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Corporate State
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Taibbi: For Forbes, Goldman's CEO Lloyd Blankfein Is Holier Than Mother Teresa
Let's fill them in on some of the ways the bank has made its money.
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Pittsburgh Says: Tax Billion-Dollar "Charity" Health Care Business
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is a “$10 billion integrated global health enterprise” with 20 hospitals and 400 clinics in western Pennsylvania. But its status as a “nonprofit charity” makes it tax-exempt, and Pittsburgh is trying to change that.
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Revealed: Big Oil Lobbyists and Executives Dominate New Fracking Climate Study
Stacked with former and current oil industry lobbyists, the UT-Austin Steering Committee roster to study methane releases from fracking is proof positive of a conflict of interest in "frackademia."
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Report: Billionaires Are Relying On Public Assistance To Build Sports Stadiums
American taxpayers have been asked to foot the bill for lavish football stadiums that are $10 billion over budget.
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Wall Street's Highest Executives at Goldman, Treasury and FED Implicated By Citigroup Whistleblower
Hank Paulson and Robert Rubin are among the corporate executives / government leaders threatened by Richard Bowen's truth-telling, which is why the former Citibank Executive's story of criminal injustice hasn't made it out.
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JPMorgan Hit With $920 Million Fines for $6 Billion London Whale Derivatives Scandal
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $920 million in penalties to U.S. and U.K. regulators over the "unsafe and unsound practices" that led to its $6.2 billion London Whale losses last year.
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Exposed: Fracking in Floodplains Led to Major Oil Spill in Colorado River
Tanks used to store waste liquid from frack drilling operations were tipped over and damaged from the severe flooding that hit Colorado, exemplifying the danger of fracking in floodplains.
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Why the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Just the Latest Abuse of Corporate Power
Solar panel prices and wind turbine prices are down, and electric vehicle battery prices have dropped. So why do we need to develop the Tar Sands?
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Slash and Burn: The War Against California Pensions
“Pension reform” has become the latest battle cry in an endless war against tax-dollar waste. But its single-minded purpose has been to slash the job protections and benefits enjoyed by California’s working middle class.
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Armageddon On Wall Street: The Looming Mass Destruction from Derivatives
The shadow banking system is propped up by a hidden government guarantee known as safe harbor status, pushed through by Wall Street, which has created perverse incentives for the financial system to self-destruct.
