Corporate power

Pakistan is the latest country to reject the system that allows private investors to sue governments in international tribunals. But Ecuador is back-tracking and the lawsuits continue to proliferate.

From the very start, the giant retailer's business strategy has relied on dodging taxes and pocketing public subsidies.

The Hufcor plant in Janesville, Wisconsin was profitable before investors gobbled it up. Now it’s the latest highway robbery by private equity.

By using the power of the public purse, we can encourage federal contractors to be upstanding corporate citizens.