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Bloomingdale's, Macy's Accused of Massive False Pricing Scheme
A new trend in fashion is emerging and it is not slip dresses as outerwear. No, the new trend centers on consumers filing lawsuits against brands and retailers for fixing retail prices in a way that is misleading...
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Why Big Business and Big Government Haunt America
From the Hamilton-Jefferson split to Bernie Sanders, our mistrust of magnitude has long played a role in politics. By Nicholas Lemann.
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Trade groups, AT&T urge U.S. court to reverse ‘net neutrality’ rules
Trade associations representing wireless, cable and broadband operators on Friday urged the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a ruling upholding the Obama administration’s landmark rules barring internet service providers from obstructing or slowing consumer access to web content. By David Shepardson.
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Suboxone Creator’s Shocking Scheme to Profit Off of Heroin Addicts
The company behind America’s most popular drug to treat addicts actually claimed its pills could kill kids to get a new patent and $1 billion. By Christopher Moraff.
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The rise of the superstars
A small group of giant companies—some old, some new—are once again dominating the global economy, says Adrian Wooldridge. Is that a good or a bad thing?
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Tough Love for Latin America’s Drug Barons and Beauty Queens
Mixing with crime bosses often ends in death or arrest. By David Gagne, Luis Fernando Alonso.
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Inside big pharma’s fight to block recreational marijuana
Pharma and alcohol companies have been quietly bankrolling the opposition to legal marijuana, raising questions about threats to market share. By Alfonso Serrano.
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The real Spectre
The ’Ndrangheta is the least heralded of Italy’s three great mafias. But, as John Hooper reports, it’s by far the most successful internationally.
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Trump and net neutrality: How Republicans can make the rules go away
Republican FCC or Congress could get rid of Title II and net neutrality rules. By Jon Brodkin.
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Inside Quebec’s Great, Multi-Million-Dollar Maple-Syrup Heist
With the value of maple syrup at roughly $1,300 a barrel, it’s time everyone knew about FPAQ, the Canadian group that controls 72 percent of the world’s supply. By Rich Cohen.
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U.S. states sue Mylan, Teva, others for fixing drug prices
Twenty states filed a lawsuit Thursday against Mylan NV, Teva Pharmaceuticals and four other generic drug makers, saying they conspired on pricing of two common generic drugs, according to a copy of the complaint. By Diane Bartz and Sarah N. Lynch.
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A decade of murder and grief: Mexico's drug war turns ten
What has the decade-long frontal assault on cartels achieved? By Luis Gómez Romero.
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Drug Cartels Are Looting Mexican Gas Pipelines
The black market is booming. By Nasha Cattan and Eric Martin.
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Big Tobacco Has Caught Startup Fever
It’s not smoking. It’s platform-agnostic nicotine delivery solutions. By Felix Gillette, Jennifer Kaplan, and Sam Chambers.
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The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices
How pharmacy benefit managers morphed from processors to predators. By David Dayen.
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Montana Mines to Test Trump Team’s Appetite for China Deals
Even as President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China met for the first time to try to sort out their complex relationship, Trump’s administration is reviewing attempts by China to buy sensitive U.S. companies and in one case is actively trying to thwart a deal. By David McLaughlin.
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So You Read It in the Newspaper
Jeremy Corbyn may be hiding under your bed this very minute. By Ian Welsh.
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Koch Industries and Other Corporations Lobbied for Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Filings Show
While public-interest groups were complaining, corporate lobbyists stalked the halls of Congress to make sure Trump’s team was confirmed by the Senate. By Lee Fang, Nick Surgey.
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Let’s Remember Exxon’s Extremely Fucked Up Response to Its Catastrophic Oil Spill
After the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Exxon launched a ruthless crusade to intimidate and discredit government scientists. By Sarah Emerson.
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Cartel drug war makes Mexico more deadly than Iraq or Afghanistan
The drug war in Mexico was ranked 2016's second deadliest conflict in the world, with only the war in Syria being labelled worse, a new annual survey has revealed. This means Mexico experienced levels of violence far more extreme than that of Iraq, Yemen or Afghanistan. As the war against Isis in Iraq, the civil war in Syria, and the conflict between the forces of Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Houthi rebels made the headlines, violence in Mexico has gone relatively underreported.
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