| 单词 | profiteer |
| 例句 | So have the early researchers, like Dr. Strayer, who were often sailing against headwinds generated by the corporations and profiteers benefiting from connected drivers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He and all the profiteers who’ve since walked out on Africa as a husband quits a wife, leaving her with her naked body curled around the emptied-out mine of her womb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One senator denounced the various “illegal plots, counterplots, espionage, decoys, dictographs” that were being used not to “detect and prosecute crime but...to shield profiteers, bribe takers and favorites.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My profiteering shopkeepers will be useless for this task. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Are you silently condemning me for profiteering from the war? Somebody had to import the stockfish, you know.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Wright said after the September 11 attacks, it became the most rented movie in the United States, making him "the first profiteer in the war on terror." Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z And of course, there's the sheer grossness of Exotic himself, an exploitative profiteer who comes more unhinged with each passing episode. "Tiger King" and the schadenfreude of seeing privileged insanity run wild 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z If we had not borrowed from Social Security to pay for needless profiteering wars in the Middle East the system would at least be solvent. Ron Paul's Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot 2012-01-26T20:33:59Z The focus on drug industry profiteering marks this book as the latest entry in a growing canon of Big Bad Pharma books. How Big Pharma Grew Addicted to Big Profits 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “They refuse to provide an itemized list of what costs were incurred for the students thus far,” says Dachel, a manufacturing representative from Colfax, Wis. “I believe this cancellation fee is about profiteering.” Perspective | Confusing coronavirus refund policies frustrate travelers 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z And there are dozens of profiteers and dreamers rolling the dice in trademark applications, from vaccine and test-kit names to “Warning: My Ride is Sicker than the Coronavirus” clothing. ‘Covid’ is a word most of us dread. But some think it could make a good branding opportunity. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The second is a downbeat art film which deliberately eschews narrative excitement to undermine heroism and emphasize trauma and crass profiteering. Hollywood's war on terror: why audiences prefer gung-ho Iraq films 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z What makes this current round of Orientalist profiteering different is that the Best American series went forward with Hudson’s inclusion in their anthology. When White Poets Pretend to Be Asian 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The Great War promises to enrich the Krzelewski mining company, but to ward off accusations of profiteering, they need a family war hero, preferably fallen. A Rifle-Wielding Nun, a Medical Student and a Crackling World War I Tale 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z In the first place, it discredits the state, represented in the popular mind by a grasping private profiteer. Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z Or one where Howard Stark becomes more altruistic, and thus Tony never becomes a war profiteer? After Endgame: what's next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe? 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z “I’m not a Nazi and I’m not a Nazi profiteer,” he told The Jerusalem Report in 1998. Rudolf Leopold, Art Collector, Dies at 85 2010-06-30T04:39:00Z Robert Hough might have made the doctor a symbol of infomercial profiteering, masculine narcissism or contemporary U.S.-Mexico border troubles. ‘Dr. Brinkley’s Tower’: million-watt tower versus small Mexican town 2013-01-23T23:39:07Z In the case of Syria, for example, Congress voted to impose the restrictions in 2016 after terrorist groups were found to be profiteering from the country’s antiquities to pay for weapons and recruitment. Yemen Asks U.S. for Help to Curb Smuggling of Looted Ancient Artifacts 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Occupying the profiteer role is her creepy agent and his shadowy Japanese counterpart. 'Girl Model': Facing the industry's unlovely reality 2012-09-20T20:48:08Z The second, set in postwar Vienna, featured Orson Welles in a pivotal role as a black-market profiteer named Harry Lime. Guy Hamilton, resourceful James Bond director, dies at 93 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Bolton has chafed at critics who suggest he’s profiteering off his time in the White House, saying if money was his foremost concern, he would not have gone into government service. John Bolton’s been a political brawler for decades, but his rumble with Donald Trump is extreme — even for him. 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z And all this quite aside from the fact there is a 2009 Coroners and Justice Act forbidding profiteering from criminal past. Why I won't be reading Vicky Pryce's prison memoir 2013-05-14T15:06:56Z He sets out as a profiteer, buying a former Jewish business in the Kraków ghetto, and exploiting Jewish labour to make enamelware to sell to the German army. Schindler's List at 25: looking back on Spielberg's defining Holocaust drama 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z He's more profiteer here: an immigrant wheeler-dealer in occupied Paris, forced by the authorities to spy on the city's mosque. Free Men – review 2012-05-24T21:01:01Z To sell masks at a premium, as many brands do, during a crisis, can seem like profiteering. The Mask 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z The lawsuit involves charges of profiteering and exploitation, calling the images “spoils of theft” and Harvard’s “dominion” over them itself the equivalent of slavery. Your Ancestors Were Slaves. Who Owns the Photos of Them? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z It was an ugly, tumultuous age of French history, with economic growth and vast inequality, colonial expansion, a cholera epidemic and, more than anything else, a corrupt government dominated by ruthless self-dealers and profiteers. Perspective | I returned to the National Gallery seeking comfort. But art no longer feels like an escape. 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z This is a common cinematic allegory used to depict practices of colonialism that tie military offenses tightly with the motivations of profiteering international corporations. "Avatar: The Way of the Water": Tired climate clichés distract from James Cameron’s vision 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z In a bid to blunt profiteering — the widespread scalping of tickets at highly marked-up prices — the show may soon raise prices above the current ceiling of $475 for premium seating. ‘Hamilton’ Inc.: The Path to a Billion-Dollar Show 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Inevitably Mama discovers that, in trying to shield the girls from further cruelty and appease both government troops and rebel militia, she jeopardises both their lives and her own profiteering livelihood. Review 2010-04-22T23:18:00Z Even with those prices, people with tickets have been offering them for more on broker sites such as StubHub, an attempt at profiteering that producers fumed was "despicable." Like 9/11 concert, musicians turn out for Sandy 2012-12-13T12:55:14Z Where they differ is that Axe is up front about the amorality of his profiteering and resents Prince's golden image. "Billions" resumes within a pandemic that made the rich richer, making its cruelty more relevant 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Water and Power: A California Heist aims to unpick the profiteering in California’s water-supply system that is the backdrop to the years of drought in the state. Al Gore's Inconvenient Sequel to open Sundance in acutely political year 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Setting the story around the saga of Bernard Madoff, the writers created a fictional counterpart to him and his brand of debased profiteering. Year in Culture: Machinations, Criminal And/or Familial 2010-12-17T14:43:11Z Yet Lang’s tale of financial panic, profiteering and doomsday revelry speaks to our own. An Evil Doctor Who Casts a Spell on Subjects and Viewers Alike 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z The relationship becomes less about shared profiteering and more about shared values. Who Are You Wearing and Where Did They Donate? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z David Schaecter, president of Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation USA, which represents support groups for victims’ families in the United States, called the sale “appalling” and said it had perpetuated “a disgraceful pattern of whitewashing Holocaust profiteers.” Despite Nazi Shadow, Jewelry Sale Sets $202 Million Record 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z “People who are trying to profiteer off whatever crazed hype there is around this NFT space really need to be careful,” McMahon said. One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z If the title and overall perspective are downers, the writers possess a contagious enthusiasm for showing how today’s profiteers have caked so much lipstick on the pig that you can hardly see its face. The best of literary magazines in three new collections “It’s a charitable event and profiteering on it isn’t what it’s about,” she said. Producers of 12-12-12 Benefit Concert Assail Scalpers 2012-12-08T00:30:53Z The system is a mishmash of laws and regulations that relies on profiteering firms and merciful doctors. Good, bad and ugly 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z This is meant to be a home for local people, not a machine for property market profiteering. Spin city: London's Strata tower 2010-07-18T20:31:00Z Clooney, 54, a campaigner who has led drives to highlight the plight of refugees in Sudan, and Prendergast said the aim was to “deny war profiteers the proceeds from their crimes”. George Clooney seeks to expose those who fund and profit from wars in Africa 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Yet today, profiteers are able to co-opt charity events to line their own pockets -- creating false ticket shortages for consumers and undermining events meant to help those in need. ArtsBeat: Bill Introduced to Make Resale of Tickets for Charitable Events Illegal 2012-12-12T19:35:18Z She used her speech to decry “commodity profiteers” who sold writers “like deodorant, and tell us what to publish, what to write.” Ursula Le Guin Has Earned a Rare Honor. Just Don’t Call Her a Sci-Fi Writer. 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Price transparency now would allow informed judgments from consumers, and ameliorate concerns about profiteering over an item that should ultimately represent community and shared experience. Should Masks Be a Fashion Statement? 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z To others, he’s an animal profiteer — a “devil,” in the words of one animal rights advocate. Whether you’re vegan or meat eater, this big-game hunting doc will make you squirm 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z “The shooting goes on, profiteering goes on, hunger goes on; why all that art?” asked George Grosz, an artist at the centre of the Berlin Dada group. Breaking out 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Alas, the film becomes over-schematic, cramming too much in – Iraqi musicians, profiteering contractors, grieving lovers, vengeful soldiers, a torture scene. Cannes round-up by Jason Solomon 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z In recent days, the apparent profiteering on the tickets has drawn criticism from fans on the concert’s Facebook page, especially from people who were not able to get a seat. Producers of 12-12-12 Benefit Concert Assail Scalpers 2012-12-08T00:30:53Z Louis is quite literally above it all, draining the life from Earth's creatures similar to hungry corporate profiteers waiting to swoop in and suck the marrow of the financially stricken. Beware the rise of vampire shows. It could mean a recession is looming 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z With multiple factions happily profiteering from the conflict, the appearance of star-crossed lovers — who inherently symbolize peace — represents a dire threat. The Best of New Sci-Fi and Fantasy, From an Intergalactic Love Story to New York City Under Water 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z ‘I want to tell you that you are using a beautiful idea as a means of profiteering,’ she began. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z You were a gadfly to the greedy profiteers and the propagandists and the unaccountable. Thank you, Jon Stewart: You had a big stage in a broken world — and you used it to say something important 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z In a 2012 polemic, “Lying It All Away,” Le Guin writes scathingly of “growth capitalism” returning to its origins and “providing security for none but the strongest profiteers.” What we can learn from two literary masters: Ursula K. Le Guin and James Salter 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Until then, we’re left with a failing honor system rife with confusion, selfishness, and profiteers. The number of fake assistance dogs is exploding – but who are the owners behind it? 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z While gripped in his never-ending quest to write an oral history of his beloved Florida, Serge manages to violently dispatch profiteers who menace the innocent and unwary. Back to the Bayou: James Lee Burke’s Latest Novel 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Because Thoreau insisted on the preservation of wildness, we have millions of acres of public lands to explore — and the sanctity of Cape Cod and Katahdin to defend from profiteers and bandits. Thoreau’s Wilderness Legacy, Beyond the Shores of Walden Pond 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The new Ghostbusters’ New York is partly the result of profiteering and exploitation, but it also represents the hard work of many competent and well-intentioned people. Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z I think we need a bigger rebellion that will sweep away the capitalist profiteers who are now dancing on the grave of a great city. Detroit: The Most Exciting City in America? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Privately owned enterprises are now being expropriated with increasing frequency – a recent controversial example involved the French-owned Exito supermarket chain after allegations of profiteering and currency manipulation. Hugo Ch?vez grants rare interview to western media 2010-06-13T17:09:00Z There has been much plundering of the sites here and across the Four Corners region by profiteers. Searching for the Ancestral Puebloans 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z However, as long as there is no certainty regarding the future of climate, the average person will continue to hope for the best, and the naysayers and profiteers will take advantage of that uncertainty. From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? 2013-05-25T20:30:00Z The new bill banning profiteering on charity events will not be taken up until after the legislature convenes in January. ArtsBeat: Bill Introduced to Make Resale of Tickets for Charitable Events Illegal 2012-12-12T19:35:18Z He writes: “The coal barons no longer ruled Appalachia. Now it was the painkiller profiteers.” How Painkiller Pushers Took Over Coal Country 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z With characters like profiteering Milo Minderbender, mediocre commander Major Major and parade loving Lieutenant Scheisskopf, “Catch-22” portrays a U.S. bomber squadron whose superiors are not just incompetent, but deaf to reason. 60 years on, 'Catch-22' lands on TV in new age of absurdity 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z It's funny how reasonably priced these novelties seem when nobody is profiteering; a large, autographed Braff print averages about $75 on Amazon. Stop blaming Zach Braff for 'ruining' Kickstarter and indie art 2013-05-09T16:30:00Z Sugar became so integral to European profiteering that it started being produced on a global scale. Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Against the dominion of capitalist profiteers and the top-down cult of technocratic expertise, it aimed to put practical, intellectual and spiritual means of self-determination into the hands of the people. Art Review: Empowering People of Spaceship Earth 2011-05-19T21:01:40Z "Superman went after lynch mobs and war profiteers in his first adventure in 1938, so `Archer & Armstrong' is much in the same vein." Secretive, methodical, the so-called 'One Percent' 2012-06-28T06:47:09Z The string of coral islands that arc from the Florida peninsula south toward Havana has a long history of attracting pirates, profiteers and seekers of a Caribbean lifestyle within the United States. 44 Islands and 42 Bridges: A Florida Keys Road Trip 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z If there are opportunists and profiteers and cynical actors who are willing to fuel the mayhem for a tiny bit of personal or political advantage, then they can go on for decades. Perspective | What perpetual war looks like in America 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z In a way it’s as paradoxical as its subject: a big, lusty but surprisingly timid look at the bold pioneers and profiteers who ravaged nature to build a nation. Television Review: ?Hell on Wheels? on AMC ? Review 2011-11-03T22:25:01Z His new strain is where the episode's title come from and is a manifestation of corporate greed, tragedy profiteering, and empty signaling from brands. Vote or die? In its "Pandemic Special," "South Park" presents a mixed message on the election 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Klaue is perfectly set up as the bad guy: he’s a criminal mastermind, a shady profiteer who sells weapons and artifacts, many from Wakanda. How ‘Black Panther’ Builds Complex Characters From the Politics of Colonization 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z He has sponsored legislation in the past to revamp New York's law on ticket resales to rein in profiteering on all concerts, not just benefit concerts, but those bills have died. ArtsBeat: Bill Introduced to Make Resale of Tickets for Charitable Events Illegal 2012-12-12T19:35:18Z Restaurants are a business, of course, but profit-making shades into profiteering when the management takes money from people who want to cut the line while the rest of us hungrily eye the unoccupied tables. Restaurant Review: Lupulo in Chelsea 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z And in both books, there's a young man who gets into bad W Bush-related business: in Freedom war profiteering, in The Cookbook Collector government surveillance. How to turn a great American novel into a Great one 2011-02-17T09:49:44Z Clark’s contributions include a D.C.-shaped diagram of dislocation and crossword puzzles filled with the names of corporations that the artist labels “profiteers.” Review | In the galleries: Celebrating the art of the game with unexpected delights 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Around them war is raging, cheered on by those profiteering from the carnage. La Forza del Destino 2010-07-28T20:29:00Z "It's a charitable event and profiteering on it isn't what it's about," she said. ArtsBeat: Senator Schumer Asks Ticket Marketers to End Scalping for Benefit Concert 2012-12-07T17:32:16Z A little-known non-urban noir, with Robert Montgomery directing himself as Gagin, a war veteran on a mission to New Mexico to avenge the death of a fellow soldier at the hands of a war profiteer. 'A pas de deux of sex and violence': a poet's guide to film noir 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Best of all is her demonstration that the supposedly demure, sheltered novelist knew all about the profiteering imperialism that subsidised the leisure of her landed gentry. The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne – review 2013-01-17T11:03:01Z "Oh, yes," she used to say, "I was a war profiteer." So Much to Tell by Valerie Grove 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z Socha is played by Robert Wieckiewicz in a film which depicts the former sewage worker and petty criminal's transformation from ruthless profiteer to selfless protector. Poland's Oscar hopeful revives ghosts of Holocaust 2012-01-18T13:12:50Z And by any reasonable standard, Goodell and his happy NFL profiteers merit a big, fat “F” on matters of brain injury. Salute to NFL leadership is a real head-scratcher 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z All you have to do is give its citizens’ taxes over to corporate profiteering instead of building a safety net with them, then deregulate and privatize every sector and industry you can. The Dept. of Defense wants a new powerful nuclear bomb. Please don't give it to them 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z In a social media post, Ms MacLean said the new bill would "restore true home ownership to millions of people and end the reign of rip off freeholders + incompetent profiteering management companies." Leasehold law will be in King's Speech, says housing minister 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z However, Unilever has rejected the criticism, saying earlier this year that it had faced higher input costs and was not "profiteering in any form". Rainy summer hits ice cream sales, says Magnum maker 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Some supermarket bosses believe theft has been legitimized in the minds of some by accusations that supermarkets have profiteered from food price increases. Shoplifting Surges in U.K., Putting Workers in Scary Situations 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z "Oil company profiteering hits American consumers right in the wallet — and I’m concerned that Exxon’s massive acquisition will reduce competition and drive up costs. Regulators should closely scrutinize this big oil merger," Warren said. US Senator Warren concerned Exxon's plan to buy Pioneer will raise costs 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z But on X “you see people actively profiteering off of misinformation because of the incentives they have to spread the content that goes viral — and misinformation tends to go viral.” Social media is awash in misinformation about Israel-Gaza war, but Musk’s X is the most egregious 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Elevated wages and profit margins as well as the profiteering observed in the euro area last year and part of 2023 needed to be monitored closely, though were expected to normalise, Herodotou said. ECB policies are taming inflation, but uncertainty persists-Herodotou 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z It requires the return of human remains and funerary, sacred and cultural objects unearthed in the past 200 years by plows and bulldozers, by archeologists, or by profiteering marauders to the associated tribe. Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z A ministry statement Friday warned that authorities would crack down on profiteering, adding that Thessaly grows only 7.5% of the country’s total fresh fruit and vegetables, “and very little of that has been affected.” The cost of damage from the record floods in Greece’s breadbasket is estimated to be in the billions 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z In other words, it's going to be intentionally starved to death so profiteers can justify its increasingly rapid privatization. Thanks to staffing troubles at the FAA, an aviation catastrophe is just waiting to happen 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Already, war profiteers, terror financiers and drug traffickers sanctioned by the U.S. in recent years have used Dubai’s real-estate market as a haven for their assets. UAE creates federal authority for ‘commercial gaming’ as casino giants flock to Gulf Arab nation 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z After eventually returning to his post, Mr Bongo embarked on an image revamp, putting himself forward as a man of rigour bent on rooting out "traitors" and "profiteers" in his inner circle. Ali Bongo: Who is Gabon's president arrested in army coup? 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “This speech was spread in Iraq and angered politicians and profiteers, especially Shiites,” Auda said, wondering how the oil-wealthy country could have a crumbling infrastructure and many of its citizens living in poverty. Unapologetic Shiite cleric blasts corruption in Iraq and Lebanon, and attempts to silence him 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z In a just world, those profiteers would be ordered to cover the millions of people — including children — now at risk of losing Medicaid because pandemic extensions have ended. Column: Madness and migraines? Side effects of trying to negotiate the Medicare maze 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z It will only make the path to the United States longer and more lucrative for criminals and profiteers who take advantage of migrants. Opinion: One thing Joe Biden could learn about Latin America from Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z How truly tragic it would be to surrender to foreign profiteers our own authority to protect the health of Americans and the quality of our environment. Trans-Pacific Partnership: Protect environment 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Supermarkets themselves have faced allegations they have been profiteering. Marmite maker Unilever's sales soar after hiking prices 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z However, grocers deny profiteering and have cut the price of some basics like milk. Food price growth slows for fourth month, say shops 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z She denied pay increases were fuelling inflation, and suggested that "rampant profiteering" and "greedflation" were partly to blame, with the UK's top 350 companies enjoying an average increase in profit margins of 89%. New wave of strikes on way, Unite leader Sharon Graham warns 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z They sound familiar, just as the massive profiteering from the "Great War" has its counterparts in the endlessly bullish marketplace for Pentagon contracts. "Soldiers Don't Go Mad": A stunning account of poetry, paradox and the horrors of war 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z He said there would be an investigation of those contracts to punish graft and profiteering. Dismissing Rebellion as ‘Minor,’ Kremlin Dismantles Prigozhin’s Empire 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The move signals a change by the government, which had previously been more relaxed about reported profiteering, as Britain suffers from stubbornly high inflation. Inside Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Money-Making Machine 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, British supermarket executives rejected allegations they were profiteering at the expense of consumers through the cost of living crisis. One in seven Britons faced hunger in 2022, says food bank charity 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Supermarkets deny they are profiteering from high prices and claim their profits are being squeezed. Supermarkets under pressure to explain high prices 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Worse yet, they risk completely stripping the medicine of any cultural transformation espoused by its biggest profiteers. Science and corporadelics in Colorado: Can mushroom-capitalism save us from an existential crisis? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z “We needed to obtain a verdict that was substantial enough to get him to reassess his business incentives, believing that Alex Jones is primarily a profiteer,” Mattei said. Is there a price that keeps Trump quiet? E. Jean Carroll may find out 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Tatum and William Shipley, a lawyer who has represented more than 30 Jan. 6 defendants, have for example accused each other on Twitter of cynical profiteering. Far-Right Pushes a Through-the-Looking-Glass Narrative on Jan. 6 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z It would demonstrate that workers have truly gained leverage over employers after three pandemic years and a year of inflation fueled by corporate profiteering. Column: A Teamsters strike against UPS could remake the union movement for the better 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z However, grocers deny profiteering and have begun cutting the price of basics. People turn to microwave meals as food prices soar 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Retailers have been accused of not passing on falling wholesale costs to consumers, but they deny profiteering. Morrisons and M&S latest to cut price of basics 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Supermarkets deny profiteering and have cut the price of some basics recently. Sainsbury's cuts toilet paper prices as pulp drops 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z They ignored the contribution of corporate profiteering, despite data clearly showing that business profits were expanding sharply — in other words, businesses were raising prices far more than they needed to cover rising costs. Column: Wage growth doesn't drive inflation. So why is the Fed out to crush workers? 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z However, the grocers have denied profiteering, with the British Retail Consortium saying stores are working to keep prices "as low as possible". Sainsbury's and Asda told not to block rival stores 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z “We’re not going to get profiteering out of the business until we make changes,” said Larry Atkins, chief policy officer of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation, which represents about 100 nonprofit hospices. Hospice Is a Profitable Business, but Nonprofits Mostly Do a Better Job 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z He put Harry Truman in charge of finding and prosecuting war profiteers, further chastising America's oligarchs. What little Ukraine can teach big America about how to deal with our oligarch problem 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Grocers have denied profiteering, with the British Retail Consortium saying stores are working to keep prices "as low as possible". Sainsbury's cuts toilet paper prices as pulp drops 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Many struggling Nigerians, used to seeing politicians mismanage the country's oil wealth, fear they may already be victims of a profiteering racket. Nigeria's fuel subsidy: How the new president has shocked the nation 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Economists are divided on whether profiteering is also contributing to high prices. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z China's cyberspace regulator said 1.4 million social media posts have been deleted following a two-month probe into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering, and impersonation of state officials, among other "pronounced problems". Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z China's cyberspace regulator said 1.4 million social media posts have been deleted following a two-month probe into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering, and impersonation of state officials, among other "pronounced problems". Top AI CEOs, experts raise 'risk of extinction' from AI 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z And with rising labor costs and the possibility of profiteering, food prices are unlikely to come down anytime soon. Why Are Food Prices So High in Europe? 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z It comes days after Sainsbury's boss Simon Roberts denied that his supermarket had been profiteering. Food price cap won't make a difference - retailers 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z And we should be divesting from the fossil fuel industry that is laughing at our inability to stop their record profiteering from destruction of what remains of our common resources and environmental security. What a real university sustainability plan would look like 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The code was launched in June last year, and aims to prevent profiteering from disinformation and fake news, as well as increasing transparency and curbing the spread of bots and fake accounts. Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z "There is no evidence from a single supermarket that this is profiteering," he said. Sainsbury’s boss: We are not profiting from high prices 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Economists at Allianz, the German insurer and asset manager, estimate that 10 to 20 percent of food inflation in Europe can be attributed to profiteering. Why Are Food Prices So High in Europe? 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Envision stands as a case study in the destructive incursion of the profit motive — actually, the profiteering motive — in American healthcare. Column: This company made billions by surprise-billing helpless ER patients. Then justice arrived 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The Unite union has accused the big supermarkets of profiteering, saying the three biggest chains saw total profits double compared with the period prior to the pandemic - but that was in 2021. Why food bills aren't shrinking - five things to know 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z They embrace the idea of turning America's energy future over to a handful of profiteering oil speculators and their Russian and Saudi allies. McCarthy pushes US to brink of default to appease energy donors — but Biden has an ace up his sleeve 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Sainsbury's is not the only grocer hitting back at criticism over profiteering. Sainsbury’s boss: We are not profiting from high prices 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Across the continent, some governments are intervening by capping prices on food essentials, rather than waiting for the economic debates about corporate profiteering to play out. Why Are Food Prices So High in Europe? 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The government has even threatened to punish profiteering hotels who raise prices by more than 50%. Zibo barbecue: Millions bring sudden fame to industrial Chinese city 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z And yes, there's a lot of cynical profiteering in right-wing media. It's not just an act with Tucker Carlson and Steven Crowder 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Due to cost pressures, major consumer goods companies and supermarkets have pushed up prices, but have denied "profiteering". Food prices jump despite drop in wholesale costs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Unilever said it was not "profiteering in any form" from rising prices. Sainsbury's and Unilever deny price rises benefits them 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Nationalist Chinese commentators often accuse American arms dealers of profiteering from the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky held ‘meaningful’ call with China’s Xi Jinping 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But market forces, turbocharged by profiteering, turned that ambitious effort into a source of political division and economic distress in Europe’s formerly Communist eastern lands. Your Tuesday Briefing 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z As Mr. Biden sees it, the meat industry is dominated by four global companies that are abusing their market power by profiteering off the pandemic. Biden abandons grilling of meat producers while prices remain high 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z In March, Unite the union accused some retailers of "fuelling inflation by excessive profiteering". Food prices jump despite drop in wholesale costs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z But in March the Unite union accused some supermarkets of "fuelling inflation by excessive profiteering". Sainsbury's and Unilever deny price rises benefits them 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Water needs to be diverted from profiteering toward the greater good. Ongoing Development Is Part of the Colorado River Problem 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “There is no room for profiteering in these difficult times.” Hungary adds honey, other products to Ukraine import ban 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z "These companies fueling the housing affordability crisis are among many corporations across industries that have shamelessly profiteered, undeterred by the Fed's repeated interest rate hikes." Corporate landlords reap big profits as rents in many U.S. cities soar by double digits 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z War profiteering, shakedowns and looting have long been common among armed groups in Syria’s conflict, especially those associated with Mr. al-Assad’s regime. Truffle Hunting in Syria, Once a Beloved Pastime, Is Now a Danger 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z European officials and captains of industry camouflaged naked theft and profiteering in the name of progress. Review | The World War I editorial that W.E.B. Du Bois regretted for years 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z During a rally late last week with Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent and progressive standard-bearer, he described his opponent as part of the extremist right and other “greedy profiteers.” Chicago chooses between progressive, moderate for mayor 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z He faced a backlash over recent comments that appeared to accuse suppliers of profiteering from inflation. Tesco boss won't predict when food price inflation will ease 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z “It created an opportunity for both profiteering and for bad actors to be able to play in that space.” Temp nurses cost hospitals big during pandemic. Lawmakers seek limits 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z We can halt low-wage worker abuses and evasions, raise the minimum wage, crack down on landlord profiteering, rebuild the labor movement and redistribute government assistance. Perspective | Why are so many Americans poor? Because we allow it, two books argue. 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Transparency would not only reveal the profiteers but could also discourage future gouging. Opinion: Who profits from Southern California's high gas bills? The problem is we don't know 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Another member of the “squad,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, accused the Fed of being “more obsessed with wages than they are in regards to the monopolies and the corporate profiteering.” Squad lawmaker accuses Fed chief Powell of ‘engineering a recession’ by raising interest rates 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The stark result of corporate profiteering, poverty, ingenuity and ruthless piracy in the oil-rich Niger Delta easily ranks as one of the most profoundly disturbing, devastated landscapes ever created by humankind. Pictures from above: What a bird's eye view of Africa reveals 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The announcement comes at a time of mounting political pressure on drug companies to rein in what lawmakers and other critics view as the industry’s pattern of abusive profiteering. Eli Lilly Says It Will Cut the Price of Insulin 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog blames the price spike on mismanagement of gas reserves and profiteering by wholesale providers, with lots of questions still unanswered. Column: 'This is crazy': A 102-year-old WWII vet gets a $526 gas bill on top of crippling home-care costs 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z "An epidemic of profiteering has brought this country to its knees - workers are not responsible for it and should not have to pay for it." NatWest boss gets £5m payout as mortgage profits soar 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z "Any profiteering on the ongoing war is not acceptable or aligned with our view of responsible investments," said a spokesperson for Swedbank Robur, one of Scandinavia's top investors, adding that reputational risk was a worry. Analysis: Loans to Russian soldiers fuel calls for European banks to quit 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z For Aggie, she hopes for a more regulated rental market to stop profiteering landlords from raising rents. 'Double-deposit' leaving first-time home buyers stuck 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The belief that aid would be pocketed by war profiteers and Syrian officials is widespread. Why is it so hard to help Syria’s earthquake victims? 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z "I refuse to look at what is happening as above politics and align with the ruling party. This collapse is exactly the result of systematic profiteering politics," he said. Erdogan faces crescendo of criticism over quake response 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Biden hammered corporations for profiteering from the pandemic and ran through a wish list of economic proposals, many of which are unlikely to be passed by Congress. Morning Bid: Powell confesses 'This time it's different' 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Newsom faces a new potential hurdle besides the Legislature and inevitable lawsuits in his attempt to punish oil profiteers. Column: Column: Newsom promised to punish "Big oil" for profiteering, but so far it's just talk 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z But rather than playing down what many former Ukrainian officials and analysts say are all but unavoidable instances of wartime profiteering, President Volodymyr Zelensky pivoted earlier this year to a policy of high-profile enforcement. In High-Profile Raids, Zelensky Showcases Will to Tackle Corruption 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z While critics often accuse the oil industry of profiteering when prices are high, executives say their companies are prone to cycles. Oil Giants, After Surge in Profits, Are Wary About Spending 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Earlier this month investigations exposed alleged war profiteering by several senior officials. Global report highlights link between corruption, violence 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z But Young said the women’s petition had been timely for bringing civil claims of criminal profiteering, which, under Washington law, includes making money off forced labor. Raz Simone to stand trial with some claims dismissed, judge rules 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Stories of intermarriage, combined with old-fashioned racism and land-grab profiteering, prompted the state to evict the residents and send many of them to institutions. Paul Harding's modest debut won a surprise Pulitzer. His third novel aims too high 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z "Contrary to industry narratives, the increase in the price of eggs has not been an 'act of God'—it has been simple profiteering," Farm Action's letter argues. "Simple profiteering": FTC urged to crack down on egg industry's "organized theft" 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z "So I think it is difficult for Tesco to come out and say they think companies might be profiteering." Food suppliers hit back at Tesco chair in price hike row 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z "MAGA extremists plan to use national debt they exacerbated with tax breaks for billionaires and profiteering corporations as an excuse to gut Social Security and Medicare." Advocates say "hell no" as Manchin pitches Social Security deal with GOP 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Young said the women’s overarching claim of criminal profiteering had been appropriately brought by the plaintiffs within the statute of limitations window. Raz Simone to stand trial with some claims dismissed, judge rules 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z But Saxon believes it’s possible to shake up “traditional medicine” and make greater use of available technology for everyone’s benefit, while simultaneously tackling issues of data privacy and commercial profiteering. Column: At a checkup with my cardiologist, I got a crash course on how to stay alive 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z But the authorities clearly felt they could not afford to have the euro become synonymous with stealthy profiteering. Croatia, the euro and a coffee controversy - but is it all just froth? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "So I would say it is quite disingenuous to be talking about suppliers profiteering at this time," Mr Futter said. Food suppliers hit back at Tesco chair in price hike row 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z These institutions stand accused of profiteering, money laundering and keeping tabs on how people spend, which is just the kind of information the government is already collecting — in order to track your carbon footprint. Crypto Meltdown, What Crypto Meltdown? 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Sensing an opportunity — if not a welcome — political operatives and attention-seeking profiteers have rushed to fill the vacuum that the drop in moderation efforts has left, employees said. Twitter hate speech up in large foreign markets after Musk takeover 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z “What we’re calling for is windfall taxes, not only on energy companies but also on food companies to end this crisis profiteering,” Bucher told The Associated Press in an interview. As Davos opens, Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z It’s fueled in part by stereotypes and by the profiteers selling the illusion of eternal youth. Column: Is our aging population a time bomb or an opportunity? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Some have expressed concerns about the cost of potential reparation claims; others argue it wasn't they or their ancestors who enslaved or profiteered from colonialism so reject the concept of a collective apology. Netherlands slavery: Saying sorry leaves Dutch divided 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z New York tends to be a big purchaser and profiteer of these mills, and we are trying to cut off the demand at a retail level,” said Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat. New York bans pet stores from selling cats, dogs, rabbits 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Last week, a House investigation into Big Oil profiteering and greenwashing released its latest report — the result of more than a year of research, subpoenas and hearings. Opinion | Big Oil Companies Are Bullies Who ‘Want to Be Seen as Good Guys’ 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z His pledges are meant to allay fears of profiteering and over-commercialisation, though some were still skeptical. Jordan eyes tourism bonanza in expansion of Jesus' baptism site 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The Ukrainian government had already charged him with treason the day after he surrendered the town; then the Russians arrested him and put him in jail for his profiteering. Possibly the most hated mayor in Ukraine 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z President Biden has also criticized energy companies for “profiteering” and threatened them with a new windfall profits tax unless they increased production. U.S. Gas Prices Are Now Lower Than a Year Ago 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z And, as those allies buy American natural gas as a substitute, some European officials are accusing the United States of profiteering, revealing tensions within the West that could grow as the winter proceeds. Opinion | Biden can help Zelensky, and Ukraine, by pushing for peace 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z On Friday, he was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay a $3,128,363 money judgment in recompense for his profiteering. Rochester, New York pawn shop owner sentenced for selling stolen retail goods 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The rule comes as Biden has accused oil companies of “war profiteering” and raised the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on energy companies if they don’t boost domestic production. US rule would limit methane leaks from public lands drilling 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The scale of the problem — and opportunities for profiteering — are increasing as the number of Americans reporting long-lasting symptoms ramps up to as many as 15 million adults. Desperate covid long-haulers turn to costly, unproven treatments 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, the president of the Vatican Bank, said dangerous investments included gambling sites, dirty gas polluters, war profiteers and “adult entertainment, as they say.” Catholic Church Issues Guidelines for Ethical Investing 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “We believe that this will effectively help prevent Mr. Putin’s ability to profiteer off the oil markets … and fund his war in Ukraine,” Kirby said. Treasury releases more details of Russian oil price cap plan 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z So we’re still vulnerable to legal horrors, invasion, slavery, profiteering, obligatory conversion and death. Buffy Sainte-Marie shines despite sabotage in new documentary 'Carry It On' 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Is this amendment a particularly egregious example of war profiteering by the military-industrial-congressional complex? Congress wants to spend billions on new weapons for possible ground war with Russia 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Biden, too, accusing major oil and gas companies of wartime profiteering, has said he wants a new windfall tax unless the companies increase production, although such a proposal is unlikely to win congressional approval. Will Taxing the Windfall Profits of Oil Giants Fix Countries’ Economies? 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Among them were the tie-ups of import shipments at U.S. ports, a product of the reopening of the U.S. economy as the pandemic ebbed; and excessive corporate profiteering. Column: 'Moderates' like Mitt Romney are threatening Social Security. Democrats don't have to let them. 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The things that drove inflation, which are corporate profiteering, Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine and the mishandling of COVID, were the fault of Republicans. What just happened? David Rothkopf on the midterm surprise and the Trump-DeSantis battle 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “But generally, we would say the airline industry is not currently at the same level as big food, oil or retail in terms of gross profiteering,” says Jeremy Funk, a spokesman for the group. Flying home for the holidays will cost you more this year 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The supplemental rule comes as Biden has accused oil companies of “war profiteering” and raised the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on energy companies if they don’t boost domestic production. Biden tightens methane emissions rule amid push for more oil 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Devastated infrastructure and pressing human needs draw lenders and profiteers whose assistance comes with heavy costs. In an Age of Constant Disaster, What Does It Mean to Rebuild? 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Days later, shortly after other cordial, private talks between Energy Department officials and industry leaders, Biden accused oil companies of “war profiteering” as he raised the possibility of imposing a windfall tax. Biden courted oil companies before threatening them with windfall tax 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z We should be skeptical of profiteers rushing environmental investigations and making lofty promises. Opinion | We can’t rush renewable energy at the cost of biodiversity 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In a speech Monday, Mr. Biden demanded that the energy industry cease its “war profiteering” or else “they’re going to pay a higher tax on their excess profits.” Energy sector basts Biden for making ‘outrageous’ threats to punish the industry for high prices 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden also has floated the possibility of a windfall tax if energy companies don’t boost domestic production, accusing them Monday of “war profiteering.” BP profits soar in 3Q as pressure increases for windfall tax 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden on Monday called on major oil companies who are bringing in big profits to stop "war profiteering", threatening to hit them with higher taxes if they don't increase production. BP smashes forecasts with $8.2 billion profit 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden called on oil and gas companies to stop 'war profiteering' and threatened a windfall tax on their record profits as he battles high pump prices with elections coming in a week. Morning Bid: Trick or treat? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z President Biden accused oil companies of “war profiteering” and threatened to seek a windfall tax on their profits unless they ramped up production to curb prices. Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z But Schrier notes inflation has spiked worldwide — not solely in the U.S. — and blames the Russian invasion of Ukraine and profiteering by corporations for exacerbating the situation. Rep. Kim Schrier, challenger Matt Larkin battle for control of Congress 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The president also accused oil companies of profiteering and warned them not to gouge prices as American are grappling with inflation. Biden Expands Effort to Secure U.S. Energy Independence 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The lowered gas prices were a key talking point for President Biden, who made claims about the price declines over the summer and accused energy companies of profiteering on American consumers. Gas prices fall slightly, but overall energy costs are soon expected to rise. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The chapter on Johnnie Taylor’s “Cheaper to Keep Her,” for example, is mainly an indictment of the lawyers whose profiteering of heartbreak drives the divorce “industry.” Bob Dylan on the Songs That Captivate and Define Us 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr Brown said organisers were "naturally disappointed" that some had "decided to try to profiteer" from Liverpool's staging of the event. Eurovision: Liverpool warns fans after rooms' price hike 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z President Biden, who over the summer responded to the increase in gas prices by chiding energy companies for profiteering on consumers, released oil from strategic reserves and encouraged Saudi Arabia to produce more oil. Gas Prices in U.S. Rise for a Second Week After Refineries Shut Down 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z While walking to rejoin them, he was accosted by a man who spewed profanity and called him a liar and a profiteer. Jurors in Alex Jones Case Begin Deliberating 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “Today we are targeting the support networks and war profiteers that enable weapons procurement for Burma’s military regime,” Brian Nelson, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in the statement. U.S. targets alleged Myanmar arms traffickers with sanctions for supplying junta 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Falling gas prices were seen as a political win for President Biden, who had reprimanded large energy companies for what he described as profiteering. U.S. Gasoline Prices Follow Crude Oil Higher 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Slick public relations circuses that waste taxpayer money are fairy tales bent on perpetuating the profiteering military-industrial-congressional complex. Opinion | The Andrews air show was wasteful 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z A class of profiteers, known as flippers, are buying out stocks of elusive names with no intention of consuming them. Prosecutors allege an inside job. The target? Rare bourbon. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “The profiteering off the poor is ongoing,” Representative Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, said. In Mississippi, Welfare for the Well-Connected as a Scandal Spreads 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The group, called Formula Hunters, does not exchange money to keep out profiteers who have been hoarding formula and seeking to resell it at a markup. Store Shelves Are No Longer Bare, but Baby Formula Remains in Short Supply 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z "Do they think this is a joke? Do they not realise how much anger there is about their profiteering and pollution?" he said. Fresh wave of sewage pollution hits Britain's beaches 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z After the failure to reach an agreement, Entsminger criticized what he called the “unreasonable expectations of water users” and “drought profiteering proposals.” Facing risk of ‘dead pool,’ California water agencies consider Colorado River cuts 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z The limits are in place to prevent hoarding and profiteering, or even selling spots in the queue, Choma said. In Poland, where coal is king, homeowners queue for days to buy fuel 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Coping with increases of such magnitude is beyond the scope of Ofgem, whose role is to protect consumers from profiteering by suppliers, Mr. Brearley said. British household energy bills to rise 80 percent, regulator says. 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The U.S. is not alone in taking on Big Tech’s digital profiteering at the expense of local newsrooms and communities. Congress must end Big Tech’s news profiteering 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z We are up against corporate donors, landlords, and war profiteers spending millions of dollars to take out progressive members of Congress. Ilhan Omar to Democrats: “Let’s give working folks a reason to turn out to vote for us” 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey said issues with sewage showed the water industry was in an "extraordinary state of chaos" and said decades of regulatory failure, underinvestment and profiteering had led to the current situation. Water firms face growing criticism over beach sewage 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Often, he now ends favorable reviews with a plea to “bossman,” which can mean the owner or the person at the cash register, to resist the urge to profiteer. The Fried Chicken Inflation Index 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z What’s most encouraging about the Inflation Reduction Act’s healthcare provisions is that as a political victory it establishes a foundation for further progress in the fight against drug industry profiteering. Column: Everyone is thrilled that Medicare can finally negotiate drug prices. Prepare to be disappointed 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Entsminger accused special interests of “drought profiteering” by seeking inflated payments for reducing water use. Drastic Cuts to Colorado River Water Use Show Depth of West’s Drought 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z UN Secretary-General António Guterres unveiled a new report Wednesday about the global effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and took aim at the fossil fuel sector, which has been widely accused of war profiteering. UN head says Big Oil's "grotesque" greed is wrecking the planet, calls for new taxes 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z President Biden has accused oil companies of profiteering off surging energy prices and Britain, home of BP and Shell, has announced a special tax on the industry’s “extraordinary” profits. BP is the latest oil giant to report a huge quarterly profit. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr Whelan also claimed "profiteering" by train companies over the last three years with what he called "handsome profits, dividends for shareholders, and big salaries for managers". Train strikes: Avoid travel warning as Wales' services halt 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z President Biden has accused oil companies of profiteering off surging energy prices and Britain, home of BP and Shell, has announced a special tax on the “extraordinary” profits of oil and gas companies. Oil giants are pumping billions of dollars into buying their own shares. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z In a letter to the top executives of major oil companies later that month, Mr. Biden accused them of profiteering at the expense of consumers. Exxon and Chevron Report Record Profits on High Oil and Gas Prices 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z With the exception of conscientious individuals and organizations, many citizens — especially those of the industrialized world — along with numerous profiteering corporate entities insist on going about business as usual. Climate crisis: ‘Willful ignorance’ 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Those primarily include the economy and inflation, which are global problems and largely beyond Biden's control, although he has failed to effectively challenge corporate profiteering and price-gouging, or even rising pharmaceutical prices. Why the midterms look so bleak for Democrats: Joe Biden 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z While acknowledging that the ongoing drought in East and Horn of Africa had played a role, Mr Kenyatta seemed to apportion most of the blame on profiteering by privately owned maize millers and political interference. Kenya elections 2022: President Kenyatta halves cost of maize flour 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z "We are not profiteering here. We are just trying to survive," he added. Heatwave to push up price of chips, say potato farmers 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Why don't the Democrats talk about price gouging and come up with a bold initiative and specifically label these huge corporations as being the crooks and profiteers they really are? Joe Walsh's MAGA warning: If Trump is indicted, expect "major violence" 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Rate hikes also won't repair supply chain snags stemming from the coronavirus pandemic or tackle corporate profiteering, which progressive economists and lawmakers have argued is a major factor in persistent inflation. Economists to Fed: Inflation doesn't justify big rate hikes that could "push millions out of work" 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z He has also accused oil companies of profiteering with outsized price hikes at the pump as Americans hit the road for the summer driving season. Biden touts ‘incredible progress’ on economy in bid to salvage Ohio’s blue-collar vote 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z As travelers set out for the July Fourth holiday weekend, Mr. Biden accused gas station owners of profiteering and urged them to lower their prices. Veterans of Carter-Era Inflation Warn That Biden Has Few Tools to Tame Prices 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Children's minister Will Quince told the Commons after the review was published, that he had "no issue with profit" in general, only profiteering. Police callouts higher in children’s homes run for profit 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Rather, it was caused by “corporate greed,” “profiteering,” “price gouging” and other vague accusations of corporate malfeasance. Opinion | Democrats had an opportunity for a major political realignment. They blew it. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “Oil companies are turning this profiteering into a full-time vocation,” she said in an interview. Inslee signals no interest in a WA gas tax ‘holiday’; others skeptical, too 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The administration has dragged its feet on these and many other useful measures, alas, and wasted precious time and resources on anti-“profiteering” messaging that plays better to the Democratic base. Opinion | How Biden can convince us that recession isn’t 'inevitable’ 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z He chastised some of the largest oil companies last week for profiteering while American consumers endured high prices. Biden Says He Is Considering Seeking a Gas Tax Holiday 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “What I really want to hear from him is taking on the profiteering of oil and gas companies. We need him to be stronger,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Washington Democrat. Gas prices leave Biden with few options going into world energy, climate forum 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z How can Democrats guarantee profit levels, when they’ve convinced their voters that these greedy firms are already “profiteering”? Progressives have effectively boxed themselves in. Opinion | Democrats had an opportunity for a major political realignment. They blew it. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z I want so badly to believe in this future, that we can change our behavior and hold the worst profiteers accountable. Climate Destroyers Go to Jail, Martian Travel Guide, Bee Interiority, and More 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z After months of complaining that “profiteering” corporations were driving up inflation, progressive populists seem to have gotten their wish. Opinion | Greed is dead. Long live greed! 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Yellen did appear to veer away from the view of some Democrats that corporate greed and profiteering was a primary reason for rising prices. Yellen Defends Pandemic Spending as Inflation Persists 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z She reiterated the administration’s belief that gas prices can be lowered while advancing its environmental goals, though she also accused Big Oil of being war profiteers. Gas prices leave Biden with few options going into world energy, climate forum 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “You have this shameless profiteering from celebrities and others, who aren’t at all disinterested or impartial,” said John Reed Stark, a former chief of the internet enforcement branch at the Securities and Exchange Commission. How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z His “Triangle of Sadness,” is a long, windy, beautifully composed, scabrously funny takedown of Western capitalist excess in its many forms: billionaires, war profiteers, fashion models, social-media influencers and other targets of sometimes eye-roll-inducing obviousness. Here's what won — and what should've won — at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Walmart and other erstwhile “profiteering” retailers have also recently reported slimmer profits. Opinion | Greed is dead. Long live greed! 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Congressional lawmakers have proposed legislation to break Google and Facebook’s monopoly over digital advertising, accusing the tech giants of profiteering off their market dominance. Bipartisan bill targets near-total control of online advertising by Facebook, Google 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z “I understand the House is wasting its time pretending that inflation is all the fault of evil corporate profiteers,” he said. House Democrats narrowly pass gas price gouging bill despite 4 defectors 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But as Salon reported back in April, many experts have told a different story, citing corporate consolidation, corporate profiteering, and deregulation as chief reasons for price increases across the board. What is their inflation spat really about? 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z By the early 2000s, as cell phones and Wi-Fi became common in most homes and public controversies about their safety emerged, profiteers jumped at the opportunity to create “protective” cell phone patches and stickers. How fears of electromagnetic radiation spawned a snake-oil industry 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z A racket of war profiteers preys on families, extorting large sums of money from them with false promises of an eventual release of missing relatives. Massacre video reopens wounds for missing Syrians’ families 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Rakeen Mabud, chief economist at the Groundwork Collaborative, applauded the new bill as an "important" step toward reining in corporate profiteering and argued that "a federal price gouging statute would help curtail this exploitative behavior." Elizabeth Warren targets corporate price gouging 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The theory goes something like this: The reason prices are up so much is that companies have gotten “greedy” and are conspiring to “pad their profits,” “profiteer” and “price-gouge.” Opinion | An inflation conspiracy theory is infecting the Democratic Party 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The event comes as millions of Americans continue to buckle under the weight of rising food prices, driven largely by corporate profiteering as well as the COVID-induced supply shock. Montana Republicans poised to abandon school lunch assistance amidst hunger crisis 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z "Big Oil is intentionally profiteering off the war in Ukraine—a crisis they helped create by working with Putin for decades to expand Russian oil and gas production." "Big Oil is intentionally profiteering from the war": Exxon profits double after Putin's invasion 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Among them, profiteers circulated, telling families they could get their loved ones’ names on the release list in return for 50 million Syrian pounds — nearly $13,000 — Al Abdullah said. Massacre video reopens wounds for missing Syrians’ families 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, similarly argued in a New York Times op-ed last week that "plain old corporate profiteering" is a key culprit behind price hikes nationwide. Elizabeth Warren targets corporate price gouging 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Companies are somehow conspiring to boost inflation, this thinking holds, because they can use it as an “excuse” to “profiteer.” Opinion | An inflation conspiracy theory is infecting the Democratic Party 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “Democrats are moving forward with forceful action that will stop and hold accountable oil and gas companies for profiteering and manipulating markets,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, told reporters. Democrats push probe of oil companies over gas price gouging accusations 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z "Lawmakers who complain about corporate concentration and inflation should do something about it—like tackling the damage being caused by polluting profiteers." "Big Oil is intentionally profiteering from the war": Exxon profits double after Putin's invasion 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The Biden administration has made fighting inflation a top priority amid staggering price increases but has also sought to make clear that corporate profiteering is a major contributor to rising prices. Top corporate profiteers blamed price increases on rising labor costs — then gave CEOs big raises 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Critics argue that lame news media coverage results from a combination of ruthless profiteers and clueless journalists who are often ignorant about the topics they cover. Media gets it wrong on Elon Musk and Twitter: The issue is oligarchy, not "free speech" 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The administration’s changes are modest and long-overdue ground rules for an industry rife with scandals, profiteering and negative effects on the larger community of neighborhood public schools. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The art of an appropriate headline 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Young women around the world have led the charge ever since, but political inertia, corporate profiteering and poor public awareness continue to stand in the way of progress. 1,500 Gen Zers were polled about climate change. Here are the results 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z What he discovered is a little-discussed evolution of the tax-prep software industry from mere processors of returns to profiteers of personal data. Review | You agreed to what? Tax sites want your data for more than filing. 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z "These higher prices were largely due to corporate profiteering, with S&P 500 companies enjoying near-record operating margins because they had the power to hike prices," the Accountable.US report argued. Top corporate profiteers blamed price increases on rising labor costs — then gave CEOs big raises 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z But when it comes to corporate profiteering, she said, the evidence is crystal clear. Mitch McConnell leads Republicans in profiting off of corporate price hikes 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Democrats accuse Big Oil of “war profiteering” at the expense of American consumers. High gas prices? They’re just what we need 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Sometimes, though, the administration joins the populist chorus bashing greedy firms for “profiteering,” buybacks or the like. Opinion | Democrats’ flawed hate affair with corporate profits and stock buybacks 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Politicians often criticize the energy industry for profiteering when gas prices surge, and then quietly drop their complaints when prices fall back. Blamed for high gas prices, oil executives defend themselves at a House hearing. 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Democrats hammered oil executives at Wednesday’s hearing over why gas prices have not fallen in tandem with crude prices, accusing the fossil fuel firms of engaging in “war profiteering” at the expense of American consumers. House panel grills oil company executives on high gasoline prices 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z “This feels like gouging. It even feels like profiteering,” Schrier said. Democrats accuse oil companies of ‘rip off’ on gas prices 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The bosses of some of the world's biggest energy firms vowed to increase production this year as they defended themselves from accusations of profiteering from the war in Ukraine. Oil bosses vow to boost output and deny profiteering 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders announced Friday that next week he will hold a hearing to expose how corporate profiteering in the midst of multiple global crises is driving inflation. Bernie Sanders to hold hearing on how "corporate greed and profiteering" are fueling inflation 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z President Biden warned oil companies against “profiteering” after the war in Ukraine drove gasoline prices past $4 per gallon, and the White House also has criticized shipping companies and brewers for wielding excessive market dominance. As inflation spreads, rising prices fuel charges of corporate greed 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z “This week alone,” he said, “I have been called war profiteer, Nazi, Zionist, Nazi Zionist.” A company fringe famous for creating ‘Lego’ meth labs made a Zelenskyy, and blew up 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z It is designed to reflect the costs faced by suppliers and to prevent profiteering. Who allowed the price cap to increase by so much? And other questions 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Demanding that energy companies raking in record profits return these excess earnings to the public would help working families and send an important message to corporate profiteers. Opinion | Now is not the time for gas-tax holidays 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z "A windfall corporate profits tax is badly needed to put the brakes on corporate profiteering that has run rampant over the course of the pandemic," said Mabud. Bernie Sanders to hold hearing on how "corporate greed and profiteering" are fueling inflation 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z This might sound good if you genuinely believe that “profiteering” is the problem. Opinion | Both parties neglect to propose a solution that might actually lower gas prices 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “That said, we don’t want to be seen as war profiteers.” Europe’s phase-out of Russian energy over the Ukraine crisis could mean opportunity for African countries 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z As President Biden warned, "Russia's aggression is costing us all, and it's no time for profiteering or price gouging." Stop blaming workers for inflation: Corporate greed is a much bigger factor 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The only true patriots will be generals, war profiteers, opportunists, courtiers in the media and demagogues braying for more and more blood. Endless war is back — as the merchants of death waltz us toward Armageddon 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Whitehouse argued that the legislation would “curb profiteering by oil companies and provide Americans relief at the gas pump.” Democrats slammed over bill to hike taxes on major oil companies 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Aside from Vladimir Putin, whose contributions to high energy prices are relatively recent, Democrats’ preferred villain is “corporate greed” or “profiteering.” Opinion | Both parties neglect to propose a solution that might actually lower gas prices 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “These are not war profiteers nor are they exploitative in any way,” O’Rourke said. Dozens of corporations are still in Russia. It’s getting harder for them to leave. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, it's clear that pandemic profiteering is rampant, in part because we live in an economy that sits on a scaffolding of investors demanding ever higher returns. Stop blaming workers for inflation: Corporate greed is a much bigger factor 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In one article published in China's Global Times, the US is accused of profiteering from selling weapons to Ukraine. Ukraine: How China is censoring online discussion of the war 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z For instance, when he spoke Tuesday about banning Russian oil imports, he preemptively berated the petroleum industry for any attempt at “excessive price increases” and “profiteering or price gouging.” Opinion | Democrats are in denial about inflation 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z And “profiteering” might sound like an incriminating accusation, but it has little meaning other than “prices are higher than politicians want them to be.” Opinion | Both parties neglect to propose a solution that might actually lower gas prices 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z He also warned against profiteering in a time of war. Biden rejects Republican criticism of his energy policy 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “And it’s no time for profiteering or price gouging.” Biden Bans Oil Imports From Russia, Calling It a ‘Blow to Putin’s War Machine’ 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Biden said the decision will further increase already-high domestic gas prices and warned fuel companies that it is "no time for profiteering or price gouging." Former Keystone Pipeline worker says US energy crisis is result of Biden's policies: 'We tried to warn you' 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z For example, if “profiteering” is really the cause of high gas prices, Warren’s proposed “windfall-profits tax” for the oil industry might sound like a reasonable solution. Opinion | Democrats are in denial about inflation 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Blaming “high prices” on “profiteering” isn’t an explanation; it’s a tautology. Opinion | Both parties neglect to propose a solution that might actually lower gas prices 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “Corporate profiteering is playing an important role in rising prices,” said Rakeen Mabud, chief economist at Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank. Oil prices, Ukraine war could tip U.S. into recession, economist warns 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “Russia’s aggression is costing us all. And it’s no time for profiteering or price gouging. I want to be clear about what we’ll not tolerate,” he said. Biden announces ban on Russia oil, natural gas 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z They began profiteering, or charging very high prices for goods. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Boots says it's started selling them to prepare customers and supply chains but the GMB union describes the move as "rampant profiteering". Covid: Delay surgery after Omicron and support fraud's impact on taxpayers 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z This apparent profiteering is finally receiving scrutiny from the Biden administration. Giant food producers are profiteering off inflation — and bragging about it too 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Gaines does not deny that reality and in fact documents much ugliness from the era: gay bashing, authoritarian policing, patriarchal oppression, white supremacy and profiteering from environmental contamination. Review | In the 1950s, their lonely battles on rights and the environment heralded changes to come 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z A theory has taken hold that Wall Street firms, in cahoots with regulators, have created “synthetic” or fake shares of GameStop as part of an elaborate profiteering strategy — and that they must be stopped. Buy GameStop, Fight Injustice. Just Don’t Sell. 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The housing and levelling up secretary has said the government would go after firms that "cut corners" and "sought to profiteer" from the Grenfell tragedy. Gove warns Grenfell profiteers: We are coming for you 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z And that's how the people around Trump were profiteering right at the start. Donald Trump and his family fleeced America: Why aren’t they being held accountable? 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z This is particularly ironic since so many are now ghost newspapers with decimated staffs, tiny news holes and almost no quality local news, as they are controlled by absentee short-term financial profiteers. From the publisher: A year-end message on saving our country’s local free press system 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The bill also sends a clear message to Pentagon contractors as they drool over a new meal in the ongoing feast of war profiteering. Civilian deaths and the Pentagon’s 20-year killing spree: Mistakes — or a matter of policy? 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z A meticulously reported, beautifully written indictment of the Sackler family and their influence on Big Pharma over the decades, culminating with their complicity in and outrageous profiteering from the opioid epidemic. The 5 best nonfiction books of 2021 according to Mary Ann Gwinn 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z He obliquely compared himself to Moses, suggesting that he would deliver Syria’s poor from the predations of the “war profiteers” who had taken over his former company. Assad’s tightening grip In September, the White House accused the four biggest meat producers of "pandemic profiteering" for raising prices while making record profits. Food banks are struggling to fill their shelves, and it’s not just supply chain issues 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Their hope, though, is that they will be able to establish that conspiracy profiteering off the tragedy of others is not an acceptable business model. Opinion | Alex Jones is facing a reckoning. Let it be a warning to other conspiracy theorists. 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z They usually cite record-high corporate profits as their evidence that companies must be “profiteering” or “gouging” the public — rather than, say, responding to today’s unusual market conditions. Opinion | The greediest Thanksgiving ever 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z During his remarks, Mr. Biden refused to take the blame for his policies being the cause of high gas prices, pointing instead to profiteering in the industry. Frustrated drivers at gas stations stick it to Biden with “I did that” decals 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Warren said she was concerned about "the extent to which these price increases are being driven by energy companies’ corporate greed and profiteering." U.S. Senator Warren lashes out at energy companies over natural gas prices 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Campaigners say the high rental prices mean students looking to live in the city while studying are "vulnerable to scams, profiteering landlords and unsafe accommodation". The students losing thousands in an Edinburgh rental scam 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The sudden fortunes of ocean freight lines have led to accusations of profiteering, drawing scrutiny from governments and manufacturers. Supply chain crisis gives once invisible shipping industry record profits and new adversaries 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the orthodox view is that this supposed “war” is a high-risk intervention against a disease that may not actually exist, and the dissenting doctors are basically war profiteers, exploiting patients desperate for a cure. Opinion | How I Became a Science Experiment 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Bad-faith interpretations of morbid outcomes are nothing new: Whenever a person who received a vaccine experiences an adverse effect, profiteers imply a causal relationship. Perspective | You’re not ‘fully vaccinated.’ You never will be. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He said that a removal of the cap would not see profiteering as a market of 10 or 15 well-run companies in competition would provide good value for money. Abolish energy price cap, says Scottish Power boss 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Omarova considers the same Fed-bred profiteering — “collective action problems that create financial instability and hinder socially equitable economic growth,” as she puts it — but concludes that we might as well resurrect Gosplan. Opinion | Joe Biden isn’t a socialist, but his nominee to regulate banks has pretty radical ideas about the Fed 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr Madderson also warned drivers would see a rise in fuel prices next week, but because of "global factors" not because of profiteering. Fuel supply still a big problem in SE England - retailers 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Granting $3 million dollars to a nonprofit to conduct a survey that a city agency could have conducted for less than a tenth of that amount is one example of such “progressive” profiteering. The state of Seattle: Readers weigh in 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the biggest processors have seen record, or near record, profits and margins, leading the White House to accuse them of "pandemic profiteering". Biden v Big Meat: Can the US tackle rising beef prices? 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The pump price spike also comes amid the current fuel supply problems and reports of profiteering at some petrol stations. Outlook bleak for drivers as petrol prices surge, says RAC 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In court last month, the insurer claimed that the fees were “disaster profiteering,” and in violation of public policy. This Lab Charges $380 for a Covid Test. Is That What Congress Had in Mind? 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z "Status quo protection of the intellectual property rights of profiteering pharmaceutical companies will not save us from this pandemic," Russell added. Campaigners to Biden: stop acting like a big pharma "puppet" and help vaccinate the world 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z That the nonprofit skewed the survey in favor of policies that would lead to further grants is an example of the corruption fostered by profiteering. The state of Seattle: Readers weigh in 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The U.S. response to 9/11 was corrupted by a toxic soup of revenge, imperialist ambitions, war profiteering, systematic brainwashing and sheer stupidity. With the 9/11 anniversary behind us, can America wake up from its 20-year nightmare? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z "The patriotic thing would obviously be, not charging the government to stay at your properties, and not profiting or profiteering off the government," Libowitz said. Trump’s kids kept their free limo access after he left office — and it cost taxpayers $1.7 million 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The administration has accused the meat industry of “pandemic profiteering,” saying the four companies are collecting excessive profits while benefiting from both COVID-19 funds and increased demand for their products. Meat industry’s beef with Biden: Stop scapegoating us 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z To suggest, as I have on several occasions, that warmongering based on lies and profiteering got us nowhere led to recriminations from people I was not prepared to argue with. Perspective | Support for troops in Afghanistan kept criticism muted. The cost of our quiet was too high. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The right wing long has used “small government” propaganda as cover for profiteering by outsourcing government functions to favored corporations, with the revolving door and nepotism providing ample rewards for individuals who participate. The state of Seattle: Readers weigh in 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Betrayal of soldiers and marines by war profiteers and politicians. Remembering 9/11: The evil we do is the evil we get 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Both substances are sold by profiteering companies using science distorted by spin or outright lies. Opioids and Cigarettes Are Both Harmful, but Opioids Have Valid Medical Uses 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Not once in any of the meetings did government officials suggest that consolidation and profiteering were behind consumer price increases she wrote. Meat industry’s beef with Biden: Stop scapegoating us 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “Some of these corporations earned profits that are widely considered legitimate. Other profits were the consequence of questionable or corrupt business practices that amount to waste, fraud, abuse, price-gouging or profiteering.” Perspective | Support for troops in Afghanistan kept criticism muted. The cost of our quiet was too high. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Even though it is rich in oil, Iraq suffers chronic blackouts and crumbling infrastructure because of graft, profiteering and mismanagement. Death and suffering in Iraq a painful legacy of 9/11 attacks 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z In a blog post, members of President Biden’s economic team said four businesses control 85% of the U.S. meat processing market and accused them of “pandemic profiteering.” Biden admin vows to crack down on illegal price-fixing in meat industry 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z "What we see here smacks of pandemic profiteering and that is the behavior the administration finds concerning." Biden administration plans tougher action to rein in meat prices 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z How do we better explain to the American people the role of profiteering by private interests and big business in the country's wars? Norman Solomon on what the media won't say: "The American people live in a warfare state" 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But even he doesn’t think Carr is a grief profiteer or a charlatan. How volunteer searchers found the body of missing hiker Rachel Lakoduk in the North Cascades almost two years after she disappeared 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z In this new Gilded Age, 21st-century robber barons are blasting themselves into space, profiteering from the pandemic, avoiding most or all taxation and expanding their wealth and income at heretofore unfathomable rates. As the right ramps up the cruelty and dread, it's time to stay clear-headed — and fight back 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The pandemic has supercharged existing global inequalities, with the wealthy profiteering from the shuttering of the main street economies around the world…. Why Americans hate and fear the poor: Joanne Samuel Goldblum on the price of inequality 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Already under fire over lucrative contracts awarded to politically connected firms during the pandemic, Britain’s governing Conservative Party is being battered by a litany of new accusations of influence-peddling, cronyism and profiteering. Latest U.K. Scandals Show a System Rife With Insider Ties 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z He said the money had gone to profiteers who “are financing and supporting little militias, to keep this game going on and on.” Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z That can lead to profiteering and exploitation, with some bad operators capitalizing on grief to make a buck. How volunteer searchers found the body of missing hiker Rachel Lakoduk in the North Cascades almost two years after she disappeared 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Newsom can simplistically blame conservative pundits for “profiteering off misinformation” and unvaccinated people for listening to them. Column: I wish I could be angry with the unvaccinated. Being Black makes that complicated 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “Your choice not to get vaccinated and to listen to these pundits that are profiteering off misinformation, intentionally misinforming, comes at a real societal cost,” Newsom said. Newsom calls out the unvaccinated, blasts Tucker Carlson for COVID-19 misinformation 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z “The main challenges in the neighborhood are economic,” Gonzalez said, and those who are undocumented are easily exploited by profiteers. Column: The fireworks blast that rocked 27th Street still echoes, as residents try to move on 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z So far, such government self-assessments have shown little appetite for dealing with the true cronyism, profiteering, and disastrous politicization of the federal pandemic response by Trump's minions. Swept into a COVID hell of profits 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z When the mob wasn’t competing with City Hall profiteers, it was paying them off. Why was the mob in L.A. so much quieter than Chicago or New York? 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z For some swindled clients and unpaid vendors, however, the series is an offensive exercise in self-absorption and profiteering. The ‘Real Housewife’ under real scrutiny: Erika Girardi and the hunt for the missing millions 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Those who are profiteering from sensationalistic accounts of this tragedy should stop manipulating the truth to finger Arthur Sackler as the scapegoat. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This photo was fitting for this moment in baseball 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z It’s easy to forget that just a year ago, senators from both parties were under Justice Department scrutiny for potentially profiteering from the coronavirus with well-timed stock trades. We Asked Congress’s Freshmen to Give Up Stock Trading. Few Were Willing. 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z That ideology led to profiteering, politicized science, and mass death. Swept into a COVID hell of profits 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z There’s no good reason other than corporate profiteering at public expense. Column: This desalination plan stinks all the way from Orange County to Gov. Newsom's office 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z "It's a self-serving profiteering enterprise," the staffer said, adding that McEnany was hired because of "name recognition, notoriety, an obvious willingness to say anything her employer desires. The viewers are morons." Fox News staffers fume over hiring of Kayleigh McEnany: "They don't give a damn about facts" 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Paxton said in an interview on Monday that individuals and businesses profiteering off the storm may be fined up to $250,000 if the victim is sixty-five or older. Another Texas Republican ditched the state during historic blizzard: AG Ken Paxton jetted to Utah 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z This is a clear example of influence peddling and profiteering against the public interest. Financial author William Cohan on how Trump can make billions — and save himself one more time 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Another obstacle comes from companies like Facebook and Google, which banned the sale and advertising of N95 masks in an effort to thwart profiteers from diverting vital medical gear needed by frontline medical workers. Can’t Find an N95 Mask? This Company Has 30 Million That It Can’t Sell. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z And overlaying the conflict are networks of war profiteers with their own armed factions who could serve as spoilers if they felt that peace would be bad for business. Biden Ends Military Aid for Saudi War in Yemen. Ending the War Is Harder. 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, he said, “opportunists and profiteers are taking advantage of California’s unemployment system.” Two murderers in state prison and other inmates scammed state jobless benefits, DA says 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z “We’re really worried,” said an exasperated Cruz, after ticking off a day of long lines, regular disappointment and what he sees as blatant profiteering. Runaway cost of oxygen tanks adds extra agony to pandemic in Mexico 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z “It’s really shocking that profiteering is happening in this crisis,” said Kath Dalmeny, chief executive of Sustain, a food and farming charity. ‘Unacceptable’ Food Packages for Poorer Children Prompt Outcry in U.K. 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z But the surge in cybercrime spurred by the pandemic goes far wider than profiteering, says Benoît Dupont, a criminologist at the University of Montreal, Canada. The great opportunity: how Covid transformed global crime 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z In the hunt for PS5s, plenty of regular buyers reported having adopted some of the techniques from bot profiteers to stand a chance of beating them — and the thousands of other human shoppers — to checkout. Can’t get a PlayStation 5? Meet the Grinch bots snapping up the holidays’ hottest gift. 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The brothers were either entrepreneurs or pandemic profiteers, depending on how you interpret the American Dream. Fake masks, fake cures, fake money—2020 was a great year for scammers 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z “It’s not a good look to be seen to be profiteering,” said Frederic Horst, managing director of Cargo Facts Consulting. Vaccine airlift delivers shot in the arm for airlines 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, this entire grifting empire is a big problem, because the end result of all this profiteering is that our democracy is being undermined. Trump and his allies won't drop claims of stolen election — because they're cashing in 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z “We can be thankful that their voices were heard, that science counted and that people prevailed over short-term profiteering.” Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z He added: “We can be thankful that their voices were heard, that science counted and that people prevailed over short-term profiteering.” Government blocks proposed mine that threatened Alaska salmon fishery 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z This policy may not be popular among war profiteers, but it would certainly be popular among Americans across the ideological spectrum. Here are 10 things Joe Biden can do immediately to create a safer, better world 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z He executed former heads of state, ordered the flogging of market women accused of profiteering, and jailed dozens of businessmen for corruption. This week’s passages 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z As Gen. Washington prepares for the British invasion of New York in 1776, his Virginia prejudices are summoned forth, and he says of profiteering New Englanders: “Such a dirty, mercenary spirit pervades the whole.” Review | Four presidents who put Virginia’s stamp on early America 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z He now says the president has worsened Washington’s profiteering culture in nearly every way. How Trump abandoned his pledge to ‘drain the swamp’ 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z The president also took aim at Mr. Biden’s son, Hunter, for alleged profiteering from foreign companies while his father was vice president. Biden’s oil industry remark the ‘worst mistake’ ever made in a debate, Trump says 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Some polling suggests that conservative media coverage of Hunter Biden’s profiteering and the pending Senate confirmation of conservative Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are helping Mr. Trump tighten the race. Hunter Biden, coronavirus crisis loom over last debate 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Within this framework, housing is neither for speculating nor profiteering, nor even wealth building; it is only for living. The Tenants Who Evicted Their Landlord 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z He was profiteering on a family connection, which may be common in Washington but is no less seedy. Why Twitter and Facebook squelching the Hunter Biden story backfired 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Their profiteering practices almost destroyed the Affordable Care Act by driving up costs for insurance companies participating in Obamacare. Column: My preelection wrap-up of California's special-interest ballot measures 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z “Sanctions against the whole country don’t work. The most important thing is to impose entry bans on profiteers of the regime and freeze their assets,” Navalny told top-selling German daily Bild. Navalny demands EU crackdown on oligarchs close to Kremlin 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z What is left is subject to price gouging, often by profiteers with ties to the regime. Syria introduces limits on subsidised bread as economic crisis bites 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z By the 1960s, as airstrips were built through the Amazon, some profiteers eradicated tribes using warlike tactics, luring them to clearings — dropping sugar and other gifts — then bombing them with dynamite. Opinion | Captain Chain Saw’s Delusion 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He said there is a "campaign supported by shady interests" by "international institutions" with "Brazilian associations, profiteers, and unpatriotics." Brazil’s Amazon forest, precious wetlands burn at historic levels 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z "Oil companies have to kick into a fund for potential spills. Right? And can be held liable for potential spills, for negligence. Why aren't war profiteers held to the same standards?" Jon Stewart back in Washington in new fight for veterans looking for burn pit relief 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z "Scams and profiteering schemes are despicable at any time, but particularly so if they seek to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic," he said. Seven ways scammers will exploit coronavirus 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z This week alone, the president described his military leaders as war profiteers and claimed, yet again, that “Anarchists, Agitators, Looters” were on the verge of invading the suburbs. Now We Know What the President Knew 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Defending himself for a fifth straight day following a report in The Atlantic that he ridiculed America’s war dead, Mr. Trump suggested the accusations came from Pentagon leaders, whom he described as war profiteers. Pence and Harris Vie for Wisconsin as Trump Vents From the White House 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr Zenz described Disney as "an international corporation profiteering in the shadow of concentration camps". Disney criticised for filming Mulan in Xinjiang 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z If migrants were exhausted or injured, they were simply left behind to die, and the profiteering didn’t cease with death. How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z A lot has changed in dance since Disclosure first emerged: questions around privilege and profiteering have come to the fore. Disclosure: dance music’s superstars on cultural appropriation 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s shameless profiteering using rhetoric tailored to anger, frighten and mislead. Feedback: Sarah Cooper to Sean Hannity, readers have opinions 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z “Electricity is an essential service and shouldn’t be subject to this type of profiteering, especially during the pandemic,” Mr. Toney said. California Expresses Frustration as Blackouts Enter 4th Day 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z But the market also operates under laws that ban profiteering, price gouging, and monopolizing, and that tax excess profits in wartime. Trump has no problem letting billionaires profit off the pandemic | Robert Reich 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z But the market was shaken up in March when hand sanitizer became scarce after being snapped up by hospitals, emergency medical workers and profiteers. Distilleries Raced to Make Hand Sanitizer for the Pandemic. No Longer. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The insurers “are not just able to profiteer,” said Katherine Hempstead, a senior policy adviser for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who studies health insurance markets. Major U.S. Health Insurers Report Big Profits, Benefiting From the Pandemic 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z "We're the only community interest company energy supplier in the UK, dedicated to ending fuel poverty, rather than profiteering," he said. Energy supplier expansion sparks job hopes 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Column: The profiteering dialysis industry made big bucks from killing Proposition 8. Column: California's ballot measures will produce a deluge of special-interest cash 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z That the loudest voice claiming to represent U.S. business chose to defend profiteering, embrace short-term thinking and risk the collapse of the American health care system and economy is both shameful and shocking. How the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrecked the economy — and made the pandemic worse 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Many Democratic lawmakers have argued that federal funding for vaccine development should include provisions to guarantee affordability and guard against profiteering. Some Vaccine Makers Say They Plan to Profit From Coronavirus Vaccine 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Urban rejected the question, praising the president for being “incredibly restrained with the use of force,” and adding “no one is looking to profiteer here.” Trump Vowed to ‘Drain the Swamp,’ but Lobbyists Are Helping Run His Campaign 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Three months ago, when Loeffler was accused of insider trading and pandemic profiteering, former Dream star Angel McCoughtry defended her on Twitter. Perspective | Kelly Loeffler chose pandering over principle, and WNBA players won’t forget 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Column: The profiteering dialysis industry made big bucks from killing Proposition 8. Column: California's ballot measures will produce a deluge of special-interest cash 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Under new rules to curb profiteering, you must prove you need rationed dollars to pay education fees, rent, medical fees or salaries for foreign workers. Hottest commodity in Lebanon’s economic chaos: The US dollar 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The main reason for this kind of profiteering seems to be a massive gap between supply and demand. 'Life-saving' Covid-19 drugs sold on black market 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Similarly, there should be a way to prevent pandemic profiteering and price gouging. Opinion | We live in a time of mask refusing and price gouging 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Criminal networks, profiteers and terror training experts also freelance their services — often to several groups at the same time. Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “And I believe that science has managed to solve most of the problems society is faced with. I’m not against vaccinations, I’m against profiteering.” Protest vs. Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine trial shows fears 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “He is a political opportunist and a profiteer — he had the opportunity to step forward,” Mr. Jeffries said on the ABC program “This Week.” Trump Poses ‘Danger for the Republic’ if Re-elected, John Bolton Charges 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z While padding their coffers with stimulus funds, these profiteers added insult to injury by laying off or cutting the pay of the very workers who kept hospitals open during the pandemic. Americans are being bilked out of billions during this pandemic from cynical profiteers 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z "The surge in billionaire wealth and pandemic profiteering undermines the unity and solidarity that the American people will require to recover and grow together, not pull further apart," said Collins. As 45 million lost their jobs over the last three months, US billionaires grew $584 billion richer 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Asma Assad, who had not been previously targeted, was cited as becoming what the State Department said was “one of Syria’s most notorious war profiteers.” US hits Syria’s elite with new economic and travel sanctions 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z She was cited as becoming what the State Department said was “one of Syria’s most notorious war profiteers.” US hits Syria’s elite with new economic and travel sanctions 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z “I call them ‘identity war profiteers,’ they are people who live in chaos, who live from victimization and who never want us to move forward together.” The woman behind France’s Black Lives Matter movement wants a race-blind society to recognize its racism 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The perception that companies are profiteering during a global medical crisis — especially in cases where inventions were funded by taxpayers — poses political dangers to the pharmaceutical industry. Hedge fund manager stands to profit on ‘flip’ of taxpayer-funded coronavirus drug 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z State media, which once called them the “nationalist business class,” now branded them “war profiteers.” Syria’s Assad seeks to control economy, goes after cousin 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Equally, he doesn’t want to be construed as a profiteer. It’s Made in a Distillery, but You Won’t Smell Any Gin in this Hand Sanitizer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Businesses are not allowed to profiteer from the pandemic, meaning they cannot just hike up their prices. What should I do if I have a wedding coming up? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z There must be a commitment not to return to normal, with black workers continuing to be the sacrificial lambs of white American liberties and corporate profiteers. The coronavirus has laid bare the reality of America's racial caste system | Malaika Jabali 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The thefts are driven by price-gouging from manufacturers and profiteering by politically connected middlemen who see the crisis as an opportunity for graft. Spread of coronavirus fuels corruption in Latin America 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Schirripa “exploited an unprecedented crisis to engage in profiteering,” Manhattan U.S. Pharmacist, used car salesman charged with COVID-19 fraud 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z There is a whole spectrum of mask economies from corrupt profiteering and outright theft – including by the US federal government – to the very different world of creative mutual aid. 'The way we get through this is together': mutual aid under coronavirus | Rebecca Solnit 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z They were also deformed by racism, bled by the profiteering of elites and fouled by pollution and disease. Opinion | The Cities We Need 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Revolutionising the kit market in 1973 when Leeds United became the first professional team in the country to wear a strip bearing a manufacturer's logo, his company had long faced accusations of profiteering. The England kit the media hated - and the fans adored 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “They’re selling it at profiteering prices to some, and to other countries, they’re actually putting pressure on those countries to deny the virus came from China, or to talk about Taiwan,” Navarro said. Peter Navarro: 'Chinese communist party' dismantled Trump's 'beautiful economy' in 60 days amid coronavirus 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z The bride of a World War II profiteer discovers his dark side and his mysterious brother. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, May 10, 2020 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z And Blue Flame’s inability to quickly make good on its promises underscores the logistical challenges and uncertainty surrounding a private production chain largely influenced by an unpredictable Chinese government and shrouded in concerns about profiteering. Firm Set Up by G.O.P. Operatives Under Scrutiny Over Virus Contracts 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z With more scrutiny developing around both its working conditions and its pandemic-related surge in revenue, the company took pains not to appear as if it were profiteering off the recession. An Amazon VP’s resignation has cast a spotlight on the company’s working conditions 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z "The next relief package must include our provisions to empower inspectors general, prohibit conflicts of interest, and strengthen oversight and enforcement, and to stop any government-sanctioned profiteering and corruption," said Warren. Trump's inspector-general purge fuels Dems' call to fight corruption in next relief bill 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a health trust said it had seen prices rise in what it calls "blatant profiteering". Buying PPE online for carers 'like the Wild West' 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Navarro has accused China of creating the virus and using the deadly outbreak to “profiteer” off the world’s pain. White House aides torn over trade hawk’s proposal as President Trump weighs action on China 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “We also owe it to the American people to prevent waste, fraud and abuse and to protect against price-gouging and profiteering.” GOP decries ‘impeachment 2.0’ as Pelosi names top Trump critics to coronavirus oversight panel 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Last month, Illinois Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi raised concerns about denied claims, warning that “companies should not be profiteering off this crisis.” Pandemic exposes gaps in travel insurance coverage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z All these breakdowns in the market – the hospitals without masks, the bogus gear, the exorbitant prices, the hoarding, the fly-by-night profiteers – seem to expose the limits of orthodox economics. How the face mask became the world's most coveted commodity 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z "Second of all, they hid the virus behind the shield of the World Health Organization. The third thing they did was basically hoard personal protective equipment and now they’re profiteering from it." China expert Pillsbury scolds Navarro over rhetorical shots at Beijing: 'I think that's a mistake' 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “And today China’s profiteering basically from this situation,” he added. White House adviser Navarro lashes out at China over 'fake' test kits 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “They vacuumed up the world for personal protective equipment — over 2 billion masks — depriving public health care workers around the world from the defenses they need, and today China’s profiteering, basically, from this situation.” Peter Navarro: Concerned about China exporting ‘low-quality’ antibody tests 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Pelosi said the committee will ensure “the federal response is based on the best possible science and guided by health experts, and that the money invested is not being exploited by profiteers and price gougers.” New House panel poised to track aid dollars, virus response 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “Exploiting this crisis with litigation profiteering will stop America’s recovery before it even starts,” he said. Hard-hit restaurants, gyms and other businesses are battling insurers over the coronavirus, sparking a new Washington lobbying war 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z “Biden wants to portray himself as the loyal public servant of many years who worked on behalf of the American people. Hunter Biden’s profiteering off his father shows cronyism and is fair game.” Trump campaign tests lines of attack to define Biden 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z This approach avoids the profiteering we now see in vendors pitting buyers against one another in bidding wars and engaging in outright price gouging. Opinion | Missed opportunities in the pandemic 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z “Now what's happening today, which is equally alarming, is China is sitting on that hoard of PPE where it cornered the market and is profiteering,” he continued. Peter Navarro: China 'cornered' the personal protective equipment market and 'is profiteering' during coronavirus outbreak 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z States, counties and local hospitals are desperately bidding against one another for scarce ventilators and other lifesaving equipment in a marketplace dominated by chaos, profiteering and fraud. How Trump let the U.S. fall behind the curve on coronavirus threat 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, law enforcement authorities have never understood this kind of greatness, and words like “profiteering” have been bandied about. We Will Always Have Avarice 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The Competition and Markets Authority launched a taskforce to crackdown on the profiteers and called for emergency legislation to prevent price hikes. Shops cash in with £1 loo roll and £15 sanitiser 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z It also attempts to portray Biden and his son as financially beholden to China for decades, accusing them of the same sort of personal profiteering of which Democrats have accused Trump and his family. A new front in the presidential campaign, as President Trump seeks to divert anger at China against Joe Biden 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z But the political damage has been immediate, with both Collins and his conservative allies as well as the entire Democratic field attacking her as an out-of-touch profiteer. Democrats eye tantalizing Senate prize in Georgia but face doubts about seizing it 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z "There are literally trillions of taxpayer dollars at stake, and Americans across the political spectrum want those funds to be spent without waste, fraud, abuse, or profiteering." Trump removed the head of the coronavirus bailout oversight board – its members could be next 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z From row to row and from plat to plat, he alternates examples of Midwestern profiteering with examples of Midwestern living that may guide us in a more positive direction. Review | What almost everyone gets wrong about the Midwest 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z His case to be vice president was helped by his senatorial reputation as the scourge of war profiteers. Opinion | Harry Truman saved the world. Who will save us now? 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The stock market’s rally Thursday after the release of a truly gruesome unemployment number was taken widely as yet another indicator that Wall Street is a hive of callous profiteers. Column: Why did the stock market rally on awful unemployment news? 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Throughout history, crises have encouraged the emergence of profiteers. If the World Fails to Protect the Economy, COVID-19 will Damage Health Long into the Future 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Finally, in an effort to protect our small businesses from a feeding frenzy by bigger firms, Congress must crack down on crisis profiteering by Wall Street. Opinion | Americans are ready for a comeback. Congress must help unleash it. 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The novel coronavirus is provoking an unprecedented social crisis; we are witnessing corporate profiteering, renewed calls for neoliberal austerity, and small but powerful examples of collective action. How the University of California is using the pandemic to exploit students and lecturers 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Harry S. Truman, which was formed in 1941 to oversee wartime production and root out profiteering. ‘Presidential decision’: Trump shakes up D.C. as pandemic enters pivotal phase 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “It will protect against price gouging and profiteering. It will press to ensure that the federal response is based on the best possible science and guided by the nation’s best health experts.” Coronavirus pandemic lays bare limits of president 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z The South Carolina Democrat said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to monitor waste, fraud, and abuse as well as profiteering from the emergency. House Democrats, not Trump, to oversee coronavirus funds 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z She said a new House committee on the virus response would work to ensure “taxpayer dollars are being used wisely and efficiently to help workers and not to be exploited by profiteers and price-gougers.” Trump says ‘toughest’ weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z In a statement, Trump said his order under the Defense Production Act “is another step in our ongoing fight to prevent hoarding, price gouging, and profiteering by preventing the harmful export of critically needed PPE.” Trump invokes Defense Production Act to stop export of masks 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Another reviewer was even more blunt: “This is pandemic profiteering plain and simple.” Amazon vowed to crack down on coronavirus profiteering. Some sellers have figured out loopholes. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The committee will fight against profiteering, political favoritism and price gouging. Pelosi creates new House committee with subpoena power for coronavirus oversight 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z They were about profiteering — disaster capitalism, as Naomi Klein has aptly diagnosed it. Market patriotism returns — and asks workers for a blood sacrifice 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Kenney said Freedman's position was an example of profiteering that ignored the magnitude of the current crisis. Philadelphia hospital to remain closed amid coronavirus pandemic after owner demands big fee: report 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z There is still an opportunity to reset, to take out the chaff and the profiteering hangers-on. Tokyo 2021 is golden chance to close Big Sport circus and give the Olympics back | Barney Ronay 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Amazon took a hard line against pandemic profiteering last month, vowing to remove product listings that claim to prevent the coronavirus. Amazon vowed to crack down on coronavirus profiteering. Some sellers have figured out loopholes. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The ads feature a black-and-white photograph of Mr. Burr with one hand colored red to show he was caught red-handed and brand him a “pandemic profiteer.” MoveOn pushing to oust Burr over alleged insider trading on coronavirus 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Lisa Gilbert, vice president of legislative affairs for the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said the legislation grants Mnuchin broad power to remove bans on profiteering with a simple waiver. Stimulus plan includes long-sought boons for special interests 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z There would need to be a coordinated effort to find a vaccine, and to organise production, purchasing and prevent profiteering. Gordon Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “Calling Covid-19 a rare disease mocks people’s suffering and exploits a loophole in the law to profiteer off a deadly pandemic.” Gilead Withdraws Request for Special Orphan Status on Experimental Virus Treatment 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The Justice Department is warning people hoarding masks, gowns and medication touted by President Trump as a possible coronavirus treatment that they are in the crosshairs of federal prosecutors cracking down on covid-19 profiteering. Justice Dept. warns hoarders of masks and drugs that Trump has touted as coronavirus treatment 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z After characterizing the FDA's decision as "insane and unacceptable" in a tweet Tuesday afternoon, Sanders later said that "now is not the time for profiteering in the pharmaceutical industry." Sanders to Trump: Rescind decision to hand Gilead exclusive rights over possible COVID-19 treatment 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z As troubling as the senators’ potentially illicit profiteering is, another disturbing point revolves around the Senate briefing itself. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z It is calling up 100,000 troops, extending grants to small businesses, prioritizing essential goods, and cracking down on profiteers. Amazon is using coronavirus to expand its power – and not for the greater good | Julia Carrie Wong 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z "It's not ok to shake hands. It is not okay to hoard toilet paper, food and alcohol. It is not okay to profiteer from hand sanitizer." Kelly Ripa shares 'It's OK/It's Not Ok' list to advise followers during coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Some profiteer and loot; a few express a previously hidden capacity for selfless heroism. Albert Camus' 'The Plague' and our own Great Reset 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z With Trump and our new abyss, we have to fear not only fear but also the ignorance and misdirection of the White House and the profiteering of senators. Opinion | Thank God the Doctor Is In 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Mrs. Omar’s email called for the two Republican senators’ resignation and said, “Members of Congress are supposed to be public servants — not profiteers.” Ilhan Omar fundraising appeal slams GOP for allegedly profiting from coronavirus crisis 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z But of course this scandal touches on something deeper than garden-variety profiteering, even of the sleaziest sort. Republicans are actually supervillains: They profited while abandoning us to coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Does he not want to play an active role in crafting new legislation that will put the needs of workers ahead of those corporate profiteers? Opinion | Bernie Sanders’s moment is calling him — in the U.S. Senate 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z In the face of a pandemic, rampant profiteering and national exceptionalism are transparently unacceptable. Trump's attempt to buy a coronavirus vaccine shows why big pharma needs to change | Diarmaid McDonald 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Other sellers were also getting in on the profiteering. UK's sewage system 'in danger of gridlock from toilet paper substitutes' 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Despite backlash and accusations of profiteering, Noah Colvin defended his methods to The Times, saying there was "crushing overwhelming demand" in areas not carrying the products. Coronavirus: Tennessee brothers hoard nearly 18,000 bottles of hand sanitizer, say they have nowhere to sell it 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z To many others, it was profiteering from a pandemic. He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z He said he would not tolerate "price gouging or profiteering." Bernie Sanders' coronavirus plan: What's in it? 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “Bloodshot” wants to be a treatise of sorts on privatized surveillance, artificial intelligence and war profiteering. Review: Vin Diesel and ‘Bloodshot’ deliver what you'd expect in a silly sci-fi action film 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z But as larger companies steer clear, the supply is being filled with bids from what he calls “profiteering opportunists.” Cruise Line Ads Get Caught in a Coronavirus News Cycle 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z After the brothers made headlines, news outlets reported that investigators with the Tennessee attorney general’s office ordered the Colvins to end any profiteering strategies. Coronavirus: Tennessee brothers hoard nearly 18,000 bottles of hand sanitizer, say they have nowhere to sell it 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z They represent the gun industry that buys itself protection from legislative limits on profiteering by corporations that could care less about the chaos and misery they create. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The billionaire family whose company created and pushed the addictive painkiller OxyContin had managed to escape connection with the opioid crisis for years, but now two magazine pieces were portraying them as pain profiteers. When the billionaire family behind the opioid crisis needed PR help, they turned to Bloomberg 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The former Wilmington city council president was indicted last year on charges of profiteering and official misconduct. Judge holds case review for former city council president 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z |
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