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*HOW CORPORATIONS ARE THE BIGGEST TAX DODGERS
progressive.org | author | 03/17/14

The term "corporate social responsibility" is fast becoming an oxymoron. A new report on how little big companies pay in taxes is further proof. "A comprehensive, five-year study of 288 profitable Fortune 500 companies finds that twenty-six paid no federal corporate income tax over the five-year period; 111 paid no federal corporate income tax in at least one of the last five years, and one-third paid a U.S. tax rate less than 10 percent over the same period," says a recent study by Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based group. Among the companies that paid not a single penny over five years, despite making huge profits, are household names such as Boeing, General Electric, Priceline.com, and Verizon. ... Read more
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Feinstein accuses CIA of spying on Senate panel as dispute escalates
mcclatchy |Ken Dilanian | 03/13/14

Feinstein also sharply criticized the CIA's acting general counsel, Robert Eatinger, who she said had alleged to the Justice Department that Senate staffers may have committed a crime.

Without naming Eatinger, she said the acting general counsel had been a lawyer in the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, which managed and carried out the interrogation program from mid-2004 until it officially ended in January 2009.

"He is mentioned by name more than 1,600 times in our study," Feinstein said.

"And now this individual is sending a crimes report to the Department of Justice on the actions of congressional staff - the same congressional staff who researched and drafted a report that details how CIA officers - including the acting general counsel himself - provided inaccurate information to the Department of Justice about the program." ... Read more

9 Facts About Factory Farming That Will Break Your Heart
HP | author | 03/17/14

On the surface, a package of small-farm, grass-fed beef may look entirely identical to a packet of generically-raised beef. Both are wrapped with cellophane and snugly stacked in the open meat fridge, labeled with the price, cut and weight of the meat. But these packages likely have drastically different backstories. Ninety-nine percent of the meat in the US comes from factory farms, a large-scale production that is more akin to a cracker factory than the rolling, green livestock farms you see in the movies.

Factory farms dominate the meat industry, thanks to a focus on efficiency and profits above all else. Although many individual farmers follow humane practices, these large-scale operations not only cause severe distress for the animals that live there, but create a product that is riddled with chemicals, antibiotics, and yes, sometimes disease. ... Read more
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GM Recalls Another 1.5 Million Cars; Halts Sales Until "Solution" Completed
ZeroHedge | author |03/17/14

General Motors is in trouble. On the heels of a 1.3 million car recall over fault ignition switches (that allegedly caused 12 deaths and could have been fixed with a $1 part), the bailed-out car maker has announced it will take a $300 million charge in Q1 to cover costs associated with this and 3 new recalls covering an additional 1.5 million cars. As Reuters reports, unsold vehicles will be placed on a stop-delivery until development of a solution has been completed. Why is this such a problem? Because GM's channel-stuffed dealer inventory is already at all-time record highs as the entire industry projected the sales to continue ad infinitum and inventory-to-sales surged to near-record highs. ... Read more