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Corporate State
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Exposed: Leaks of Patient Data Reveal U.K.'s “Stealth” Privatization of National Health System
Patient details were shared with organizations including private health insurance companies, many based in the United States.
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Big Banks Hit with Monster $250 Billion Lawsuit in Housing Crisis
Investors led by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and PIMCO, the world’s largest bond-fund manager, have sued some of the world’s largest banks for breach of fiduciary duty.
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Exposing the Trade In Services Agreement: Free Pass For Multinationals to Run Wild
The TISA rules, whose secret draft text was made public last month by Wikileaks, assist the expansion of financial multinationals into other nations by prohibiting new regulations on them.
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What’s Killing the Children in Jadugora, India?
Before the uranium mines came, children did not crawl around in the dirt and die.
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You Call This Aid? Tax Evasion, Corporate Profits Are Looting $60 Billion from Africa
The UK and wealthy states revel in their generosity while allowing their companies to plunder Africa's resources, say NGOs.
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Walmart Resistance Grows As Northern California Says No to Low-Wage Retail Giant
The ongoing campaign by a broad coalition of labor, faith, environmental and community-based organizations to oppose the Walmart plan has implications for the entire state, if not the nation.
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New Bank Leak Shows How British Rich Exploit Tax Haven Loopholes
At a time of debate about inequalities of wealth in the U.K., the data leaks reveal how the very richest families dip in and out of British jurisdiction as it suits them
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Still Not Guilty, Citigroup Pays $7 Billion to Settle Sub-Prime Mortgage Crimes
Agreement comes after Justice Department warned it would sue banking giant over sales of risky sub-prime mortgages.
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The Matter With Kansas: State Is Broke Thanks to Governor's G.O.P. Tax Cuts
Kansas is hundreds of millions of dollars short in revenue collection, its job growth has lagged the rest of the nation, and Moody's has cut the state's bond rating. More Republican economics, anyone?
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Defending the 99%: Why Centrist Democrats Are Losing the Middle
The corporatist, Wall Street wing of the party wants to draw a distinction between inequality and opportunity – but passive-voice populism won’t cut it anymore.
