A federal disclosure rule is offering new insight on the effect of health care monopolies on pricing, following a wave of U.S. mergers.
Aug 09 26August 09, 2026
Article at washingtonpost.com
As treasury secretary, Tim Geithner criticized predatory lenders. Now the private equity firm he leads runs a company that mails high-rate loans to risky customers.
Jul 01 18July 01, 2018
Amid a burst of high-profile targeted violence, authorities have identified a new source of terror.
Feb 09 26February 09, 2026
Prenuvo promotes full body MRI scans to detect hazardous conditions early. But medical associations say they may cause unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security.
Jan 13 26January 13, 2026
After the Carlyle Group orchestrated a deal for the nation's largest nursing home chain, investors extracted $1.3 billion but left the firm with untenable financial obligations and rising health-code violations.
Nov 26 18November 26, 2018
There’s a trace of graphite in many of today’s consumer devices. In these Chinese villages near the factories that produce it, it’s everywhere — in their water, inside their homes and on their food.
Oct 02 16October 02, 2016
Johnson & Johnson, a company more widely known for baby powder and Band-Aids, became a major supplier of narcotic raw materials to the U.S. thanks to poppies engineered in Tasmania.
Mar 26 20March 26, 2020
The Pandora Papers reveal an unprecedented flow of global investment into American suburbs. Wealthy investors profited as Progress Residential bought homes at depressed prices and rented them to middle-class families.
Dec 15 21December 15, 2021
Across much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand.
Jul 27 25July 27, 2025
Created 10 years ago by a private-equity firm, USAP is now one of the largest in the U.S., with more than 4,000 doctors and spanning nine states. As it gobbled up existing practices, it dominated markets and big price hikes followed.
Jun 29 23June 29, 2023
Mars, Nestlé and Hershey pledged nearly two decades ago to stop using cocoa harvested by children. Yet much of the chocolate you buy still starts with child labor.
Jun 05 19June 05, 2019
Credit Acceptance Corporation was deemed "predatory" by federal regulators. Then the Trump regulators reversed course, dropping the case against it and 17 other firms. Here's how it affected consumers.
Jun 20 25June 20, 2025
The avian flu outbreak has sent egg prices soaring — and increased profits for large corporate producers, which will gain millions more from a new Trump policy.
Apr 08 25April 08, 2025
The Pandora Papers reveal how offshore companies allow the world's richest to wield influence, avoid taxes and buy yachts.
Oct 06 21October 06, 2021
Income inequality among older Americans ranks among the most extreme in a survey of 35 well-developed countries.
Oct 18 17October 18, 2017
A federal lawsuit filed this week against a Chinese businessman suggests how North Korea was able to parlay its coal exports into financing for its weapons program. Who is Chi Yupeng?
Aug 23 17August 23, 2017
His plans for The Washington Post are still a mystery, but he has a history of aiming high.
Aug 11 13August 11, 2013
How a secretive panel of the American Medical Association distorts doctors’ pay
Jul 20 13July 20, 2013
How industry-backed pharmaceutical research convinced the FDA that opioids posed "minimal risk" of addiction.
Dec 31 12December 31, 2012
Article at wapo.st
Even in the most prestigious of medical journals, industry influence over studies opens door to bias.
Nov 25 12November 25, 2012
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