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Press Release: SpaceX IPO Poised to Augment Musk’s Power and Leave Retirement Savers Holding the Bag
SpaceX publicly filed its Initial Public Offering (IPO) paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today. If the SEC approves it as is, the public offering will lock in Elon Musk’s control over SpaceX and curtail the rights of regular shareholders.
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Pensions & Investments: NYC comptroller doubles down on Exxon proxy fight — calls for rejection of Texas redomicile
Shareholder advocacy groups have drawn links between the Exxon’s voting platform and Texas move and a broader shift among some lawmakers and regulatory bodies against shareholders. Americans for Financial Reform has described Texas’ legal changes as part of a “race to the bottom” among state governments to attract companies to redomicile.
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Plainly Garbl: Corporate Power, Monopolies, and Economic Democracy
Americans for Financial Reform / Take on Wall Street A national coalition working to make the financial system serve working families and the real economy, rather than big banks, private equity, and Wall Street power.
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Inside Philanthropy: Philanthropy’s Chosen Blind Spot: The Harms of Extreme Wealth
The billionaire-engineered One Big Beautiful Bill last year secured $2 trillion in tax giveaways for the wealthy by cutting healthcare coverage and food assistance from an estimated more than 15 million Americans. Research from Americans for Financial Reform and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project shows that billionaire-backed private equity has significantly contributed to the affordable…
