Airlines Want To Keep The Money They Owe You
Hundreds of millions of dollars are potentially at stake in the fight over airline refunds.
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Hundreds of millions of dollars are potentially at stake in the fight over airline refunds.
Plus, free tax filing pays off, electric vehicles work double time, and pharmaceutical giants face scrutiny for outrageous pricing.
Plus, Boeing drops incriminating evidence on an attorney, gambling takes over old-fashioned arcade games, and that time Nixon almost fought climate change.
Wall Street landlords face a heartland backlash that could set off a revolution.
Politicians are helping airline lobbyists block passengers’ right to drinking water and human-sized airplane seats.
Airline-bankrolled lawmakers just advanced a bill that could undermine Biden’s promise of automatic refunds on canceled or delayed flights.
Plus, employers can no longer stop employees from working for their rivals, and Big Oil loses some of its dominance over public lands nationwide.
In a landmark lawsuit filed last year by the Federal Trade Commission, the government accuses Amazon of long being engaged in illegal market behavior.
Big Oil is fighting to limit safety protections to expedite its build-out of experimental carbon dioxide pipelines, endangering nearby communities.
For decades, corporations have used taxpayer-funded fellowship opportunities to help them secure billion-dollar defense contracts.