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New CorpWatch Blog: Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk sued over popular diet drugs Mounjaro and Ozempic. #BigPharma buff.ly/3PiLqDq

UK to end 30-year privatization of military housing by paying property group Annington nearly £6 billion for 36,000 properties. Buyback will save £230 million in annual rent, and stem total losses of £8 billion. #EndPrivatization buff.ly/3DeMHrK

McKinsey consultants to pay $122 million fine for alleged bribery of South African officials to win contracts to oversee the country’s electric generating system and to manage its freight rail system and ports. #bribery buff.ly/49oyPaw

Coca-Cola accused of quietly deleting its 25% reusable packaging target published in 2022 from website - campaigners say call action is a ‘masterclass in greenwashing.' Company is one of the world's largest plastic polluters in the world. #greenwashing buff.ly/3OF2McY

U.S. judge rejects Boeing’s proposal to plead guilty to defrauding government in connection with fatal 737 Max crashes & pay $487.2 million fine, because deal inadequately holds Boeing accountable for the tragedies. #737Max buff.ly/3ON5mNK

How Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang avoided paying $8 billion in taxes by taking advantage of loopholes in the federal estate and gift laws - a case study in how the ultrarich bend the U.S. tax system for their benefit. #TaxTheRich buff.ly/3ZDAZ2J

Prince Harry pledges to continue legal fight against Rupert Murdoch’s UK tabloids for hacking celebrity phones and invade their privacy. “The goal is accountability." #phonehacking buff.ly/4goUMZp

U.S. Senate finds that airlines’ ancillary fees like dynamic pricing, extra legroom and seat selection have led to higher costs & worse experiences for consumers and, in some cases, tax avoidance by the airlines. #JunkFees buff.ly/3OFLe06

Internal documents show that Google was aware that Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli military, would be linked by repression in Palestine. #GazaGenocide buff.ly/4g6owdS

Indigenous peoples (Turiwara and Tembé) in Para block Norsk Hydro workers and police over damage caused by Mineração Paragominas's bauxite mining. #quilombola buff.ly/4fXGOhd

Entertainment giants like Ticketmaster accused of fleecing fans by marking up tickets with extra 'fees' for booking and processing etc that increase prices as much as 41% over stated price - which are not shared with artists. #ticketmaster buff.ly/4ijIvXL

UK government to consider renationalizing British Steel in an attempt to save thousands of jobs, after owner Jingye fails to invest money in new plants. #privatization buff.ly/3ZoRsq1

South Western Railway to become first UK train operator nationalized under new government plans to fully reverse privatization of British Rail. #privatization buff.ly/4gpexA5

Worker killed in explosion at Hanwha Ocean's shipyard on Geoje Island - union calls for arrest of CEO under law that allows for jail time for executives who fail to take sufficient safety precautions. #WorkerSafety buff.ly/3BdnKwk

Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at United Nations talks in Busan, South Korea, to cut plastic pollution around the world. (460 million tonnes of plastics are produced annually, and production is set to triple by 2060) #BreakFreeFromPlastic buff.ly/4g82zdW

Over 40 banks globally have ruled out finance for Total's controversial Uganda-Tanzania pipeline. Banks that have failed to do so to date include Caixa Bank, Commerzbank, Danske Bank, Lloyds, Sberbank and UBS. #EACOP buff.ly/4ik4caj

American Health Care Association and LeadingAge sue to overturn law that requires U.S. nursing homes to employ a minimum number of nurses. 15,000 such homes care for 1.2 million people and 80% are short staffed. #CaringForProfit buff.ly/3AVRSMF

U.S. proposes to partially outlaw chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to learning disorders in children, after Gharda Chemicals successfully sued to overturn full ban. #DirtyDozen buff.ly/3ZFfHSi

SunFed Produce in Arizona recalls cucumbers sold Oct. 12-Nov. 26 in more than two dozen states – including at some Walmart, Wegmans and Albertsons stores – and in parts of Canada because they may be contaminated with salmonella. #salmonella buff.ly/4ipu04E

Explosion at Tsingshan Holding Group's nickel processing complex at Morowali, Indonesia, kills worker. ‘Production first, safety later.' #WorkerSafety buff.ly/3Vmnhif

OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT, to collaborate with Anduril Industries to develop technology for drone warfare. #WarProfiteers buff.ly/49nw9d6