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Google braces for questions as more big-name firms pull adverts
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/19/google-braces-for-questions-as-more-big-name-firms-pull-adverts

Sky, Vodafone and trio of high street banks take action as industry and UK government ask how their ads became attached to extremist material Google executives are bracing for a two-pronged inquisition from the advertising industry and the government over the company’s plans to stop ads being placed next to extremist material. A slew of big-name companies, advertising firms and government departments have either pulled their adverts from Google and its YouTube video site or are considering (...)

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Barclays faces protests over role in global food crisis | Business | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/25/barclays-faces-commodity-protests

Barclays will be targeted during its annual meeting on Wednesday by anti-poverty campaigners accusing it of playing a leading role in driving up food prices on global commodities markets.

Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of the high street bank, is the UK’s biggest player in food commodity trading, and one of the top three banking players globally, according to a new analysis for the World Development Movement.

Along with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, BarCap has pioneered new kinds of financial products that have enabled pension funds and other investors traditionally barred from commodities exchanges to bet on food prices.

#sécurité_alimentaire #commodities