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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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The Real Costs of Uber: Putting Passenger Safety and Taxi Driver Livelihoods At Risk
Backed by funders like Goldman Sachs and Google Ventures, the on-demand ride service company has exploded in popularity – though its business methods are coming under increased scrutiny.
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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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Senate Judiciary Committee Backs Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
"We must pass an amendment that will restore integrity to our elections," says Senator Tom Udall, "so that a billionaire in one state cannot have more influence than working families in the other forty-nine."
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Long Island Whistleblower Battles Cronyism, Takes Environmental Case Federal
A New York shell fisherman is fighting back against retribution for speaking out against environmental violations.
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Can SWAT Teams Claim "Corporate" Exemption From Public Scrutiny?
Taxpayer-funded police and sheriffs in Massachusetts claim they're immune to public records requests about deadly force and incident reports because they are acting as private "corporations."
