Douglas MacMillan
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Eyes on the poor: Cameras, facial recognition watch over public housing
Surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents, sometimes for minor rule violations, a Washington Post investigation found. → Read More
Uber promised South Africans better lives but knew drivers risked debt and danger
Uber enticed drivers in South Africa with lucrative subsidies, then undermined them, according to the Uber Files leak and interviews with current and former employees. → Read More
Uber leveraged violent attacks against its drivers to pressure politicians
In Uber’s push for global expansion, the ride-hailing company saw clashes with taxi cab workers as a way to win public sympathy, Uber Files documents show. → Read More
The dangerous business of dismantling America’s aging nuclear plants
Accidents at New Jersey’s Oyster Creek power plant have spurred calls for stricter oversight of the burgeoning nuclear decommissioning industry. → Read More
Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ takeover part of new corporate activism wave
Shareholder activists are forcing change at companies regarding social and environmental issues, a change from the tactics of corporate raiders who focus on finances. → Read More
How to decipher corporate claims about climate and avoid greenwashing
Companies are eager to tout their environmental progress on Earth Day. Here are five tips for investigating whether their claims tell the full story. → Read More
Congress urges DOJ, Treasury to examine drug companies aiming to turn opioid settlements into tax breaks
With billion-dollar deductions, House members say, businesses may be trying to "shift the financial burden of the damage they have caused to American taxpayers." → Read More
Elizabeth Warren asks SEC to investigate compensation at fossil fuel giants
Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on the SEC, the country’s top securities regulator, to examine the pay practices of large energy companies. → Read More
Fossil fuel CEOs earn annual cash bonuses for environmental ‘excellence’
Marathon Petroleum’s former CEO got a $272,000 bonus for surpassing environmental goals the same year the company spilled 1,400 barrels of oil in an Indiana creek. → Read More
Drug distributor McKesson docked CEO’s pay over the opioid crisis. He still made $15 million.
The drug distributor’s board said it planned to dock Brian Tyler’s pay by $2.9 million after activist investors demanded opioid settlement costs be reflected in CEO pay appraisals. → Read More
Under Armour founder sold $138 million in stock during time period company allegedly misled investors about slowing sales
The SEC says the company made misleading claims to investors from October 2015 through January 2017. Plank carried out scheduled stock sales in November 2015 and April 2016, according to regulatory filings. → Read More
Congress questions drug companies on opioid settlement tax deductions
House members expressed concern about the companies potentially misusing a tax provision Congress included in last year’s Cares Act bailout package to help companies struggling during the pandemic. → Read More
The $14 million CEO: Drug distributor boosts executive’s pay despite historic opioid settlement
The substantial payout was only possible because AmerisourceBergen relied on a controversial accounting method: excluding legal settlement costs from its year-end CEO evaluation. → Read More
United Airlines to ground some Boeing 777 planes amid FAA investigation of Saturday’s Denver engine failure incident
Engine failure led to an emergency landing of a Boeing 777-200 aircraft in Denver, authorities said. Federal regulators are now investigating. → Read More
Three theories GameStop witnesses hope to dispel
Here are some of the theories House hearing witnesses hope to debunk when they take the stage: → Read More
Investors allege Boeing board of directors misled public about company’s safety oversight after crashes
The complaint, made public by a Delaware judge earlier this month, quotes internal company emails and board meeting records to allege Boeing directors repeatedly moved in lockstep with the company’s management instead of challenging it on safety. → Read More
Drug companies seek billion-dollar tax deductions from opioid settlement
Four companies that agreed to pay a combined $26 billion to settle claims about their roles in the opioid crisis plan to deduct some of those costs from their taxes and recoup around $1 billion apiece. → Read More
Canada’s largest pension fund bought SolarWinds stake days before hacking disclosure, stock plunge
Legal experts say the Canada pension board's transaction is likely to be scrutinized by U.S. securities regulators, who will try to determine whether the investors withheld information about the possibility of a hack before unloading their stakes in SolarWinds. → Read More
The U.S. coronavirus bailout spent trillions solving the wrong problem
“For any other recession, this may have been a very good response. But because of this virus, it was doomed to fail.” The U.S. government spent nearly $4 trillion on a coronavirus recession without considering the deadly pandemic. → Read More
Small investors have pushed big companies toward social change. A new SEC rule will limit their influence.
Shareholder proposals from small investors are credited with pushing big companies to improve their record over the past decade on social issues such as climate change, social justice and human rights. → Read More