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Submission + - Farmers Carry Multidrug-Resistant Staph for Weeks Into Local Communities (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: Fresh research out of the UNC Gillings and JHU Bloomberg schools of public health shows industrial farm workers are carrying livestock-associated, multidrug-resistant staph into local communities for weeks at a time. This problem has grown since its last mention on Slashdot. Unfortunately, massive industrial lobbying continues to neuter government action.

Halliburton Moving HQ To Dubai 555

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 12, 2007 @07:43PM from the might-as-well dept.

theodp writes "Much-maligned defense contractor Halliburton is moving its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai's friendly tax laws will add to Halliburton's bottom line. Last year the company earned $2.3B in profits. Sen. Patrick Leahy called the company's move 'corporate greed at its worst.' Halliburton, once headed by VP Dick Cheney, has been awarded contracts valued at an estimated $25.7B for its work in Iraq."

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