by Lucy Komisar, Special to CorpWatch
April 4th, 2005
A new breed of leadership is working to make Buenos Aires, Argentina, a local, transparent economy and a model for the rest of the world.
| Bringing Business Back Ashore by Lucy Komisar, Special to CorpWatch April 4th, 2005 A new breed of leadership is working to make Buenos Aires, Argentina, a local, transparent economy and a model for the rest of the world. |
 | Media Money by Sakura Saunders and Ben Clarke, Special to CorpWatch August 25th, 2004 Media corporations give millions, receive billions. The cost for two weeks of ad-driven debate on Kerry's military record cost almost $1 million. Political advertising will bring over $1.5 billion to media corporations this election season. In turn they will invest millions in campaign contributions and lobbying. Meanwhile, substantive political coverage continues to decline. |
 | Corporations Fight to Avoid Accountability by Stephen R. Miller , Special to CorpWatch July 7th, 2004 Two years after Congress enacted the sweeping corporate-accountability act known as "SOX," corporate officials are hoping their complaints will take the teeth out of the legislation's power to regulate. |
| From Embassy Hero to Racing Disgrace by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch June 9th, 2004 In order to restore the reputation of the venerable British institution, in March 2002, Phipps launched dawn raids on five National Hunt trainers--including nine-time champion Martin Pipe--to investigate whether the trainers were illegally plying the horses with the blood-boosting drug erythropoieitin. |
 | Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch June 9th, 2004 A new Iraq contract to create the world's largest private army goes to a company run by Tim Spicer, a former officer with an elite regiment of British commandos who has a questionable track record. |
| Titan's Translators in Trouble by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch May 7th, 2004 Titan corporation of San Diego, California, one of the two companies accused of complicity in the prison abuse scandal in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, is currently facing numerous federal investigations for work done in Iraq and around the world. |
 | World Bank Knew About Enron's Payoffs in Guatemala by Jim Vallette, Special to CorpWatch August 1st, 2003 A U.S. Senate Committee report found that the World Bank and U.S. taxpayer-backed institutions financed "questionable payments" by Enron for a Guatemalan power project. |
 | Unity Platform on Corporate Accountability US Based Global Justice Groups October 29th, 2002 Some 200 US-Based social and environmental justice groups call for corporate accountability. Among their ten point demands: campaign finance reform and an end to corporate welfare. |
 | Iraq and the Axis of Oil by Maria Elena Martinez and Joshua Karliner, CorpWatch October 23rd, 2002 In this CorpWatch Opinion, we look at the connection between the looming war in Iraq, corporate crime in America and control of the world's oil supply. |
 | Will Congress Investigate US Agencies' Enron Ties? by Jim Vallette, Special to CorpWatch August 1st, 2002 The Senate is investigating the role of private investment banks in the Enron scandal. Could public institutions, like the World Bank and the Export-Import Bank be next? |
 | Bush: Corporate Confidence Man by Charlie Cray and Lee Drutman, Special to CorpWatch July 10th, 2002 Bush's Corporate Responsibility plan is pretty anemic -- not what you'd expect from a president desperate to keep the current crisis from becoming a major political liability. |
 | George and Dick's Amazing Corporate Misadventures by Stephen Pizzo, Special to CorpWatch July 10th, 2002 Has the avalanche of corporate revelations left your head spinning? Investigative journalist Stephen Pizzo offers a cheat sheet to scandals plaguing the White House. |
 | Enron's Pipe Scheme by Jimmy Langman, Special to CorpWatch May 9th, 2002 Enron's Cuiaba gas pipeline project, built with US government support, is an ecological and social disaster. Jimmy Langman reports from Bolivia. |
 | Enron's Empire by Daphne Wysham and Jim Vallette, Special to CorpWatch April 11th, 2002 U.S. taxpayers' money, $7 billion worth, laid the foundation for Enron's global operations. Wysham and Vallette expose the company's dirty deals that brought turmoil to communities the world over. |
 | Williams Companies: Enron II by Wayne Madsen, Special to CorpWatch February 14th, 2002 Top executives say Williams Companies faces huge losses due to deals with Enron. But a lawsuit says they were covering up the company's own Enron-like activities. |
 | Enron: Pulling the Plug on the Global Power Broker by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch December 13th, 2001 How could one of the most wealthy and powerful corporations in the world go bust overnight? It turns out that the 7th largest US business was mostly smoke and mirrors. |
 | ENRON: Washington's Number One Behind-the-Scenes GATS Negotiator by Tony Clarke, Special to CorpWatch October 25th, 2001 Tony Clarke, looks at how Enron, the largest service provider in the world, uses its clout to shape WTO talks on cross-border trade in services. |
| Enron in India: The Dabhol Disaster by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch July 20th, 2000 Just before dawn on June 3, 1997, police officers forcibly entered the homes of several women in Veldur, a fishing village in western India, dragging them into waiting police vans and beating them with sticks. |
| George W. Bush Gets Layed by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch July 20th, 2000 This investigative report the uncovers close ties between the GOP candidate and Enron Corportations CEO. |
| AUSTRALIA: Billionaire Pratt Faces Price-Fixing Charge
by Chris Noon, Forbes |