The Sackler dynasty’s ruthless marketing of painkillers has generated billions of dollars—and millions of addicts.
An addiction specialist said that the Sacklers’ firm, Purdue Pharma, bears the “lion’s share” of the blame for the opioid crisis.
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VW boss attacks Tesla for “barely selling 80,000 cars a year”
October 20th, 2017 | Source: arstechnica.com
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Investing early in a virtual data room can deliver real deal value
July 29th, 2017 | Source: Gabriel Tedde Cabot
Hat tip to guest blogger: Gabriel Tedde Cabot
Document and project management services that offer a variety of options for business owners, lawyers, and others that may need to store and share documents when starting a new business. Cloud based portals that offer businesses the opportunity to open their own, private virtual deal room so that they can complete Mergers and Acquisition, due diligence, or any other task that involves safely and securely storing and retrieving data on the Internet.
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Wikileaks 'reveals CIA hacking tools'
March 7th, 2017 | Source: BBC.com
Wikileaks has published details of what it says are wide-ranging hacking tools used by the CIA.
The alleged cyber-weapons are said to include malware that targets Windows, Android, iOS, OSX and Linux computers as well as internet routers.
Some of the software is reported to have been developed in-house, but the UK's MI5 agency is said to have helped build a spyware attack for Samsung TVs.
A spokesman for the CIA would not confirm the details.
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A cool welcome for Vancouver Trump Tower's grand opening
February 28th, 2017 | Source: BBC.com
Vancouver's Trump International Hotel and Tower will be one of the first Trump-branded properties to open since the US president's inauguration.
Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump will attend the grand opening of the hotel.
Two separate protest rallies are planned for the event.
The hotel and condominium tower developer has been under pressure for months to drop the Trump name from the project.
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Twenty-Four Numbers That Explain America’s Private Prison Problem
February 24th, 2017 | Source: PS Magazine
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When a Study Cast Doubt on a Heart Pill, the Drug Company Turned to Tom Price
January 30th, 2017 | Source: PS Magazine
After hearing from a company whose CEO was a campaign contributor, a congressional aide to Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services nominee repeatedly pushed a federal agency to remove a critical study from its website.
Retooled VOA set to be Trump-run US state media network
January 27th, 2017 | Source: msnbc.com
Rachel Maddow reports on how a restructuring of the Voice Of American broadcast network means that Donald Trump has the unique opportunity to staff a state-run media operation broadcasting inside the United States.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/retooled-voa-set-to-be-trump-ru...
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Robert Reich explains how the GOP is playing Trump until they can dump him
January 23rd, 2017 | Source: Raw Story
Writing on Facebook, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich relayed a conversation with a former GOP member of Congress who claims current members of the House are playing along with President Donald Trump for now but will dump him at the first possible moment.
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CBO Predicts 18 Million Uninsured In First Year After Obamacare Repeal And Delay
January 17th, 2017 | Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obamacare-repe...
And that’s just the short-term effects.
The Congressional Budget Office just issued a report on the likely effects of a Republican effort to repeal Obamacare immediately but keep some elements of the coverage expansion in place for two years.
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