters Profit at Halliburton
Energy
US/IRAQ: U.S. Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
NIGERIA: Ex-militant leader heads SPDC’s patrol team
GHANA: Corruption probe into sale of Ghana oil block
CHINA: Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
The Enbridge Oil Sands Gamble
US/ECUADOR: New nonprofit uses Web to pressure Chevron
UK: Friends of the Earth attacks carbon trading
Chevron Gets Fixed
SOUTHEAST ASIA: Sizing up palm oil
FRANCE: France jails 'Angolagate' power players
Enron
US: U.S. Cracks Down on Corporate Bribes
US: Corporate Fraud Lawsuits Restricted
QinetiQ Goes Kinetic: Top Rumsfeld Aide Wins Contracts From Spy Office He Set Up
US: Law firm seeks nearly $700 mln for Enron pacts
US: Green group attacks oil giant on climate research
US: Ex-Enron Executive Sentenced to Prison
US: SKILLING GETS 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ENRON FRAUD
US: Lay's Death Could Set Skilling Free
Ding Dong ...
US: Lay's Death Complicates Efforts to Seize Assets
Food and Agriculture
Banana Land and the Corporate Death Squad Scandals
EUROPE: Europe’s Vast Farm Subsidies Face Challenges
AP report: Monsanto seed business role revealed
US: Monsanto's dominance draws antitrust inquiry
SOUTHEAST ASIA: Sizing up palm oil
BRAZIL: Giants in Cattle Industry Agree to Help Fight Deforestation
US: E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection
Still Learning Nothing
US: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
Corporations and the Amazon
Manufacturing
Temping Down Labor Rights: The Manpowerization of Mexico
CHINA: Slump Tilts Priorities of Industry in China
Regulating Ramatex: Authorities Shut Out as Malaysian Investor Threatens Namibian Environment
AFRICA/CHINA: As Chinese Investment in Africa Drops, Hope Sinks
US: Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests
JAPAN: Nissan to Slash Payroll, Pare Japanese Output
SWITZERLAND: Davos Scales Back Glitz
US: In Factory Sit-In, an Anger Spread Wide
EU: Glass Makers Are Fined $1.7 Billion in Europe’s War on Price Fixing
Norilsk Nickel: A Tale of Unbridled Capitalism, Russian Style
Media & Entertainment
US/CHINA: U.S. Holds Fire in Google-China Feud
IRELAND: U2 rattled by claims of tax dodging
US: Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties
IRAQ: U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media
Dark Side of the Tourist Boom: Cruise Ship Controversies Cross Borders
US: When a Corporate Donation Raises Protests
US: Comcast Defends Role As Internet Traffic Cop
US: Drug Ads Raise Questions for Heart Pioneer
An Uncomfortable Spotlight in Davos
US: Black Given Prison Term Over Fraud
Natural Resources
Protesters in Eastern India Battle Against Mining Giant Arcelor Mittal
US/IRAQ: U.S. Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
NIGERIA: Ex-militant leader heads SPDC’s patrol team
GHANA: Corruption probe into sale of Ghana oil block
EUROPE: Europe’s Vast Farm Subsidies Face Challenges
CHINA: Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
The Enbridge Oil Sands Gamble
US: Monsanto's dominance draws antitrust inquiry
US/ECUADOR: New nonprofit uses Web to pressure Chevron
Chevron Gets Fixed
Pharmaceuticals
US: Online Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers
US: High Court Eases Way to Liability Lawsuits
SWITZERLAND: Davos Scales Back Glitz
The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
US: Research Center Tied to Drug Company
US: Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties
US: Eli Lilly settles Zyprexa inquiries in 32 states
ARGENTINA: Is GlaxoSmithKline Behaving Badly in Argentina?
US: Judge to Unseal Documents on the Eli Lilly Drug Zyprexa
US: U.S. Drug Ads Questioned
Retail & Mega-Stores
Wal-Mart’s (Un)sustainability Index
WORLD: The Jewel Trade's Fading Luster
US: An Inconvenient Bag
The Commercial Games: How Commercialism is Overrunning the Olympics
Dark Side of the Tourist Boom: Cruise Ship Controversies Cross Borders
UK: Are we falling out of love with Tesco?
US: Mannatech Settles Holder Suits
US: Wal-Mart's Detractors Come In From the Cold
US: Walgreen to Pay $35 Million To Settle Drug-Switch Charges
US: Judge Finds Dell Engaged In Deceptive Practices
Technology & Telecommunications
CHINA: China Ratchets Up Web Privacy Fight
FRANCE: In French Inquiry, a Glimpse at Corporate Spying
US: DOJ Opens Review of Telecom Industry
Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology
IRAN: Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology
CHINA: China Disables Some Google Functions
US: Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S. Government
IRAN/CHINA: Iranians and Others Outwit Net Censors
UK: Use of Web Tracking Tool Raises Privacy Issue in Britain
WORLD: Skype’s iPhone application raises protests
Tobacco
US/WORLD: Smokeless Tobacco to Get Push by Venture Overseas
US: Tobacco Trial Opens in Florida, First of Many Suits
US: Altria Ruling Ignites Legal Moves
US: Altria Said to Be in Talks With Tobacco Maker UST
Absolving Your Sins and CYA: Corporations Embrace Voluntary Codes of Conduct
US: Menthol Dose Manipulated, Study Says
TOBACCO: Altria Drops New Filter Cigarettes, In Strategy Setback
TOBACCO: FTC Counters Altria In 'Light' Cigarettes Case
TOBACCO: Profits in Hand, Wealthy Family Cuts Tobacco Tie
US: Calstrs May Remove Ban on Tobacco Stocks
Tourism & Real Estate
Iraq: Introducing DisneyIraq: The Unhappiest Place on Earth
US: Art Auctions on Cruise Ships Lead to Anger, Accusations and Lawsuits
Dark Side of the Tourist Boom: Cruise Ship Controversies Cross Borders
GLOBAL: Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?
US: Holes in the Wall
Bulgarian Ski Complex Threatens Rila National Park
US: Inuit sue US government over BP land usage
UK: Blair admits link between party donations and seats in Lords
US: Jury Convicts HealthSouth Founder in Bribery Trial
KATRINA: Mississippi developers' murky past includes fraud
Transportation
CANADA: Canadian Rail Engineers Begin a Strike
Toyota: Auto Industry Race to the Bottom
US: American Airlines Hit By $7.1 Million in Fines
US: Airlines fined $504m in US probe
US: Study says diesel emissions raise cancer risk
Bye, American
US: 73,000 U.A.W. Members Go on Strike Against G.M.
US: Politics Forcing Detroit to Back New Fuel Rules
UK: UK class action starts over toxic waste dumped in Africa
EU: Ryanair hits back in 'green' row
War & Disaster Profiteering
AFGHANISTAN/US: Outsourcing intelligence
Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon
AFGHANISTAN/US: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
Inspector General reports confirm CorpWatch story on Afghan power plant
AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
US: Obama's Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones
Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges
US/KUWAIT: Settlement possible in military contractor fraud case
US: F.B.I. Charges Arms Sellers With Foreign Bribes
US/IRAQ: U.S. Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
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Blackwater USA
US: Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting
IRAQ: Ex-Blackwater Workers May Return to Iraq Jobs
US: Plea by Blackwater Guard Helps Indict Others
Over the Counter Intelligence
GERMANY: German Arms Firm Ends Blackwater Deal After TV Report
US: Limbo for U.S. Women Reporting Iraq Assaults
US: CIA Likely Let Contractors Perform Waterboarding
US: Contractor Abuses Rarely Punished, Groups Say
IRAQ: 2005 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions
US: Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town
Boeing
Spies for Hire: New Online Database of U.S. Intelligence Contractors
US: Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out
US: Gates Proposes Major Changes to Military Programs, Weapons Buys
US: Pentagon Weighs Cuts and Revisions of Weapons
US: The Looming Crisis at the Pentagon
US: 2nd Walkout at Boeing in 3 Years
US: Former Colo. nuke plant contractors ordered to pay $925M
INDIA: Gates in India to push US firms
US: Holes in the Wall
US: Court dismisses lawsuit on secret kidnapping
CSC/ DynCorp
US: DynCorp Fires Executive Counsel
US: DynCorp Billed U.S. $50 Million Beyond Costs in Defense Contract
Policing Afghanistan: Obama's New Strategy
IRAQ: Controversial Contractor’s Iraq Work Is Split Up
US: Contractors Back From Iraq Suffer Trauma From Battle
IRAQ: A Private Realm Of Intelligence-Gathering; Firm Extends U.S. Government's Reach
AFGHANISTAN: The Reach of War; U.S. Report Finds Dismal Training of Afghan Police
IRAQ: How Iraq Police Reform Became Casualty of War
IRAQ: Misjudgments Marred U.S. Plans for Iraqi Police
US: Tender Mercenaries: DynCorp and Me
General Dynamics
US: Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S. Government
US: Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out
US: Business booming for U.S. defense contractors
General Electric
Obama's Tax Haven Reform: Chump Change
US: Energy Group Plans to Build Nuclear Plants in Gulf States
US: Software Firms Say FBI Eavesdropping Unacceptable
Halliburton
US/IRAQ: U.S. Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
Bush is gone, but Halliburton keeps cashing checks
Is Halliburton Forgiven and Forgotten? Or How to Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq
US: U.S. Cracks Down on Corporate Bribes
Book Release: "Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized The Way America Makes War"
An extended interview with the author of Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War.
US: Halliburton Ex-Official Pleads Guilty in Bribe Case
US: KBR stake under attack
KATRINA: Audit Faults KBR's Repairs of Hurricane Damage
US: Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir
Lockheed Martin
Spies for Hire: New Online Database of U.S. Intelligence Contractors
US: Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S. Government
US: Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out
US: Gates Proposes Major Changes to Military Programs, Weapons Buys
ISRAEL: U.S.-Israel jet deal sought: Pentagon backs sale of next-generation F-35s fighters to ally
ISRAEL: U.S. approves $330 million in arms deals for Israel
Over the Counter Intelligence
US: Lockheed Faulted for Failure to Control Costs
INDIA: Gates in India to push US firms
US: Failure to Launch: In Death of Spy Satellite Program, Lofty Plans and Unrealistic Bids
Northrop Grumman
Companies lobby (quietly) on Armenia genocide bill
US: Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S. Government
US: The Looming Crisis at the Pentagon
UK: FBI wants instant access to British identity data
Domestic Spying, Inc.
INDIA: Building a Modern Arsenal in India
US: Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors for Border Control
KATRINA: Northrop Makes Pitch for Storm Aid
US: Business booming for U.S. defense contractors
US: Court Documents Unsealed in Northrop Grumman Case
Raytheon
Spies for Hire: New Online Database of U.S. Intelligence Contractors
Companies lobby (quietly) on Armenia genocide bill
US: Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S. Government
US: Deputy SecDef could earn $500K lobbying Pentagon
ISRAEL: U.S. approves $330 million in arms deals for Israel
US: Giuliani Had Ties to Company Trying to Sell Border Technology
UK: Weapons firm's role in St Athan academy condemned
INDIA: Building a Modern Arsenal in India
US: Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors for Border Control
US: Chief's Pay Is Docked by Raytheon
Science Applications International Corporation
Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon
Spies for Hire: New Online Database of U.S. Intelligence Contractors
US: Cash-rich SAIC hits the acquisition trail
US: Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out
US: Gates Proposes Major Changes to Military Programs, Weapons Buys
Over the Counter Intelligence
Domestic Spying, Inc.
IRAQ: 'Pentagon Moved to Fix Iraqi Media Before Invasion'
CHINA: At Nike Plant, no Sweatshop, Plenty of Sweat
Iraq: Pentagon's War on Hostile Media
United Technologies
Companies lobby (quietly) on Armenia genocide bill
US: Business booming for U.S. defense contractors
US: United Technologies' Chairman Collects $70 Million in Salary, Stock Options
US: Army cancels Comanche helicopter project
UK: US group secures Chubb for £620m
US: A Blank Check from Washington for Colombia's Dirty War
China: Reviewing Ban of the Arms sales on China
US: Old hands hold hands with Beijing on trade policy
Tool Kit
Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast Fact Sheet
Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast
Iraq's Private Warriors
Ongoing Investigations Into Haliburton as of April 2005
Top Military Contractors
Groups Organizing Against War Profiteering
Halliburton Fact Sheet
War Profiteers Site
PAKISTAN: Attack in Pakistani Garrison City Raises Anxiety About Safety of Nuclear Labs and Staff
CorpWatch announces release of the CrocTail application and open CorpWatch API
Inheriting Halliburton's Army: What Will Obama Do With KBR?
US: Company Gets Pentagon Contract Despite Death Inquiries
Book Release: "Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized The Way America Makes War"
Norway finds Canada's largest publicly-traded company, Barrick Gold, unethical
An extended interview with the author of Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War.
US: Deputy SecDef could earn $500K lobbying Pentagon
IRAQ: Official History Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders
US: Plea by Blackwater Guard Helps Indict Others
WP Issues Library
Norway finds Canada's largest publicly-traded company, Barrick Gold, unethical
ISRAEL: U.S. approves $330 million in arms deals for Israel
US: 'America's private army' under fire for Illinois facility
US: Contractors Back From Iraq Suffer Trauma From Battle
US: In Washington, Contractors Take On Biggest Role Ever
US: Border Policy's Success Strains Resources: Tent City in Texas Among Immigrant Holding Sites Drawing Criticism
Labor Day ‘Executive Excess’ report: Oil and Defense CEOs Pocket the Spoils
Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast
INDIA: Bechtel Sells Its Stake In Dabhol Power Plant
Intelligence
AFGHANISTAN/US: Outsourcing intelligence
Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon
AFGHANISTAN/US: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
US/CHINA: U.S. Holds Fire in Google-China Feud
AFGHANISTAN: Lost in Limbo: Injured Afghan Translators Struggle to Survive
Spies for Hire: New Online Database of U.S. Intelligence Contractors
Mission Essential, Translators Expendable
US: Cash-rich SAIC hits the acquisition trail
IRAN: Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology
US: Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S. Government
Logistics
Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges
Is Halliburton Forgiven and Forgotten? Or How to Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq
US: Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out
Inheriting Halliburton's Army: What Will Obama Do With KBR?
An extended interview with the author of Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War.
US/IRAQ: Indiana guardsmen sue defense contractor KBR
US: Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir
US: Inside the world of war profiteers
KUWAIT: How Iraq Conflict Rewards A Kuwaiti Merchant Family
IRAQ: Will Iraq Kick Out Blackwater?
Reconstruction
Inspector General reports confirm CorpWatch story on Afghan power plant
AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
US/KUWAIT: Settlement possible in military contractor fraud case
IRAQ: The Pentagon Garrisons the Gulf: As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region
Black & Veatch's Tarakhil Power Plant: White Elephant in Kabul
AFGHANISTAN: Paying Off the Warlords, Anatomy of an Afghan Culture of Corruption
US: Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out
US: Company Gets Pentagon Contract Despite Death Inquiries
Book Release: "Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized The Way America Makes War"
US/AFGHANISTAN: Short-staffed USAID tries to keep pace
Security
Banana Land and the Corporate Death Squad Scandals
NIGERIA: Ex-militant leader heads SPDC’s patrol team
US: Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting
IRAQ: The Pentagon Garrisons the Gulf: As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region
AFGHANISTAN: Wackenhut aids inquiry into its Afghanistan contractor
AFGHANISTAN: Wackenhut aids inquiry into its Afghanistan contractor
AFGHANISTAN: Wackenhut aids inquiry into its Afghanistan contractor
US: New Hire Highlights Altegrity's Growing Ambition
US: DynCorp Billed U.S. $50 Million Beyond Costs in Defense Contract
Mission Essential, Translators Expendable
Weapons Makers
US: Obama's Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones
US: F.B.I. Charges Arms Sellers With Foreign Bribes
IRAQ: The Pentagon Garrisons the Gulf: As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region
US: Despite Slump, U.S. Role as Top Arms Supplier Grows
CorpWatch Bribery Report Helps Spark Dutch Inquiry
PAKISTAN: Attack in Pakistani Garrison City Raises Anxiety About Safety of Nuclear Labs and Staff
US: Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out
US: Gates Proposes Major Changes to Military Programs, Weapons Buys
US: Pentagon Weighs Cuts and Revisions of Weapons
MEXICO: U.S. Is Arms Bazaar for Mexican Cartels
Issues
Uruguay: Pulp Factions: Uruguay’s Environmentalists v. Big Paper
Consumerism & Commercialism
Wal-Mart’s (Un)sustainability Index
US: Industry Takes Aim at Plan to Create Financial Protection Agency
US: Activist Financier 'Terrorizes' Bankers in Foreclosure Fight
Mexico’s Other Crisis: Foreign Banks
US: Debt Settlers Offer Promises but Little Help
WORLD: The Jewel Trade's Fading Luster
US: Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests
JAPAN: Nissan to Slash Payroll, Pare Japanese Output
The Financial Re-Regulatory Agenda
The Commercial Games: How Commercialism is Overrunning the Olympics
Corruption
Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon
Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges
US/KUWAIT: Settlement possible in military contractor fraud case
UK: U.K. to Crack Down on Tax Evasion in Developing Countries
US: F.B.I. Charges Arms Sellers With Foreign Bribes
GHANA: Corruption probe into sale of Ghana oil block
US: DynCorp Fires Executive Counsel
KAZAKHSTAN: Kazakh Bank Lost Billions in Western Investments
US: Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Billions for Blowing Whistle
US/ECUADOR: New nonprofit uses Web to pressure Chevron
Environment
Protesters in Eastern India Battle Against Mining Giant Arcelor Mittal
NIGERIA: Ex-militant leader heads SPDC’s patrol team
GHANA: Corruption probe into sale of Ghana oil block
CHINA: Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
The Enbridge Oil Sands Gamble
Bhopal: Generations of Poison
US: Monsanto's dominance draws antitrust inquiry
US/ECUADOR: New nonprofit uses Web to pressure Chevron
UK: Friends of the Earth attacks carbon trading
Chevron Gets Fixed
Executive Compensation
US: Banks Set for Record Pay
US: So You Squandered Billions --- Take Another Whack At It
US: House votes to rein in ‘excessive pay’ for company execs
US: Big Banks Paid Billions in Bonuses Amid Wall St. Crisis
US/ANTIGUA: Texas Financier and Antiguan Official Charged With Fraud
Is Halliburton Forgiven and Forgotten? Or How to Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq
UK: Shell faces investor fury over pay, pollution and human rights
UK: Shell at risk of investor pay revolt
UK: Shareholders vote against RBS pay
US: Bonus Money at Troubled A.I.G. Draws Heavy Criticism
Globalization
Protesters in Eastern India Battle Against Mining Giant Arcelor Mittal
US/IRAQ: U.S. Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
US/CHINA: U.S. Holds Fire in Google-China Feud
NIGERIA: Ex-militant leader heads SPDC’s patrol team
GHANA: Corruption probe into sale of Ghana oil block
EUROPE: Europe’s Vast Farm Subsidies Face Challenges
CHINA: Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
The Enbridge Oil Sands Gamble
Bhopal: Generations of Poison
US: Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Billions for Blowing Whistle
Health
Asia Inhales While the West Bans the Deadly Carcinogen
CHINA: Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
The Enbridge Oil Sands Gamble
Bhopal: Generations of Poison
US/ECUADOR: New nonprofit uses Web to pressure Chevron
UK: Friends of the Earth attacks carbon trading
Chevron Gets Fixed
Berkeley, Oakland urge oil money transparency
IVORY COAST: Trafigura offers deal to 31,000 Africans over dumped waste
IVORY COAST: Trafigura offers deal to 31,000 Africans over dumped waste
Human Rights
Protesters in Eastern India Battle Against Mining Giant Arcelor Mittal
Banana Land and the Corporate Death Squad Scandals
NIGERIA: Ex-militant leader heads SPDC’s patrol team
GHANA: Corruption probe into sale of Ghana oil block
US: Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting
CHINA: Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
AFGHANISTAN: Lost in Limbo: Injured Afghan Translators Struggle to Survive
The Enbridge Oil Sands Gamble
Bhopal: Generations of Poison
Black & Veatch's Tarakhil Power Plant: White Elephant in Kabul
Labor
Banana Land and the Corporate Death Squad Scandals
CANADA: Canadian Rail Engineers Begin a Strike
US: A Dispute Over Unionizing at Montana Hair Salons
Mission Essential, Translators Expendable
Chipotle Grilled!
Wal-Mart’s (Un)sustainability Index
INDONESIA: Scramble for coal assets in Indonesia
What's not in Chevron's annual report
Regulating Ramatex: Authorities Shut Out as Malaysian Investor Threatens Namibian Environment
WORLD: The Jewel Trade's Fading Luster
Money & Politics
Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon
AFGHANISTAN/US: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
Banana Land and the Corporate Death Squad Scandals
US: Obama's Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones
A Corporate Full-Body Scan
Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges
US: Idea of company-as-person originated in late 19th century
US/KUWAIT: Settlement possible in military contractor fraud case
UK: U.K. to Crack Down on Tax Evasion in Developing Countries
Shed a Tear for Our Democracy
Privatization
AFGHANISTAN/US: Outsourcing intelligence
Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon
AFGHANISTAN/US: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
US: Obama's Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones
Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges
US/KUWAIT: Settlement possible in military contractor fraud case
US/IRAQ: U.S. Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
US: Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting
AFGHANISTAN: Lost in Limbo: Injured Afghan Translators Struggle to Survive
JORDAN: For AIG’s Man in Jordan, War Becomes a Business Opportunity
Regulation
AFGHANISTAN/US: Outsourcing intelligence
AFGHANISTAN/US: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
US: Idea of company-as-person originated in late 19th century
Pecora Weeps
US: Banks Set for Record Pay
EUROPE: Europe’s Vast Farm Subsidies Face Challenges
US: Monsanto's dominance draws antitrust inquiry
US: Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Billions for Blowing Whistle
UK: Friends of the Earth attacks carbon trading
Chevron Gets Fixed
Trade Justice
EUROPE: Europe’s Vast Farm Subsidies Face Challenges
FIJI: Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle
Regulating Ramatex: Authorities Shut Out as Malaysian Investor Threatens Namibian Environment
Norway finds Canada's largest publicly-traded company, Barrick Gold, unethical
Popular Uprising Against Barrick Gold in Tanzania sparked by killing of local
TANZANIA: Villagers storm Barrick gold mine: Inflict much damage, FFU police deployed to disperse them
GUINEA: One killed in Guinea protest over bauxite trains
Calls grow for a new model for global trade
CHILE: Native Community in Desert Oasis Threatened by Mines
IVORY COAST: Pollution trial opens in Ivory Coast
World Financial Institutions
The IDB—50 Years, Zero Reflection
Who Will Determine the Future of Capitalism?
Norway finds Canada's largest publicly-traded company, Barrick Gold, unethical
Calls grow for a new model for global trade
EU: Court hits at Brussels secrecy
CONGO: World Bank accused of razing Congo forests
Digging for Dirt in the DRC?
BRITAIN: Companies 'looting' a continent
WORLD: A Way for Resource-Rich Countries to Audit Their Way Out of Corruption
UGANDA: African forest under threat from sugar cane plantation
Financial Services, Insurance and Banking
US: So You Squandered Billions --- Take Another Whack At It
US: Big Banks Paid Billions in Bonuses Amid Wall St. Crisis
US: Cuomo Says Schwab Faces Fraud Suit
US: Industry Takes Aim at Plan to Create Financial Protection Agency
US: Madoff Is Sentenced to 150 Years for Ponzi Scheme
US: IRS Steps Up Scrutiny of Offshore Funds
US: Madoff Suits Add Details About Fraud
US: Hedge Funds Boost Profile in Lobbying
US/ANTIGUA: Texas Financier and Antiguan Official Charged With Fraud
Obama's Tax Haven Reform: Chump Change
So You Squandered Billions -Take Another Whack at it
Campaigns

Current Campaigns
Gasoline Crisis in Iraq
Book Review: Thrilling Chronicle of Cons, Fools and a Business World Gone Mad
Give War a Chance: the Life and Times of Tim Spicer
US: Department of Justice is Already Monitoring Cable Modems
War & Disaster Profiteers Campaign
Calls grow for a new model for global trade
US: Billions over Baghdad; The Spoils of War
IRAQ: Big oil’s waiting game over Iraq’s reserves
CHINA: An Opportunity for Wall St. in China’s Surveillance Boom
US: Iraq convoy was sent out despite threat
US: Army to examine Iraq contracts
US: Boeing unit subject of refiled CIA-flight suit
IRAQ: For Abducted Guards, Iraq Wasn't Just About Money
US: 'America's private army' under fire for Illinois facility
US: Filling Gaps in Iraq, Then Finding a Void at Home
Past Campaigns
WORLD: Private Armed Escorts in High Demand on Sea
Corporate Influence on the Elections
US: Early-voting problems in Putnam: Touch-screen votes switched, then corrected
The Presidential Pipeline
US: The Presidential Pipeline: Kerry Backers Still Feel Sting of Losing 2004 Presidential Contest
US: The Presidential Pipeline: Bush Money Network Rooted in Florida, Texas
US: Presidential Pipeline: Bush's Top Fund-Raisers See Spoils of Victory
US: Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force
NIGERIA: Chevron Paid Troops After Alleged Killing
USA: Senate Approves Bill Worth $140 Billion in Corporate Tax Breaks
Banking on Elections
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