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- When Did Companies Become People? Excavating the Legal Evolution (2014) https://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-become-people-excavating-the-legal-evolution 7 comments
- L.L. Bean Becomes Latest Company To Ban Gun Sales To People Under 21 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ll-bean-gun-purchases-21_us_5a9912a2e4b0479c02513486 29 comments politics
- When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal Evolution http://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-become-people-excavating-the-legal-evolution 16 comments politics
- About 36 percent of people who have joined Twitter say they do not use it, a percentage that could become significant as the company marches toward its IPO http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/20/net-us-twitter-users-idusbre99j03920131020 93 comments business
- Why Norway is becoming the world’s richest country - How Norway stopped private companies from ruling its country and used its natural resources to invest in its people - (2023) [44:29] https://youtu.be/RO8vWJfmY88?si=hdCR__baxpbq6XZr 448 comments documentaries
- The Great Resignation Is Growing Worldwide: 1 in 5 People Are Ready to Resign in the Next 12 Months. Starting in America, the phenomenon is becoming global. Companies will have to adapt. https://thepowerofknowledge.xyz/the-great-resignation-is-growing-worldwide-1-in-5-people-are-ready-to-resign-in-the-next-12-months-9d87cdc76e98 177 comments economy
- Flipkart, Reliance, Tata, Airtel, Indian Companies are all about becoming massive, making people dependent, and providing the absolute worst customer service possible https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/9lubvi/flipkart_reliance_tata_airtel_indian_companies/ 8 comments india
- Wyoming becomes the first state to allow for the establishment of decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). This led to the American CryptoFed to become the first DAO in the state, which plans to allow people to use the company's cryptocurrency, Ducats, instead of US dollars to purchase products. https://k2radio.com/cryptocurrency-is-coming-to-wyoming/ 21 comments cryptocurrency
- Plantagon — Feeding the world with vertical farming technology: As global populations increase and resources become scarce, Plantagon, a Swedish food-tech company, is proposing the idea of “plantscrapers.” This creative solution could allow office buildings to feed thousands of people every year. http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/plantagon-feeding-the-world-with-vertical-farming-technology/article/508590 8 comments technology
- Kudos to Lavabit owner and operator Ladar Levison for shutting down the company rather than become complicit in crimes against the American people https://lavabit.com 108 comments technology
- HSBC Warns Clients of Fossil Fuel Investment Risks. Analysts warn of the growing likelihood that fossil fuel companies may become “economically non-viable”, as people move away from carbon energy and fossil fuels are left in the ground. http://www.newsweek.com/hsbc-warns-clients-fossil-fuel-investment-risks-323886 103 comments worldnews
- Rome Is Looking for People to Adopt Famous, Falling-Apart Sites - The problem has become so bad that this week city officials launches its "100 proposals for patrons" campaign, asking individuals & companies to pony up cash to preserve some of its most memorable ancient sites. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rome-looking-people-adopt-famous-falling-apart-sites-180959236/ 4 comments worldnews
- All critical personal data on people in India should be processed within the country, a government panel said on Friday. The recommendation comes at a time when data breaches are becoming common globally and there is heightened scrutiny by governments on how companies handle user data. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-data/panel-proposes-india-only-policy-for-critical-data-iduskbn1kh1e0 4 comments worldnews
- Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented Electric Scooters | But the city is adding bike lanes, and scooter companies are shifting their focus to electric bikes. E-scooters killed three people and wounded 459 others in Paris last year. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/world/europe/paris-escooter-ban.html 15 comments bicycling
- Austrian jewellery company Swarovski apologised today for “hurting the feelings” of Chinese people after calling Hong Kong a separate country on its website, becoming the latest luxury brand to come under fire in China. https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2019/08/13/swarovski-latest-luxury-brand-to-apologise-to-china/1780312 6 comments worldnews
- Work for No Pay? How White Collar Companies Exploit Desperate Young People's Labor -- and Perpetuate Our Class Divide: Internship culture has become a source of class division, favoring the privileged, excluding others from opportunities granted to their better-off peers. http://www.alternet.org/world/152653/work_for_no_pay_how_white_collar_companies_exploit_desperate_young_people%27s_labor_--_and_perpetuate_our_class_divide/?page=entire 26 comments politics