361 posts tagged corporate greed
SubscribeWoo-hoo! Simpsons' Krusty Gets His Own Roller Coaster
http://blog.wired.com/ underwire/ 2008/ 05/ woo-hoo-simpson.html-
Cancer Drug Sales Could Hit $80 Billion By 2011
http://scottwlewis.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ cancer-drug-sales-could-hit-80-b…As reported by Reuters today, sales of cancer drugs will grow at nearly double the rate of the global pharmaceutical market and could reach $80 billion by 2012, according to IMS Health, which tracks prescription drug sales. Loosely translated: there is no fucking cure in site and people are probably not working all that hard to find one, given these profit margins.
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The Great Credit Card Debt
http://nyenevada.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ great-credit-card-debt.htmlHardly a week goes by that my wife and I don’t receive mail from a credit card issuer wanting us to take and use their credit card. Credit card debt is an insidious way of moving one to bankruptcy. We have one Visa credit card and one gasoline company credit card.
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Speculative Trading in Energy Markets
http://tupto.com/ corporate-america/ speculative-trading/I wondered how much Wall street was playing in the price of gas. Here is a good article, and a good Web site for energy news in general, regarding speculators. While you’re there read this one as well.
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Climate change: hoisting Rio-Tinto with their own petard
http://aotearoaawiderperspective.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ climate-change-hoi…Yesterday saw Rio Tinto stick their hand out for corporate welfare, threatening to shut down their Tiwai Point aluminium smelter unless shielded from the effects of the emissions trading scheme. It is, of course, motivated purely by self-interest - the ETS would mean paying more for electricity, which would mean lower profits for Rio Tinto’s shareholders.
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Profiting from Hunger
http://www.sugarhillharleminn.com/ 2008/ 05/ profiting-from-hunger.htmlOver the last 30 years, the IMF and the World Bank have pushed so-called developing countries to dismantle all forms of protection for their local farmers and to open up their markets to global agribusiness, speculators and subsidised food from rich countries.
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Verizon Shareholders Ask: Can CEO Ivan Seidenberg Be His Own Boss?
http://blog.aflcio.org/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ verizon-shareholders-ask-can-ceo-ivan-seid…Verizon Shareholders Ask: Can CEO Ivan Seidenberg Be His Own Boss? Patrick O'Meara, corporate finance specialist in the AFL-CIO Office of Investment, updates us on recent shareholder action at Verizon by union members and retirees. Union members and retirees continue to challenge Verizon to become a better company.
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It would be a dangerous thing for the American people to lose trust
http://voiceoffreedom.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ it-would-be-a-dangerous-thing…For me, it all comes down to trust and credibility. And it would be a dangerous thing for the American people to lose trust in the Pentagon, in our retired officer corps, and in the press, each of which has a critical role to play in preserving our nation’s freedoms. April 24th, 2008 by Jesse Lee Rep.
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Anybody want to buy a car?
http://grandemesa.org/ ?p=35SAN ANTONIO - The manager of Blackrock’s World Energy fund, Robin Batchelor, this week predicted oil prices to remain high well into the next decade, reports Britian’s Financial Times. The world’s emerging economies, particularly China, are to blame for a rise in demand for oil.
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Gasoline prices: despite rising prices and growing demand, refineries are again cutting back their capacity-building plans.
http://voiceoffreedom.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 12/ gasoline-prices-despite-risin…Gasoline prices What impacts U.S. consumers and voters most directly is the price of gasoline and diesel fuel, not only because of what they pay at the pump but also because higher fuel costs raise the price of many consumer goods. Fuel price hikes can be a major drag on the whole economy.
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Minnows in the Milk
http://conning.us/ cons-scams/ minnows-in-the-milk/My favorite con-man is Judge Roy Bean, Law west of the Pecos. Not to be overly romanticized, Bean had a long history of petty crimes. (Thieving, cattle rustling, fraud.) His … See the original post: Minnows in the Milk
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