Month: September 2006
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HP and The Privacy Erosion
[posted on corp-focus, September 29, 2006] HP and The Privacy Erosion By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman It’s hard not to be mesmerized by the bubbling scandal at Hewlett-Packard. Former chair of the board Patricia Dunn had the company hire private detectives to track down who on the company’s board was leaking information. Those detectives…
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Elmo Will Not Absolve You
[posted on corp-focus, September 27, 2006] Elmo Will Not Absolve You By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Just returned from a run around the National Mall. Party tents are going up. Getting ready for the National Book Festival on Saturday. Hosted by the Library of Congress. Sponsored by Target and AT&T. And starring Laura Bush.…
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The Corporate Subsidiary Ruse
A remarkable story in today’s New York Times reports on a campaign contribution scheme innovated by the insurance giant AIG. Under New York law, corporations are permitted to give up to $5,000 to a candidate. AIG skirted this limitation by having over a dozen of its subsidiaries make contributions — drawn from the same bank…