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Glimmerglass Intercepts Undersea Cable Traffic for Spy Agencies 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Glimmerglass, a northern California company that sells optical fiber technology, offers government agencies a software product called
ACLU Reveals FBI Hacking Contractors 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
James Bimen Associates of Virginia and Harris Corporation of Florida have contracts with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hack into computers and phones of surveillance targets, accor...
Samsung Sued for $109 Million For Labor Violations in Amazon 18 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Samsung, the South Korean electronics giant, faces a 250 million real ($109) million fine for working condition violations at a plant in the free trade zone of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state in...
U.S. Maintains Aid for Contractors in Egypt, Despite Massacre 14 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Egyptian security forces launched a massive crackdown on pro-democracy protestors killing around 300 people this morning. Despite near universal condemnation for the violence, the U.S. government has ...
Tabasar 10 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Honduran owned Generadora del Istmo S.A. (GENISA) is almost done with building Barro Blanco- a 28.84 megawatt hydroelectric project - on the Tabasar
New Zealand Dairy Exporter Admits Third Contamination Scandal 7 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Fonterra, a New Zealand company and the world
Battle of Balcombe: Opposition to Cuadrilla Resources UK Fracking Plans 31 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
The idyllic village of Balcombe, just south of London, is a stronghold of the Conservative party. Just the sort of place that one might imagine cheering on industry plans to drill for natural gas and ...
Halliburton Admits Guilt in Gulf of Mexico Cover-Up 26 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
Halliburton has admitted that it destroyed evidence after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. The company has agreed to pay a $200,000 fine, make a donation of $55 mill...
Commodity Scams: Barclays, Goldman & JP Morgan Under Fire 23 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
JP Morgan Chase is expected to announce over $600 million in penalties and repayments for allegedly cheating customers in energy markets in California and Michigan. This just after Barclays bank paid ...
Ethiopian Sugar Alleged to Destroy Pastoral Communities of Lower Omo 19 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
Ethiopian Sugar Corporation is benefiting from forced resettlement of pastoral people in the Lower Omo Valley - a United Nations cultural heritage site - to make way for new sugar plantations and fact...
