Archive for January 28th, 2007

Toll Road Giant Buys Newspapers to Silence Critics

Posted on January 28, 2007. Filed under: Globalisation, Media |

Critics charge that the Macquarie purchase of American Consolidated Media is designed to silence critics of a Texas toll road project
The Newspaper | Jan. 28, 2007
Australian toll road giant Macquarie agreed Wednesday to purchase forty local newspapers, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, for $80 million. Macquarie Bank is Australia’s largest capital raising firm and has [...]

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Bill would nip microchips in humans

Posted on January 28, 2007. Filed under: Resistance |

Scripps Howard News Service | Jan. 28, 2007
By ALAN GATHRIGHT
DENVER — For years, people have been implanting tiny microchips under their pet’s skin so that if Rover’s collar slips off, there’s still a way to find him if he wanders away.
Now a state lawmaker has added a twist to that concept with a bill that [...]

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