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Japan’s multinationals take the win from weak yen
Business trends Toyota, Sony, Muji among those upgrading full-year profit forecasts The median yen-expectations figure among Topix constituent companies is close to 154 to the dollar this month, up from 150 at the end of May, indicating a weakening outlook for the cu…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Japanese #Japanesenews #Japans #multinationals #news #take #weak #win #yen
https://www.alojapan.com/1522295/japans-multinationals-take-the-win-from-weak-yen/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1522295/japans-multinationals-take-the-win-from-weak-yen/ Japan’s multinationals take the win from weak yen #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #Japans #multinationals #news #take #weak #win #yen Business trends Toyota, Sony, Muji among those upgrading full-year profit forecasts The median yen-expectations figure among Topix constituent companies is close to 154 to the dollar this month, up from 150 at the end of May, indicating a weakening outlook for the currency from Japanese corporat
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#Sourcecode is written by humans, for humans. High level #programming languages aren't used because they're the natural languages of the machines, they're simply the preferred form of humans to interact with them and with other programmers. So, when we talk about #AI code, what we're really talking about is about making source code, as we know it, irrelevant. Once humans largely get out of the picture, source code is no longer the original blueprint, the beating heart of a program... just an intermediate step in machine code generation. Like bytecode.
From this perspective, the #freesoftware and #opensource movements are greatly weakened by AI. They were started from very different assumptions of what the source code is good for, and in the AI era, they're starting to lose this original purpose and utility. Having source code that is open, and freely shareable between people, makes no longer as much sense when all we got over there is just #agentic output, coming out from fully propietary systems no less, and in which the LLM prompt was the actual blueprint of the program instead of the formal programming language that was generated by it.
Not only there's little to learn, little wisdom and value derived from humans reading code being generated by this process. But the #GPL, #MIT, #BSD or #Apache licenses used to distribute it become just as irrelevant as the code they're protecting; after all, these #licenses can't carry over to the LLM prompt. The elephant in the room for many people is: why bother with open source licensing, when the source code itself doesn't play as prominent a role in #computing anymore? It is perhaps in this manner that the tech #multinationals are moving to finally embrace, extend and extinguish the whole free software movement. Specially with so many prominent open source insiders actively collaborating with them in the pursuit of large pools of funding and personal financial gain.
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#Sourcecode is written by humans, for humans. High level #programming languages aren't used because they're the natural languages of the machines, they're simply the preferred form of humans to interact with them and with other programmers. So, when we talk about #AI code, what we're really talking about is about making source code, as we know it, irrelevant. Once humans largely get out of the picture, source code is no longer the original blueprint, the beating heart of a program... just an intermediate step in machine code generation. Like bytecode.
From this perspective, the #freesoftware and #opensource movements are greatly weakened by AI. They were started from very different assumptions of what the source code is good for, and in the AI era, they're starting to lose this original purpose and utility. Having source code that is open, and freely shareable between people, makes no longer as much sense when all we got over there is just #agentic output, coming out from fully propietary systems no less, and in which the LLM prompt was the actual blueprint of the program instead of the formal programming language that was generated by it.
Not only there's little to learn, little wisdom and value derived from humans reading code being generated by this process. But the #GPL, #MIT, #BSD or #Apache licenses used to distribute it become just as irrelevant as the code they're protecting; after all, these #licenses can't carry over to the LLM prompt. The elephant in the room for many people is: why bother with open source licensing, when the source code itself doesn't play as prominent a role in #computing anymore? It is perhaps in this manner that the tech #multinationals are moving to finally embrace, extend and extinguish the whole free software movement. Specially with so many prominent open source insiders actively collaborating with them in the pursuit of large pools of funding and personal financial gain.
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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2888959/ 韓国サムスンバイオ、スイスのペプチド企業を約3000億円で買収 – SWI swissinfo.ch #Article #BeatGlobalTrade #BeatHealthcareInnovation #Business #LatestNews #Multinationals #ProductionTypeAdaptation #SouthKorea #大韓民国 #韓国
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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2888959/ 韓国サムスンバイオ、スイスのペプチド企業を約3000億円で買収 – SWI swissinfo.ch #Article #BeatGlobalTrade #BeatHealthcareInnovation #Business #LatestNews #Multinationals #ProductionTypeAdaptation #SouthKorea #大韓民国 #韓国
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Van paria tot gidsland?
De Hongaarse regering wil de strengste #milieuregels van de Europese Unie invoeren, de heffingen voor #vervuilers verhogen en een einde maken aan royale #belastingvoordelen voor #multinationals.
#EU #Hongarije
https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/mobiliteit/10606603/byd-onder-druk-in-hongarije-nu-premier-magyar-belasting-wil-verhogen -
"Rules for thee, but not for me"
in Nederland is handhavingsdruk omgekeerd evenredig aan de macht van degene die onderwerp van handhaving is.
Aan die praktijken komt pas een eind als burgers naar de rechter gaan. Als die vervolgens gelijk krijgen, kakelen de populisten dat de rechter op de stoel van de politiek gaat zitten en gaan de Staat en de grote bedrijven weer in hoger beroep:
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"Rules for thee, but not for me"
in Nederland is handhavingsdruk omgekeerd evenredig aan de macht van degene die onderwerp van handhaving is.
Aan die praktijken komt pas een eind als burgers naar de rechter gaan. Als die vervolgens gelijk krijgen, kakelen de populisten dat de rechter op de stoel van de politiek gaat zitten en gaan de Staat en de grote bedrijven weer in hoger beroep:
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https://www.walknews.com/1325712/ 中東、スペースX、デジタル主権… スイスのメディアが伝えた米国のニュース – SWI swissinfo.ch #article #BeatForeignAffairs #BeatVarious #Business #FollowUps #ForeignAffairs #Multinationals #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Sci&Tech #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #アメリカ合衆国 #米国
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https://www.walknews.com/1325712/ 中東、スペースX、デジタル主権… スイスのメディアが伝えた米国のニュース – SWI swissinfo.ch #article #BeatForeignAffairs #BeatVarious #Business #FollowUps #ForeignAffairs #Multinationals #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Sci&Tech #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #アメリカ合衆国 #米国
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#israel #lebanon #usa #japan #china #southkorea #militaryinvasion #devastation #tnc #multinationals #complicity #Caterpillar #Volvo #Hyundai #Doosan #Hitachi #Komatsu
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… other structures across southern Lebanon.“
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#israel #lebanon #usa #japan #china #southkorea #militaryinvasion #devastation #tnc #multinationals #complicity #Caterpillar #Volvo #Hyundai #Doosan #Hitachi #Komatsu
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… other structures across southern Lebanon.“
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#israel #lebanon #usa #japan #china #southkorea : #militaryinvasion / #devastation / #tnc / #multinationals / #complicity
„Images show Israeli military using six companies’ bulldozers and excavators to demolish south Lebanon villages.
The Guardian geolocated and verified images showing the Israeli military using excavators made by 6 companies – #Caterpillar, #Volvo, #Hyundai, #Doosan, #Hitachi and #Komatsu – to destroy homes, public utilities, shops and …
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#israel #lebanon #usa #japan #china #southkorea : #militaryinvasion / #devastation / #tnc / #multinationals / #complicity
„Images show Israeli military using six companies’ bulldozers and excavators to demolish south Lebanon villages.
The Guardian geolocated and verified images showing the Israeli military using excavators made by 6 companies – #Caterpillar, #Volvo, #Hyundai, #Doosan, #Hitachi and #Komatsu – to destroy homes, public utilities, shops and …
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The number of multinational #corporations in the #Baltic States was highest in #Estonia in 2024, according to #Eurostat data. Estonia had 1,199 #multinationals, while #Lithuania had 984 and #Latvia just 746.
https://viabaltica.fi/baltic-number-of-multinationals-highest-in-estonia/
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The number of multinational #corporations in the #Baltic States was highest in #Estonia in 2024, according to #Eurostat data. Estonia had 1,199 #multinationals, while #Lithuania had 984 and #Latvia just 746.
https://viabaltica.fi/baltic-number-of-multinationals-highest-in-estonia/
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“From the 1980s onward, #oilcompanies - the paradigmatic #multinationals of the twentieth century - contributed to reshaping the rules of the #global #economicsystem in ways that would safeguard their #profits.” open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...
Where are the profits of the w... -
yes the deliberate #destruction and #exploitation of the #middleclass with not enough #lobbyism by (mostly the #finance #financial #lobby ) in #washington and #berlin is beyond scandalous
just look at effective tax rate of #multinationals like #amazon and the #smu small business and you have the first problem that no one adressed in 30 years #taxjustice #taxinjustice -
Another day, another multinational gets a ‘record’ fine for trashing irreplaceable nature. Alcoa just copped $55M AUD for illegally clearing over 2,000 hectares of WA’s precious jarrah forest for bauxite mining (2019-2025). Called ‘unprecedented’ by the govt, but for a company with billions in revenue? Total slap on the wrist while they keep mining. Jarrah forests aren’t renewable. 😡
#Environment #Mining #JarrahForest #Alcoa #multinationals #environmentaljustice
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Another day, another multinational gets a ‘record’ fine for trashing irreplaceable nature. Alcoa just copped $55M AUD for illegally clearing over 2,000 hectares of WA’s precious jarrah forest for bauxite mining (2019-2025). Called ‘unprecedented’ by the govt, but for a company with billions in revenue? Total slap on the wrist while they keep mining. Jarrah forests aren’t renewable. 😡
#Environment #Mining #JarrahForest #Alcoa #multinationals #environmentaljustice
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Er moeten eerst dooien (oa baby’s) vallen voordat de #NWWA in actie komt for god’s sake. Uit angst voor claims en slapps vd #multinationals: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/02/10/kritiek-op-te-late-en-onheldere-communicatie-van-waakhond-nvwa-over-mogelijk-vervuilde-speelzand-en-babyvoeding-a4920003
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Stem vooral op neoliberalen en christendemocraten, want 'dat is goed voor je portemonnee'!
"Multinationals worden steeds handiger in belastingontwijking, EU-maatregelen ontoereikend"
-> "EU-landen lopen daardoor tot 100 miljard euro per jaar mis."
-> "De belastinginkomsten die EU-landen mislopen moeten uiteindelijk gecompenseerd worden doordat [bijvoorbeeld werknemers en huishoudens] meer gaan betalen."
(Via @volkskrant ) #Europa #multinationals #belastingontwijking
https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/multinationals-worden-steeds-handiger-in-belastingontwijking-eu-maatregelen-ontoereikend~b63c3a69/ -
Stem vooral op neoliberalen en christendemocraten, want 'dat is goed voor je portemonnee'!
"Multinationals worden steeds handiger in belastingontwijking, EU-maatregelen ontoereikend"
-> "EU-landen lopen daardoor tot 100 miljard euro per jaar mis."
-> "De belastinginkomsten die EU-landen mislopen moeten uiteindelijk gecompenseerd worden doordat [bijvoorbeeld werknemers en huishoudens] meer gaan betalen."
(Via @volkskrant ) #Europa #multinationals #belastingontwijking
https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/multinationals-worden-steeds-handiger-in-belastingontwijking-eu-maatregelen-ontoereikend~b63c3a69/ -
Lees tip -> Multinationals dreigen Nederland te verlaten om energiekosten | Steeds meer Nederlandse multinationals waarschuwen dat zij Nederland verlaten als de politiek geen oplossing vindt voor de extreem hoge energiekosten. | #ASML #economie #energiekosten #industrie #multinationals #politiek #rotterdam |
https://hbpmedia.nl/multinationals-dreigen-nederland-te-verlaten-energiekosten/
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Lees tip -> Elon Musk krijgt absurde bonus van 1000 miljard dollar – opent dit de deur? | Elon Musk krijgt een ongekende bonus van 1000 miljard dollar. Experts vrezen dat dit andere CEO’s zal aansporen tot het eisen van torenhoge beloningen. | #aandeelhouders #bedrijfsleven #CEObonus #corporategreed #economie #ElonMusk #miljardenbonus #multinationals #ongelijkheid #SpaceX #Tesla #topinkomens #VS |
https://hbpmedia.nl/elon-musk-bonus-1000-miljard-dollar-ceos/
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A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma
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A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma
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Did you know the % of actual food vs filler in packaged goods can huge-ly vary?
One tin of tuna had 35% tuna (cheap flavour-oil brand), while another had 73.5% (premium brand in spring water). Same goes for tomato tins, chicken nuggets, etc.When you shop:
• look beyond the branding or flavouring
• check the % of main ingredient
• compare unit price and nutrition panelsWhat matters most to you, taste? nutrition? cost? Pick your priority & read the label.
#foodlabels #cannedtuna #tuna #multinationals #food #soylentgreen #readlabels
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/packaged-foods-content-supermarkets/105707244
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Did you know the % of actual food vs filler in packaged goods can huge-ly vary?
One tin of tuna had 35% tuna (cheap flavour-oil brand), while another had 73.5% (premium brand in spring water). Same goes for tomato tins, chicken nuggets, etc.When you shop:
• look beyond the branding or flavouring
• check the % of main ingredient
• compare unit price and nutrition panelsWhat matters most to you, taste? nutrition? cost? Pick your priority & read the label.
#foodlabels #cannedtuna #tuna #multinationals #food #soylentgreen #readlabels
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/packaged-foods-content-supermarkets/105707244
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Australia’s banning just 3 PFAS “forever chemicals” from July 2025—but Europe is moving to ban all 14,000 as a precaution. Half-measures aren’t enough. These toxins linger in our water, soil and bodies. We need a sweeping ban on PFAS as a class, not token action.
#endpfas #environmentaljustice #pfas #foreverchemicals #multinationals
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Australia’s banning just 3 PFAS “forever chemicals” from July 2025—but Europe is moving to ban all 14,000 as a precaution. Half-measures aren’t enough. These toxins linger in our water, soil and bodies. We need a sweeping ban on PFAS as a class, not token action.
#endpfas #environmentaljustice #pfas #foreverchemicals #multinationals
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A true worldwide minimum tax does not exist, not even on transnational corporations.
"Tax breaks inflate dividends […] while austerity restricts opportunities for younger generations."
Rafael Quintero writes: https://democracychallenged.com/2025/07/03/the-g7s-corporate-tax-escape-hatch-fuelling-inequality-and-killing-trust-in-democracy/
#taxAvoidance #taxes #MNC #multinationals #corporations #Amazon #dividends #profits #OECD #Europe #EU #G7 #Ireland #Quintero #money
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A true worldwide minimum tax does not exist, not even on transnational corporations.
"Tax breaks inflate dividends […] while austerity restricts opportunities for younger generations."
Rafael Quintero writes: https://democracychallenged.com/2025/07/03/the-g7s-corporate-tax-escape-hatch-fuelling-inequality-and-killing-trust-in-democracy/
#taxAvoidance #taxes #MNC #multinationals #corporations #Amazon #dividends #profits #OECD #Europe #EU #G7 #Ireland #Quintero #money
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Who is going to pay for Australia's future? With Jim Chalmers' tax summit looming, it's worth looking at the antics of the most profitable companies, like Google Australia, how much tax they don't pay and how they do it
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Who is going to pay for Australia's future? With Jim Chalmers' tax summit looming, it's worth looking at the antics of the most profitable companies, like Google Australia, how much tax they don't pay and how they do it
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G7 agrees to exempt U.S. multinationals from global minimum tax
#HackerNews #G7 #USeconomy #multinationals #globaltax #taxpolicy #news
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G7 agrees to exempt U.S. multinationals from global minimum tax
#HackerNews #G7 #USeconomy #multinationals #globaltax #taxpolicy #news
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https://www.walknews.com/954851/ 中国発「社会信用システム」、民主主義はどう向き合うか – SWI swissinfo.ch #article #BeatAIGovernance #BeatDemocracy #BeatDigitalDemocracy #China #DirectDemocracy #GiveMePerspective #HumanRights #LawAndOrder #Multinationals #Parliament #TPT #中国 #中華人民共和国
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Is exploitation good? Check out the full episode here: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/n... #Globalisation #Capitalism #Multinationals #Corporations #Tax #FreeTrade #Economics #Ethics #Morality #Fairness #Justice #Activism #Redistribution
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Is exploitation good? Check out the full episode here: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/n... #Globalisation #Capitalism #Multinationals #Corporations #Tax #FreeTrade #Economics #Ethics #Morality #Fairness #Justice #Activism #Redistribution
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*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
(6/n)
...The devastating effects that occur, when #Multinationals such as #Nestlé or #Danone monopolize the #FreshWater supply, can be seen in many locations. 6)
👉In my view, #DataCenter operators need to be obliged not only to purchase #CarbonOffsetCredits.
A similar program needs to be developed for the #Conservation of the world's dwindling #FreshWater resources,👈
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*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
(6/n)
...The devastating effects that occur, when #Multinationals such as #Nestlé or #Danone monopolize the #FreshWater supply, can be seen in many locations. 6)
👉In my view, #DataCenter operators need to be obliged not only to purchase #CarbonOffsetCredits.
A similar program needs to be developed for the #Conservation of the world's dwindling #FreshWater resources,👈
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Environmental Concerns Over Huon Aquaculture's Antibiotic Use.
A recent EPA report reveals that Huon Aquaculture administered over a tonne of antibiotics during a bacterial outbreak earlier this year. Alarmingly, wild fish near their Tasmanian lease showed antibiotic levels up to 12 times the legal limit for commercially sold salmon. While public health officials state there's no immediate risk to consumers, environmental groups and the public are raising serious concerns about aquaculture practices and marine ecosystem health.#tasmania #epa #huonaquaculture #aquaculture #antibiotics #environment #marinehealth #sustainability #fisheries #salmon #guthealth #multinationals
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Environmental Concerns Over Huon Aquaculture's Antibiotic Use.
A recent EPA report reveals that Huon Aquaculture administered over a tonne of antibiotics during a bacterial outbreak earlier this year. Alarmingly, wild fish near their Tasmanian lease showed antibiotic levels up to 12 times the legal limit for commercially sold salmon. While public health officials state there's no immediate risk to consumers, environmental groups and the public are raising serious concerns about aquaculture practices and marine ecosystem health.#tasmania #epa #huonaquaculture #aquaculture #antibiotics #environment #marinehealth #sustainability #fisheries #salmon #guthealth #multinationals
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STARBUCKS ACCUSED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Eight Brazilian people have decided to sue Starbucks in the United States for violating the law against human trafficking.
Supporting them is lawyer Terry Collingsworth, who is already in a fight with other multinationals.#news #multinationals #humantrafficking #starbucks #coffe #tvpa #usa #Collingsworth #terrycollingsworth #april #côtedivoire #lawyer #human #rights #humanrights #mcdonalds #nestlé #nestle #unitedstates #us #multinationals #slavery
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STARBUCKS ACCUSED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Eight Brazilian people have decided to sue Starbucks in the United States for violating the law against human trafficking.
Supporting them is lawyer Terry Collingsworth, who is already in a fight with other multinationals.#news #multinationals #humantrafficking #starbucks #coffe #tvpa #usa #Collingsworth #terrycollingsworth #april #côtedivoire #lawyer #human #rights #humanrights #mcdonalds #nestlé #nestle #unitedstates #us #multinationals #slavery
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@eco-g Standard accounting for many multinational corporations. This lack of oversight and poor regulation is not an accident. It's the result of decades of collusion and influence between government and corporate grifters. #taxation #loopholes #coffee #multinationals
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Fifth-generation farmers fighting to save their land
The Byrne family in western Victoria refuses to surrender their farm to a US-backed mineral sands mining company. They want to keep farming and pass their land on to future generations—but under Australian law, their options are limited.
Experts say landowners who resist approved mines face long, expensive legal battles with little chance of success. Is this what fair land rights look like?#auspol #landrights #farmersvsminers #mining #greed #multinationals
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/donald-mineral-sands-mine-farm-acquisition/105063360
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Fifth-generation farmers fighting to save their land
The Byrne family in western Victoria refuses to surrender their farm to a US-backed mineral sands mining company. They want to keep farming and pass their land on to future generations—but under Australian law, their options are limited.
Experts say landowners who resist approved mines face long, expensive legal battles with little chance of success. Is this what fair land rights look like?#auspol #landrights #farmersvsminers #mining #greed #multinationals
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/donald-mineral-sands-mine-farm-acquisition/105063360
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15 Companies that STILL Use Child Labor
Nestlé H&M PhilipMorris Microsoft
SportsDirect BritishAmericanTobacco Apple
NewLook JTI Hershey’s Mars Hyundai
PerdueFarms Tyson Foods McDonald’s
Despite global efforts and petitions from humanitarian groups, there are still many major companies who use child labor around the world - in order to make a profit.
https://www.careeraddict.com/10-companies-that-still-use-child-labor#childlabour #slavelabour #exploitation #multinationals #corporategreed
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15 Companies that STILL Use Child Labor
Nestlé H&M PhilipMorris Microsoft
SportsDirect BritishAmericanTobacco Apple
NewLook JTI Hershey’s Mars Hyundai
PerdueFarms Tyson Foods McDonald’s
Despite global efforts and petitions from humanitarian groups, there are still many major companies who use child labor around the world - in order to make a profit.
https://www.careeraddict.com/10-companies-that-still-use-child-labor#childlabour #slavelabour #exploitation #multinationals #corporategreed
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To Continue to boycott #musk till the end
is important.
VERY important.Not only because Musk is a miserable human being
and deserve it (and more)
but also
because by depriving Musk of his wealth (the 'richest asshole in the world')
the > 'We the People' < of the Whole #Planet
send a >clear and strong message<
to all the #Multinationals of the Planet> If you behave badly .... We can and We will sink you <
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Last month, Tasmania faced an unprecedented crisis as over 5,500 tonnes of dead salmon were sent to waste facilities, according to the Environment Protection Authority. This staggering loss represents about 6% of the industry's annual production.
#Sustainability #SalmonIndustry #Tasmania #EnvironmentalImpact #OceanConservation #JBSFoods #multinationals #selfregulationhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/salmon-tasmania-apologises-for-mortality-event/105024028
