Corporate Power
Who Owns Your Data?
Most free apps and websites are paid for with data: what you click, buy, search for, and where you go. That data is used…
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Lobbying and the Revolving Door
Every industry has the right to make its case to government, and lobbying is how it does that. The worry is imbalance: organized interests…
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Stock Buybacks, Explained
When a company has extra cash, it can invest it, pay it out as dividends, or buy back its own shares. Buybacks shrink the…
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How Antitrust Changed
Antitrust law was written to stop companies from getting so big they could dictate terms to everyone else. Starting in the late 1970s, courts…