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JPMorgan Chase Announces It Is Selling 80 Million Customer Transaction

The largest bank in the United States based on assets quietly announced earlier this month that it has begun selling the transaction histories of around 80 million customers to third parties, which are using the information to curate targeted advertising.JPMorgan Chase launched a subsidiary, Chase Media Solutions, that bragged about the move, claiming it will Read More…

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Walmart Heirs Bet Big On Journalism

A wash of Walton family funding to news media is creating echo chambers in environmental journalism, and beyond. Are editorial firewalls up to the task? By Bill Lascher   Civil Eats illustration The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’ Op-ed: Walmart’s Outsized Catch This article was co-produced and co-published with Nonprofit Quarterly. Read More…

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China Is In Default On A Trillion Dollars In Debt To US Bondholders.

by Andrew Hale, Opinion Contributor Every country should pay its sovereign debt. Default, we are told, is not an option. But has anyone told China? The United States pays interest on approximately $850 billion in debt held by the People’s Republic of China. China, however, is currently in default on its sovereign debt held by American Read More…

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CRAWFORD-WILLIAMS: Black Woman Whose Movement Supports Small Businesses

Nationwide — Meet Jennyfer Crawford-Williams, the Founder of All Things Detroit Day, an annual event she created 10 years ago with just a spark of inspiration that has now grown into a full-blown movement that supports the city’s small businesse “It started with an idea in my Detroit apartment,” says Jennyfer. “And today I am Read More…