India: Enron's Debacle at Dabhol - CorpWatch
WEBFeb 8, 2002 · In 1992, the Enron Corp. announced it would build a $3 billion natural-gas power plant in Dabhol in the western state of Maharashtra. The project was to be the poster child of economic liberalization in the country -- the single largest direct foreign investment in India's history. Instead, Enron in India has been an economic disaster and a ...
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WEBJul 15, 2011 · Published by CorpWatch | By Aimee Swaine | Monday, June 24, 2024. A proposed US$2.5 billion open-pit copper and iron mining complex, under development by Andes Iron, that would have threatened Humboldt penguins and other marine species, has been denied permission to proceed after a years-long legal battle fought by local communities and ...
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WEBJul 8, 2024 · Published by CorpWatch | By Esmé Graziani | Monday, July 15, 2024. Spills from Petroperú’s oil drilling have devastated the Marañón river in Peru for some 50 years. In order to tackle the pollution, a group of Kukama Indigenous women sued the government and Petroperú asserting that the river is a living entity with rights that should be ...
The Education Industry: The Corporate Takeover of Public Schools
WEBJul 8, 1998 · The "education industry," a term coined by EduVentures, an investment banking firm, is estimated to be worth between $630 and $680 billion in the United States. The stock value of 30 publicly traded educational companies is growing twice as fast as the Dow Jones Average. Brokerage firms like Lehman Brothers and …
Cheney, Halliburton and the Spoils of War | corpwatch
WEBApr 4, 2003 · Cheney, who served as CEO from 1995 to 2000, continues to receive as much as $1 million a year in deferred compensation as Halliburton executives enjoy a seat at the table during Administration discussions over how to handle post-war oil production in Iraq. The Cheney-Halliburton story is the classic military-industrial revolving door tale.
US: 10 Enron Players: Where They Landed After the Fall
WEBJan 29, 2006 · KENNETH L. LAY and his second in command, Jeffrey K. Skilling, were the public faces of Enron, painting a rosy picture of strong profits and healthy businesses. But as the facts began to tumble out, in the fall of 2001, the company swiftly collapsed, taking with it the fortunes and retirement savings of thousands of employees.
USA: Unocal Advisor Named Representative to Afghanistan
WEBThursday, January 3, 2002. President Bush has appointed a former aide to the American oil company Unocal, Afghan-born Zalmay Khalilzad, as special envoy to Afghanistan. The nomination was announced December 31, nine days after the US-backed interim government of Hamid Karzai took office in Kabul. The nomination underscores the real economic and ...
Bailing out Germany: The Story Behind the European Financial Crisis
WEBMay 28, 2012 · Bankia, Spain's fourth largest bank, asked the government for a â ¬19 billion ($24 billion) bail out on Friday night. Four Greek banks - Alpha Bank, Bank of Piraeus, Eurobank and National Bank of Greece - were together given â ¬18 billion ($23 billion) from their government last week also. The sudden economic crash in several southern European countries: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain ...
Gates Foundation Urged to Keep Philip Morris Out of Nutrition ...
WEBMay 9, 2002 · BOSTON -- In a letter sent to Bill and Melinda Gates today, the national corporate accountability organization Infact urged the couple to help end Philip Morris's involvement in the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Today, the Gates Foundation is announcing the launch of the new alliance, which includes Kraft Foods as well as UN agencies, to increase access to nutrient-fortified ...
U.S. Government Buys Surveillance Technology To Track
WEBMonday, February 9, 2015. Local government officials have the ability to track individual drivers in the U.S. in real time and take pictures of the occupants of their vehicles, with new "truly Orwellian" technology purchased from companies like Vigilant Solutions, according to new documents uncovered by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).