KBR Questioned on Labor Abuses in Iraq |
Posted by Pratap Chatterjee on May 7th, 2008Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), the former subsidiary of Halliburton , announced today that it was buying Alabama-based BE&K for $500 million. For David Nash...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:53:00 PST |
Booming Chinese Demand Has Ripples Down Under In Queensland |
by Patrick O'Keeffe, Special to CorpWatchApril 16th, 2008"You could open up the book on any tropical bird and you'll find it here," says Tub Wilson, as he looks around the creek on his former property...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:41:00 PST |
The Beltway Bandit Behind the Passport Scandal |
Posted by Philip Mattera on March 28th, 2008My hunch from last night was correct: Stanley Inc. (also known by the name of its subsidiary Stanley Associates) is one of the employers of contract workers...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:12:00 PST |
Bye, American |
Posted by Mark Floegel on March 19thYou might have heard the story about General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. At a recent closed-door meeting with reporters, the 76-year-old, who’s in charge o...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:11:00 PST |
Making Company Data Truly Public |
Posted by Ian Elwood on March 12th, 2008For anyone who has private photos on MySpace there is a good chance that their intimate moments are now being laughed at by pimple-faced teenage boys around the...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:09:00 PST |
Spitzer versus Schwarzman |
Posted by Pratap Chatterjee on March 12th, 2008The news this week is deeply ironic: the main building of the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street will be engraved with the name of S...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:07:00 PST |
The Times Falls for Wal-Marts "Authenticity" |
Posted by Phil Mattera on March 6th, 2008Dirt Diggers DigestThe New York Times gave a boost today to Wal-Mart’s effort to raise its coolness quotient. Its account of a new blog that the giant re...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:06:00 PST |
Playing with Children’s Lives: Big Tobacco in Malawi |
by Pilirani Semu-Banda, Special to CorpWatchFebruary 25th, 2008Sickly and malnourished, Kirana Kapito began his working life on a large commercial tobacco estate in Malawi's northern region. The farms...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:19:00 PST |
McDonald’s gets F grade in Florida |
Posted by Pratap Chatterjee on January 18th, 2008Fast food giant McDonald's was just forced to withdraw a controversial program to sponsor report cards in Seminole County, central Florida, in exchange...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:54:00 PST |
Stop the Walled Garden! |
Posted by Ian Elwood on January 15th, 2008Many of today's new dot-com corporations, like Facebook and LinkedIn, make money by building "walled gardens" and programs that condÂuct "data mining" to take...
Posted by CorpWatch on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:30:00 PST |
