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- MCI Paralyzes US Reg Bureau
- The Register falls victim to MCI "random billing". By Andrew Orlowski. [Register] (May 22, 2002)
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- A Dangerous Business: The McWane Story
- Company philosophy, record, and the people killed in its plants. Includes company and government documents, and McWane's response. [PBS Frontline]
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- Conflict Of Interest In Vaccine Research, Licensing & Policymaking
- Michael Belkin alleges scientific fraud of recommending administration of vaccines that have not been tested properly for safety.
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- Merck recorded revenue it never collected
- Drugmaker recorded $14B in revenue since '99 that it never actually collected. (July 08, 2002)
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- Merrill Settles Charges
- "Brokerage firm to pay $100M, doesn't admit wrongdoing; Spitzer sees it as model for Wall Street." By Kim Khan. [CNN/Money] (May 21, 2002)
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- Merrill Hires Giuliani
- "Brokerage turns to popular former NYC mayor for talks with Spitzer over possible criminal charges." [CNN/Money] (April 25, 2002)
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- Calls by Merrill's Blodget Probed
- "New York State attorney's office reportedly investigates Blodget's stock calls." [CNN/Money] (December 10, 2001)
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- ICP Opposes MetLife's Application to Enter Banking
- Prior race-based insurance underwriting class action litigation, churning, rent increases that forced many tenants to move, are discussed as some of its reasons.
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- The Register: OS Expiration
- Expiring OSes? Check the Windows 'best before' dates. (October 02, 2001)
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- SecurityFocus: Microsoft Cookies jump Domains
- Privacy advocates laud Microsoft for Internet Explorer's new cookie-controls, while the company tries out a new scheme for tracking web surfers across domains. (September 14, 2000)
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- MSN Cookie Data Crosses Domains
- How Microsoft web sites like HotMail and MSNBC assign unique ID numbers in cookies, and shares that ID with other web tracking sites. (September 03, 2000)
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- Does Issuing Passports Make Microsoft a Country?
- Am I the only one who is terrified about Microsoft Passport? It seems to me like a fairly blatant attempt to build the world's largest, richest consumer database, and then make fabulous profits mining it. (July 26, 2000)
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- Fox TV Fires Its Reporters
- Monsanto allegedly intimidated television producers whose investigative journalists had uncovered problems that would have embarrassed this giant Agri-chemical firm.
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- Scientific Abuse and Possible Scientific Fraud in Monsanto Research
- Details of abuse in Monsanto's methanol and formladehyde research related to aspartame (NutraSweet).
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- Monsanto's Harvest of Fear
- Feature article on the company's hardball legal tactics against farmers and co-ops, and Monsanto's attempt to disown responsibility for production of toxic chemicals. [Vanity Fair] (May 01, 2008)
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- Monsanto's Greatest Hits
- A chronology of company pursuits over the past 100 years, from Saccharin to "Terminator" seeds. [Metroactive] (May 11, 2000)
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- GM Spin Doctor, Heal Thyself
- How the genetic modifications debate in the UK has been manipulated by lobbyists, public relations and advertising. Reports that the chair of the Commons Agriculture Select Committee is on the payroll of a Monsanto lobbyist. [FlyingFish] (August 01, 1999)
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- MM: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
- Monsanto is ranked #5 for introducing rBGH. "Monsanto, the company that brought you Agent Orange, has invested over $500 million in rBGH, and it made sure earlier this year that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it over forceful objections from the scientific community." (December 01, 1994)