Shareholder Activism: Icahn Targets McDonald’s Pig Pens
Carl Icahn seeks to force McDonald’s 2012 pledge to cease to use gestation crate to confine pregnant pigs within a decade.
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Banning the Promotion of Soft Drinks Could be More Effective Than a Sugar Tax
Banning sales promotions of sugary drinks could lead people to cut back on their consumption.
Read more...War on Cash: Banks Crack Down on Independent ATMs
Banks crack down on independent ATM operators in the latest salvo in the war on cash.
Read more...EU Chief Defends Vaccine Patents as ‘Precious’ as South Africa Demands Waiver
Failure to grant patent waivers under the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement has stalled ramping up of production in Africa and other developing countries of coronavirus vaccines.
Read more...An FTI Consulting Presentation Pulls Back the Veil on Fossil Fuel PR and Shale Greenwashing
FTI Consulting 2015 slides tout “discrediting” science, “debunking” documentaries, and hype its fracking industry project Energy In Depth
Read more...NYT Recognizes “That Organic Cotton T-Shirt May Not Be as Organic as You Think”
Could a well-structured class action lawsuit either prod fashion companies to build verifiable organic cotton supply chains, or abandon their claims that they’re selling organic cotton?
Read more...Valentine’s Day: The Pressures of Shopping for Romance
The pernicious effects of the Hallmarking of holidays. Valentine’s Day happiness comes from spending time sharing pleasant experiences, rather than spending money on the perfect gift.
Read more...Arbitration Antics: Warren, Porter, Press Regulator to Explain Yet Another Way Wells Fargo Found to Game the System
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep Katie Porter press regulator for answers as to how Wells Fargo apparently gamed the arbitration system.
Read more...What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those ‘Free’ Covid Tests? The Government Won’t Say.
The officialdom is not giving straight answers to simple questions about how much it spent procuring those “free” Covid tests.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Nine: Despite Massive Price Increases Uber Losses Top $31 Billion
Uber burns through yet more cash, but analysts and reporters fail to question its extremely misleading financials.
Read more...The 50 Biggest US Donors Gave or Pledged Nearly $28 Billion in 2021 – Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Account for $15 Billion of That Total
No, you are not paranoid if you worry about the outsized influence of the Gates Foundation.
Read more...News Flash: CalPERS Invents Time Machine! Not News: CalPERS Again Lies in Suit Over Illegal Secret Board Meeting and Smears Former Board Member Margaret Brown as Diversion
CalPERS digs its hole even deeper in its effort to keep parts of a board transcript secret. What dirt does it contain?
Read more...Right to Repair: Massachusetts Auto Measure Stalls
Automakers have mounted a legal challenge to Massachusetts auto telematics right to repair statute. Will the Biden administration and the FTC seek to apply data rules and tools to vehicle telematics data?
Read more...The Great Amazon Land Grab – How Brazil’s Government Is Turning Public Land Private, Clearing the Way for Deforestation
At the U.N. climate summit in 2021, 141 countries – including Brazil – signed a pledge to end deforestation by 2030. Yet land grabs continue to place the Amazon ecosystem at risk.
Read more...Ending Drug Price Gouging: A Regulatory Framework for Pricing of Medicine Innovation
regulators can step in to ensure drug pricing both supports patient access and drug development.
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