http://www.metafilter.com/tags/multinational Posts tagged with 'multinational' at MetaFilter. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:11:14 -0800 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:11:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/87131/Well%2Djust%2Dfart%2Din%2Dyour%2Dgeneral%2Ddirection 25 years on, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster">industrial disaster at Bhopal's Union Carbide insecticide plant</a> is still <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-end-to-tragedy-for-bhopal-gas-victims/106374-3.html?from=tn">poisoning, maiming</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uzmXeyJDCI">and killing people</a> [YT]. The ground water is still <a href="http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Studies-Contend-Bhopal-Still-Contaminated-25-Years-after-Worlds-Worst-Industrial-Disaster-78189342.html">saturated with insecticides and other poisons</a> released during the day-to-day operations of Union Carbide's plant or abandoned here when the plant was closed. <a href="http://www.bhopal.net/bhopalinthenews/archives/2008/04/bhopal_hundreds.html">Children are born with birth defects</a> from teratogenic chemicals in the water. Union Carbide, now Dow Chemicals, settled out of court with the indian government for $470M (insurance plus interests) after a five years long legal battle but is <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN0334678420081103">still in court</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatizing_profits_and_socializing_losses">normal business practice</a> of dumping hazardous chemicals in an open pit near the factory. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.87131 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:11:14 -0800 bhopal birthdefect dowchemicals multinational poisongas pollution unioncarbide vivelame http://www.metafilter.com/26717/Mammy%2DDirty%2DHands%2DDirty%2DFace Ballpoint pen from Trinidad: US$8,500. Rocket launcher to Israel: US$52. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,987570,00.html">How multinational companies use absurd prices to dodge taxation, worldwide.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26717 Mon, 30 Jun 2003 05:19:52 -0800 globalisation globalization Guardian Israel multinational tax Pretty_Generic http://www.metafilter.com/14199/ <a href="http://hrw.org/press/2002/01/enron_012302.htm">A little beyond shredding documents... </a> According to <a href="http://www.hrw.org">Human Rights Watch</a>, the irrepressible <a href="http://www.enron.com" title="I know, I know, yet another Enron thread">Enron</a> paid local police to beat, harass, and intimidate farmers and fishermen in India who opposed the building of their new power plant in their backyards. Does this, after <a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com">Exxon-Mobil</a> was taken to court for <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1401000/1401733.stm" title="BBC article from 22 June 2001">building torture centers</a> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/06/22/indonesia.exxon.mobil/" title="Exxon denies it, of course">in Indonesia</a>, call into question the power of small states vis a vis humongous multinational corporations? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.14199 Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:43:16 -0800 enron exxon humanrights india indonesia multinational skoosh