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Sep 19 2019
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Revealed: how US senators invest in the firms they're supposed to regulate
Analysis of financial disclosure data shows 51 senators and their spouses have as much as $96m invested in corporate stocks
As they set national policy on important issues such as climate change, tech monopolies, medical debt and income inequality, US senators have glaring conflicts of interest, an investigation by news website Sludge and the Guardian can reveal.
An analysis of
The GuardianOct 29 2022
Headline Roundup
Oil Companies Report Record Profits, Biden Urges Them to Lower Prices
A number of oil companies released earnings reports this past week, revealing large profits in the wake of high gasoline prices. ExxonMobil, the largest oil company in America, recorded a record profit for the second straight quarter with $19.7 billion net income and $112.07 billion quarterly revenue. The earnings reports have drawn scorn from President Biden, who criticized oil companies for
Fox Business CNN Business The HillApr 06 2022
Perspectives Blog
Soaring Crude Prices Make the Cost of Pretty Much Everything Else Go Up Too Because we Almost Literally Eat Oil
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Veronika Dolar, an Assistant Professor of Economics at SUNY Old Westbury. The writer's bias has not been rated.
The price of oil has been spiking in recent weeks in response to concerns that the war in Ukraine will significantly reduce supply. But what
"The Conversation" ContributorNov 01 2022
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Job Openings Rise as Fed Meets to Determine Next Interest Rate Hike
U.S. job openings rose to 10.7 million by the end of September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. In that month, new hires edged down to 6.1 million, quits held steady at 4.1 million, and layoffs and discharges decreased to 1.3 million.
For Context: Recent polling suggests voters see inflation and the economy as top issues in the 2022 midterm elections. The new jobs
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EU, US oil giants take diverging paths on climate
When BP recently unveiled a strategic makeover for an era of rising alarm over climate change, environmentalists were on guard for greenwashing by a global oil titan.
But BP’s announcement that it would increase its renewable energy assets tenfold – and slash oil and gas output by up to 40% over a decade – gave even its sternest critics reason to cheer. Greenpeace, which in February
Christian Science MonitorMar 15 2018
Perspectives Blog
Rex Tillerson Fired as Secretary of State
President Trump ousted Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, announcing that CIA director Mike Pompeo would be his replacement. Some speculate that he was fired over disagreements related to Russia, while others posit that Trump wanted someone who would take harsher stances on Iran and North Korea. Other news from AllSides: Check out the newest article from Living Room Conversations: John Gable, AllSides Co-founderDec 15 2016
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