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Headlines : Corporations

Summary:

Congratulations to:

ExxonMobil which avoids paying spill clean-ups, denies climate change, earns record profits and continues to receive tax breaks and royalty relief.

Halliburton which is under investigation for so many crooked activities, it has decided to not only distance itself from FORMER subsidiary KBR but after collecting billions from American taxpayers, it is moving out of America.

Wal-Mart which collects plenty of subsidies, rakes in huge profits yet keeps most staff on the poverty line; while it works very hard to avoid providing health care. (Let’s not even talk about sweat shops).

But don’t forget all those who were runner-ups: Kimberly-Clark, Coke, Ford, Merck and Nestle.

[Posted By antiguanoctane]

By Corporate Accountability International
Republished from EarthTimes.org

Corporate Accountability International: ExxonMobil, Halliburton, Wal-Mart Inducted Into Corporate 'Hall of Shame'

Corporate Accountability International today announced that ExxonMobil, Halliburton and Wal-Mart are the three newly elected inductees to its Corporate Hall of Shame. The membership organization, which wages winning campaigns against irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions, opened online voting in May with five other potential inductees: Coke, Ford, Kimberly-Clark, Merck and Nestle. Corporations were nominated for a variety of factors, including documented abuses that harm people and the environment, political influence and interference, and public deception.

ExxonMobil
Even though ExxonMobil is the most profitable corporation in the world, the oil giant is still using its legal clout to avoid paying $4.5 billion in punitive damages from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. At the same time, ExxonMobil is spending millions to delay action on global warming…

Halliburton
At Halliburton, war profiteering is big business. Since the Iraq war began, Halliburton has been awarded more than $20 billion in government contracts. Now Congress is investigating $2.7 billion in waste and overcharging by Halliburton…

Wal-Mart
The world’s largest retailer generates nearly a billion dollars per day in sales.
Most of the retail giant’s workers have an annual income close to the poverty line. Fewer than half are covered by the corporation’s health plan…

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Posted by antiguanoctane
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Hall of Shame Inductees: ExxonMobil, Halliburton & Walmart

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