corporations

In Aberrence, a city founded by a group of abnormal, strange, and misbegotten people, a televised revolution is planned by corporate leadership, and when a troublemaker turns up dead, an investigator is brought in to uncover a corrupt scheme.

Study of sixty-four ethical resisters to corruption and of their spouses.

The future of democracy must evolve or die. The last time Information held an election, a global network outage, two counts of sabotage by major world governments, and a devastating earthquake almost shook micro-democracy apart. Five years later, it's time to vote again, and the system that has ensured global peace for 25 years is more vulnerable than ever. Unknown enemies are attacking Information's network infrastructure. Spies, former superpowers, and revolutionaries sharpen their knives in the shadows. And Information's best agents question whether the data monopoly they've served all their lives is worth saving, or whether it's time to burn the world down and start anew.

"John Blake and his mysterious ship are doomed to sail between centuries and when he meets a shipwrecked girl named Serena he promises to help get her back her time, but first they must stop the sinister and powerful Dahlberg Corporation"--OCLC.

Explains corporate bailouts, discussing the factors in business that result in government intervention, and examining bailouts that have occurred during the economic recession of the early twenty-first century, as well as others throughout history.

From stadiums and movie productions to casinos and mega-malls to convention centers and hotels, cities and states have paid out billions of dollars in tax breaks, subsidies, and grants to the world's corporate titans. They hope to boost their economies, create new and better jobs, and lure well-known events such as the Super Bowl?not to mention give their officials the chance to meet celebrities. That Big Entertainment drives bigger economies is a myth, however. Overwhelming evidence shows catering public policy to its promises results in a raw deal for the taxpaying public. In The Billionaire Boondoggle, Garofalo takes readers on a tour of publicly-subsidized corporate America to explain how that myth came to be, how much money America's elected officials throw away, and why courting Big Entertainment just courts disaster. You?ll learn how Maryland gave millions of dollars to Netflix to make House of Cards, and Nevada spent hundreds of millions on a new home for the NFL?s Raiders. New Mexico paid big money to host The Avengers, while city after city fell prey to the debt trap that is the Olympics. You?ll see how big sporting goods stores like Bass Pro Shops and big casinos across the country all get in on the subsidy scam. And you?ll see how many cities got in bed with hotel titans, including Donald J. Trump himself. This book is the go-to guide for the many ways in which American taxpayers unknowingly subsidize the TV shows they watch, the sports teams they root for and the hotels they sleep in, all based on an economic theory that only adds up for CEOs and bigwigs.

Explores the deceived emissions-testing mechanisms at Volkswagen, and the compounded fraud the company partook in by spending millions marketinging "clean diesel" to consumers only to have the lie exposed by researchers.

Twenty years after Information turned warring nation-states into a global micro-democracy, another election season brings high stakes, and everything's on the line. For Ken, it means a chance to impress the Policy1st party and get a steady big-league job. For Domaine, it's another step in his ongoing struggle against the pax democratica. And for Mishima, a dangerous Information operative, the whole situation is a puzzle begging to be solved. And because nobody's ready to play fair, a perfect storm is brewing that could bring the new world order to its knees.

When a halfhearted investigation labels a murder as a domestic dispute, Detective Doyle Carrick is on the case.