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Companies failed to create jobs after receiving tax-payer funded grants

"A three-month investigation by The Tampa Tribune shows at least four in every 10 companies that receive grants from the state's jobs incentive fund have failed to meet their obligations […]
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Gas company giants plotted to suppress land prices

"A Reuters investigation has found that under the direction of CEO Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake Energy Corp. plotted with its top competitor to suppress land prices in one of America's most […]
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Flame retardants and the big business behind them

A Chicago Tribune investigation has found that the flame retardants that are packed into couches, chairs and many other products are not working as promised. Furthermore, two powerful industries--Big Tobacco […]
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Credit-reporting agencies fail to correct mistakes

"Mistakes on credit reports can inflict widespread damage. And because there are insufficient rules on how credit-reporting agencies must correct them, Americans are left virtually powerless to erase the mistakes." […]
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Former UTSW Medical Center president used taxpayer money on lavish lifestyle

"Reese Dunklin and Sue Goetinck Ambrose of The Dallas Morning News document how former UT Southwestern Medical Center president Kern Wildenthal used public money to build wine cellars, pay for his […]
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Wal-Mart de Mexico bribery case silenced by top executives

A New York Times investigation into Wal-Mart has revealed that top Wal-Mart executives may be focusing more on damage control when they should be rooting out wrongdoing. "In 2005, after […]
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CEO took $1.1 billion in personal loans from company

"Reuters Enterprise team published, “Special Report: Chesapeake CEO took $1.1 billion in shrouded personal loans,” an investigation into how previously undisclosed loans to Chesapeake Energy Corp’s co-founder Aubrey McClendon could […]
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Amazon's role in Seattle charities

The Seattle Times takes a look, in a four-part series, at how Amazon.com, "one of the Internet's most-recognized name brands" compares to other big companies in the Seattle area when […]
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Ohio businesses abusing disabled vet funds

"A Dayton Daily News examination has found that federal agencies have awarded tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded contracts to businesses operating in Ohio that claimed to be owned […]
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"Fracking" draws little oversight in California

Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Time, reports that "energy companies across California are injecting a mysterious mix of chemicals into the ground to tap oil deposits while frustrating attempts to […]
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