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Amazon creates billion-dollar tax shield
An examination of accounts filed by 25 Amazon units in six countries show how the company has avoided paying more tax in the United States, where it’s based, according to a report from Reuters. Reuters writes that Amazon, in effect, used inter-company payments to form a tax shield behind which it has accumulated $2 billion. Last…
Read MoreArmored car industry leaves workers unprotected
A lack of industry regulation, jurisdictional confusion at the federal level and trucks in bad conditions leave armored car drivers unprotected, The Texas Observer reports. The Bureau of Labor statistics reports an average of four deaths in the armored car industry per year, but experts say they have yet to see a figure on fatalities…
Read MoreLittle being done to protect garment workers in poorer countries
In the first of two articles by The New York Times is has been revealed that there have been “failures to protect garment workers in poor countries“, such as Bangladesh, “who make much of the world’s clothing” including brands for Walmart.
Read MoreInvestigation leads to ship’s repair
“It’s rare for the U.S. Navy to acknowledge the veracity of negative reporting about one of its major programs — especially after denying the earlier investigative reports. But the Navy did just that as detailed in a recent report by Aviation Week — indeed the service brass gave the reporter unparalleled access to one of…
Read MoreDCS withholds files on child deaths
According to an investigation by the The Tennessean, “The Department of Children’s Services continues to withhold details about the children’s lives and deaths and what steps the state’s $650 million child protection agency took — or did not take — to protect them.”
Read MoreFor-profit education under fire
According to an investigation by The Orange County Register, “For-profit colleges have been on the hot seat lately for collecting billions in revenue from federal student loans while too often leaving students saddled with debt and ill-equipped to get jobs. Half the students enrolled at the largest for-profit schools leave without a diploma within four…
Read MoreNevin Shapiro’s two roles: Miami Hurricanes sugar daddy, pseudo agent
According to a Miami Herald investigation, “As judgment day nears for UM, Nevin Shapiro’s dual roles — illicit benefactor and pseudo sports agent — are coming into focus.”
Read MoreFracking our food supply
An investigation by the FERN found that, “In Pennsylvania, the oil and gas industry is already on a tear—drilling thousands of feet into ancient seabeds, then repeatedly fracturing (or “fracking”) these wells with millions of gallons of highly pressurized, chemically laced water, which shatters the surrounding shale and releases fossil fuels. New York, meanwhile, is…
Read MoreSea Trial Leaves Shell’s Arctic Oil-Spill Gear “Crushed Like A Beer Can”
Shell Oil and federal regulators have been tight-lipped about a failed test of the energy giant’s Arctic oil-spill equipment in Washington state. But a freedom-of-information request by KUOW reveals what happened beneath the surface of Puget Sound.
Read MoreFake medical providers slip through Medicare loophole
According to an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “For years, officials at the agency that administers Medicare have known that fraudsters sign up as health care providers using UPS Store mailboxes and other post office box like addresses as their location. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it lacks the technology to…
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