Papantonio: Corporate “Gangsters” Rummaging Through Your Data
Mike Papantonio appears on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss the ongoing saga with the NSA, with an emphasis on the private contractors that are sifting through your…
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Most Analysis of Spy Data is Done by Private Contractors
By allgov.com The controversy involving Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency (NSA) leaks has drawn attention to the fact that most analysis of the government’s intelligence data is performed by private contractors,…
Sack The Bosses, They’re Killing The Economy
By newmatilda.com Lean times may be ahead for the economy. The worst-performing parts of the workforce may have to pay the price. Sorry management, you’ll have to go, writes Russell Marks…
U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms
By bloomberg.com Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence,…
McTrucking: Woman sues McDonald’s franchisee for payroll debit
To understand what is really happening in the below news article, you need to understand the terms ‘company store’ and ‘trucking system’. This is how capitalist overlords in the past…
How long must average workers in Europe toil to make what their bosses earn in an hour?
By economist.com IT TOOK around ten days for the average Italian worker to make the €767 ($957) that his firm’s chief executive made in an hour in 2012, according to calculations…
Wage cuts for British workers deepest since records began, IFS shows
By guardian.co.uk Britain’s workers have suffered more financial pain since 2008 than in any five-year period of the modern age, according to research by a leading taxthinktank that shows employees have sacrificed pay to…
Digital Blackwater: How the NSA Gives Private Contractors Control of the Surveillance State
By democracynow.org As the Justice Department prepares to file charges against Booz Allen Hamilton employee Edward Snowden for leaking classified documents about the National Security Agency, the role of private intelligence…
Fracking Companies Buy Silence of Families with Contaminated Water
By allgov.com From the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian range to the Texas panhandle, American families have found themselves with contaminated water supplies. Time and time again they have blamed the problem…
Defense Contractors Turn to Border Control for New Profits
By allgov.com Millions of immigrants aren’t the only ones hoping for Congress to approve an immigration reform plan. Military contractors, too, are looking forward to the opportunities that the new law…
Keystone Votes Followed the Money
By opensecrets.org The May 22 House vote to yank President Obama’s decisionmaking authority on whether to build the Keystone XL pipeline passed easily, with members voting mainly along party lines. Not a single…
Sweet conspiracy? Nestle, Mars charged with chocolate price-fixing in Canada
By ctvnews.ca Three companies are facing conspiracy charges over their alleged role in fixing chocolate prices in Canada, the Competition Bureau announced Thursday. The bureau uncovered evidence suggesting that Nestle Canada…
Business Leaders Urge President to Allow G8 to Close Corporate Tax Loopholes
By prnewswire.com WASHINGTON, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), whose members represent 165,000 U.S. businesses, sent a letter to President Obama today urging him to seize the opportunity to close…
Vodafone says paid no UK corporation tax in two years
By reuters.com (Reuters) – Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L) said it paid no corporation tax in Britain for the year to March 2013, prompting fresh criticism from campaigners who have made the…
