“NOW THAT NO ONE IS USING BPA IN BABY BOTTLES, THE FDA FINALLY GETS AROUND TO BANNING IT.” (EurekAlert) Public health expert David Daussey denounces as a “hollow victory” for public health that the FDA has banned the use of Bisphenol-A in baby bottles and sippy cups, leaving unregulated the use of BPA in [...]
Days after systematic rate-fixing of the London exchange responsible for setting most of the world’s lending rates was uncovered at Barclays, leading to the resignation of that bank’s top executives, the scope of the “Libor” — “London interbank offered rate” — scandal has spread to more banks and could generate criminal charges on both sides [...]
A rate-fixing debacle at one of the world’s largest investment banks with massive operations in the United Kingdom and the United States has triggered more questions and concerns over the state of the global financial industry and the perception of arrogance that some say has been elevated to a scale not seen since before the [...]
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