Tag: corporations
The truth about corporate subsidies
Large American corporations shouldn’t need government subsidies to do what’s right for America.
‘Why are these conflicts allowed?’ corporate giving to group tied to...
"You want to 'preserve #SCOTUS history'?'" said one watchdog group. "Hire a curatorial staff. Don't run a pay-for-play."
House analysis confirms corporations use ‘cover of inflation to raise prices...
"It is unacceptable that certain companies and industries are engaged in extreme price hikes under the cover of inflation," said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
Low-paid workers are unionizing. Corporations are spending a ton to stop...
A record number of workers are trying to form labor unions, a Center for Public Integrity analysis shows. Corporate America is alarmed.
Turning people into corporations?!
The market is not the go-to solution to the major problems of our age.
Study shows excess corporate profits in the US have become ‘widespread’
A new research paper finds that corporate price markups and profits jumped to their highest levels in seven decades last year.
America’s biggest public pension fund is slow-walking corporate climate action, report...
CalPERS says it needs to hold onto billions in fossil fuel shares in order to push polluters in the right direction – but a new report details a pattern of voting against climate proposals.
How corporations are using inflation to take your money
Billionaires have become at least $1.7 trillion richer during the pandemic, while CEO pay (based largely on stock values) is now at a record 350 times the typical worker’s pay.
Bezos praises Manchin for blocking Biden’s corporate tax hike
"Biden's plan was to make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share in taxes, and use that money to help families," said one critic. "Of course a billionaire owner of a $1.1 trillion corporation doesn't like that."
‘Their inflation strategy is working’: Corporate profits soared to record high...
"CEOs can't stop bragging on corporate earnings calls about jacking up prices on consumers to keep their profits soaring," said one expert.