Archive for the 'Fraud' Category
European Bond Cartel
February 1st, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Eight banks are being targeted in a European Union probe that alleges traders colluded to acquire and trade euro government bonds, a month after the EU regulators implicated lenders in a separate bond-trading case. The European Commission didn’t identify the banks being investigated for “a collusive scheme that aimed at distorting competition” for […]
Google Manipulates Users Into Constant Tracking
February 1st, 2019Via: Forbrukerrådet: Google tracks users through “Location History” and “Web & App Activity”, which are settings integrated into all Google accounts. For users of mobile phones with Android, such as Samsung and Huawei phones, this tracking is particularly difficult to avoid. – Google is processing incredibly detailed and extensive personal data without proper legal grounds, […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Obama Spoke at Boeing Retreat After Firm Gave Millions to Library Fund
January 28th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Boeing Co. lined up a surprise motivational speaker for an executive retreat in Arizona this month: former U.S. President Barack Obama. He was the second former U.S. president in two years to offer up leadership tips to managers gathered for Boeing’s annual desert planning session. George W. Bush addressed the group last year, […]
Army’s Long-Awaited Iraq War Study Finds Iran Was the Only Winner
January 27th, 2019The arms industry and the mercs did ok, too. Via: ArmyTimes: A two-volume Army study of the Iraq war is a deep examination of the mistakes and success of the war effort that also takes aim at critics who would slough off the conflict as they shift to near-peer threats. The study, commissioned by former […]
‘Scientists Are Working On a Pill for Loneliness’
January 26th, 2019Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: Modern life has led to greater isolation, which can fuel an array of disorders. If there are medications for social pains like depression and anxiety, why not loneliness?
EU Adds Saudi Arabia to Draft Terrorism Financing List
January 25th, 2019Via: Reuters: The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, two sources told Reuters on Friday.
Prescription Eyewear Scam
January 22nd, 2019Via: Los Angeles Times: Prescription eyewear represents perhaps the single biggest mass-market consumer ripoff to be found.
Pope Francis Unveils New ‘Click to Pray’ App
January 22nd, 2019Via: New York Post: The Holy Father launched an app called “Click to Pray” on Sunday that’ll allow the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics to join him in prayer. The pontiff has a profile on the Android and iOS app that shows Catholics around the globe what he’s currently praying for. Users can then click […]
Drug Maker Payments to Doctors Are Linked to Higher Opioid Overdose Deaths
January 19th, 2019Via: Stat: As efforts intensify to blunt the ongoing opioid crisis, a new study finds that increased marketing of the addictive painkillers to physicians was associated with more prescribing and, subsequently, more deaths from overdose. Interestingly, industry influence over physicians was greater based on the number of interactions, not the amount of money paid for […]
Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
January 18th, 2019From 2016. Via: NPR: In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat, according to a newly published article in JAMA Internal Medicine. The article draws on internal documents to show that an industry group called the Sugar Research Foundation wanted to “refute” concerns […]
