Banks play an important role in our every day lives, from safeguarding our hard-earned money to managing non-cash payments. They also play a vital role in our local economy by helping people buy homes and start businesses by extending credit. But where you choose to bank matters, and while banks of ...
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Local banks are key to the health of our community, so corporate consolidation in the banking industry should be cause for concern.
Corporate concentration has permeated one of our most basic essential services – waste removal – and that has implications for everyone.
When delving into the issue of modern day monopoly power, much of the recent global focus has been on the tech world – Google, Apple, Facebook and yes, Amazon – but corporate concentration has also permeated the operations of one of our most basic essential services that we rely on for a clean ...
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Local news organizations provide a vital service to the community, but corporate concentration is a threat to their survival
It has been a rough couple of decades for the news industry on the local, regional, and national level – the U.S. has lost over 2,000 news organizations in print journalism alone. The internet is partially responsible for this decline, but it cannot be denied that unchecked corporate consolidation ...
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Policy Primer – Business Interruption Insurance
It reads like a classic David vs Goliath Story but it has real world implications, right here on Cape Cod. At issue: many small businesses are struggling to survive because of the ongoing global health crisis, while insurance companies sit on an $800 billion surplus refusing to pay out on business ...
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Independent pharmacies play an important part in the fight against COVID-19, but are being stifled by corporate power
Independent pharmacies not only play a key role in our health care but like other local businesses, they are an important part of our local economies and communities. Unfortunately, because of corporate control of their industry, many of them have been facing increasing costs, a reduction in ...
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Amazon is not a friend to small business
For most businesses small and large, there have been very few bright spots throughout this pandemic. The same cannot be said for Amazon.com. In fact, the even greater shift to online commerce meant that in the third quarter of this year, Amazon’s sales were up more than a third over the year before, ...
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