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Boots Criticised Over Price Of Emergency Contraception

December 28, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) launched a campaign earlier in the year challenging the prices that Boots, one of the UK’s largest pharmacy chains, […]

Should Supermarkets and Manufacturers Pay for Plastic Recycling?

December 26, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

Plastic recycling is an ongoing environmental concern. In light of this, the UK Environmental and Audit Committee has released a new report that’s urged that […]

Doctor Faces Charges Over Prescription Opiods

December 23, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

The misuse of opiods is an ongoing public health concern, and a doctor in Pennsylvania is the latest to be charged with unlawfully dispensing controlled […]

York City Council Refuses To Renew Uber License

December 13, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

After Transport for London (TFL)’s decision earlier in the year not to renew Ubers license, York has now followed by refusing to allow the company […]

Australia To Crack Down On Google And Facebook’s Disruptive Media

December 4, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

The Australian government is the latest in a long line of  political bodies to advocate the importance in investigating concerns surrounding Facebook and Google. With […]

China To Cut Trade Tariffs In Efforts To Boost Economic Growth

November 25, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

China has announced changes to its trade tariffs in an effort to boost economic growth and reduce its reliance on foreign investment. The move, which […]

New Doubts Being Raised Over Drug Testing Welfare Reforms In Australia

November 21, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

The two-year trial of drug testing welfare recipients in Australia has received new criticism, with the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) now refusing to support the […]

Tech Company Execs Question Value of Product, Consider Unintended Consequences

November 13, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

SILICON VALLEY — There has been much recent debate about the goings on of Silicon Valley, and most recently Facebook’s ousted co-founder and Napster co-founder, […]

Consumers Sue Home Energy Company Over Auto Dialer Calls

November 9, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

In San Diego, three consumers have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and others in similar circumstance after, they claim, a home […]

Is Trump’s DOJ Block of Time-Warner, AT&T Merger an Act of Propaganda?

November 9, 2017 Robert Lawson 0

The planned United States Department of Justice block of a planned takeover of Time Warner by AT&T seems as if it is a strategic move […]

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