http://www.corpwatch.org/ http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14973 <div class="text blurb">But a coalition of children’s advocates contends that the hospital went too far by agreeing to name a new emergency department and trauma center after another locally based retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch, in exchange for a $10 million donation.</div> Wed, 12 Mar 2008 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14973 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14849 <div class="text blurb">Conrad M. Black is handed down a 6 1/2 year prison sentence for removing 13 boxes of documents from the office of his media company, Hollinter International.</div> Tue, 11 Dec 2007 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14849 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14780 <div class="text blurb">The Bush administration appears to have annexed a major Canadian landmark as part of a slick new campaign to promote U.S. tourism and welcome foreign visitors to America.</div> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14780 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14616 <div class="text blurb">In late May, a Russian agent slipped unnoticed into a Moscow movie theater showing Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He donned night-vision goggles, scanned the theater, and spotted his target. But this was no Cold War spy scenario: The agent was an ex-Russian cop, and he was searching for real-life pirates making illicit copies of the Walt Disney (DIS ) film.</div> Mon, 13 Aug 2007 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14616 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14477 <div class="text blurb">Thomson Corp. and Reuters Group PLC's ambitious plan to create the world's largest supplier of financial data and news could face regulatory hurdles as it would narrow the market to two main competitors from three.</div> Wed, 09 May 2007 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14477 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14393 <div class="text blurb">Radio broadcasters have long been accused of corrupting the public airwaves by accepting bribes from corporate music giants. But in a pair of agreements disclosed yesterday, the broadcasters moved to resolve accusations that they had auctioned off the airwaves by agreeing to pay a landmark penalty and pledging to play more music from independent recording artists.</div> Tue, 06 Mar 2007 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14393 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14213 <div class="text blurb">An internal memo from ABC Radio Networks to its affiliates reveals scores of powerful sponsors have a standing order that their commercials never be placed on syndicated Air America programming that airs on ABC affiliates.</div> Tue, 31 Oct 2006 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14213 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14214 <div class="text blurb"> Rick Santos, manager of WLQY-AM in Miami, says he thought the popular Creole program that aired six days a week on his radio station was a "musical variety show." It was actually part of a fraud, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Scam artists used the radio for two years to promote an investment scheme that ensnared 631 Haitian immigrants and cost them nearly $6 million, a federal court ruled after an SEC complaint.</div> Tue, 31 Oct 2006 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14214 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14195 <div class="text blurb">Hardly more than a year has passed since the nation’s biggest record labels started agreeing to a series of measures that were intended to end the industry’s long history of employing bribes and other shady practices to influence which songs are heard on the radio.</div> Wed, 25 Oct 2006 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14195 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14192 <div class="text blurb">A lack of racially diverse newsrooms often leads to biased media coverage of major events such as Hurricane Katrina, according to a St. John's University School of Law study.</div> Tue, 24 Oct 2006 http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14192