Sask. government seeks private companies to build, operate care homes in Estevan and Watson
A mix of relief and apprehension greeted the province’s decision to find private companies after years of fundraising efforts by both communities to pay for public facilities.
#government #privatecompanies #carehomes #Estevan #Watson
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/watson-estevan-long-term-care-homes-privately-operated-9.7071444?cmp=rss
#PrivateCompanies
"The promise of #privatization is that private entities can somehow provide services at a lower cost than the #government, but there’s never any real explanation as to how that is supposed to happen. Private companies — even #nonprofits — need to make a #profit to continue operating."
#capital #capitalism #privatecompanies #privateenterprise
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/shirley-video-somali-daycares-fraud
America will see its largest mass resignation in history as 100,000 federal workers are set to quit their jobs today
Today, America will experience its…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Careers #compensation #Congress #DOGE #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #emotions #federalfunding #federalgovernment #firing #GovernmentShutdown #Jobs #layoffs #privatecompanies #quitting #resignation #salaries #Taxes #Tesla #U.S.governmentshutdown #U.S.senate #U.S.workers #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/155955/
UK sees sharp rise in parking fines by private firms, with 48,000 tickets issued daily
UK drivers have been facing a significant rise in parking fines issued by private firms, with the number of tickets handed out between April and June 2025 increasing by 24%. Government data shows that over 4.3 million tickets were issued in this period, compared to 3.5 million in the same quarter th... [More info]
In September 2022, #ElonMusk ordered a #shutdown of #Starlink satellite service in parts of #Ukraine, disrupting a Ukrainian #counteroffensive. This incident highlights the power #Musk wields through Starlink, raising #concerns about the influence of #privatecompanies in #globalsecurity and #geopolitics. https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Thursday, May 15, 2025
From spy rings to arson — Russia’s sabotage across Europe continues unpunished — Russia likely preparing major offensive in Ukraine despite peace efforts — Zelensky’s trust rating rises to 74%, highest since 2023, poll shows — [vblog] Putin on trial? Dutch minister on EU-led tribunal … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/thursday-may-15-2025/
»A Side Hustle for #ElonMusk’s Friends: Selling Access to Stakes in His #PrivateCompanies. Lucrative stock deals have allowed #SpaceX to avoid public scrutiny.« https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-friends-private-company-access-eb93ba05?eicker.news #tech #media #news
"The Guardian has also discovered that key data is still managed on obsolete software that dates to 1989."
Thames Water is more than useless. Shame I can't change provider.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/17/thames-water-supply-knife-edge-23bn-repairs-needed
> In the U.S... several high-profile offshore wind projects have been canceled in recent months by developers citing supply chain constraints, insufficient subsidies, and related disinterest from investors seeking larger and steadier returns...
> “It’s not that it’s not possible with the #PrivateSector only, but it’s faster, easier, and cheaper to mandate a public company do something rather than incentivize and subsidize #PrivateCompanies to do something they might not end up doing.”
Revealed: hundreds of vulnerable #children sent to #illegal and unregulated #CareHomes in #England
Observer investigation finds that #PrivateCompanies made £105m despite not being registered with #Ofsted
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/13/vulnerable-children-illegal-unregulated-care-homes-england
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitBeforePeople #ToryIllegality
'We are taking a devastating risk with the #GreenEnergy sector – one that might cost us our future
Relying on #PrivateCompanies to solve the #ClimateCrisis means that the planet’s fate rests in the hands of #AssetManagers'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/27/climate-crisis-private-sector-government-investment
#PrivateCompanies தொழிலாளர்களின் போராடும் உரிமை பாதுகாக்க, ஓய்வூதியம் ரூ 3000 வழங்க #CPIM சார்பில் தொழிலாளர் நலன் & திறன் மேம்பாட்டுத்துறை மானியக் கோரிக்கையில் கந்தர்வகோட்டை எம்.எல்.ஏ., தோழர் எம்.சின்னதுரை வலியுறுத்தல் #TNAssembly #CPIMinAssembly #MChinnadurai #WorkersRights
"#CDA's #Section230 grants legal #immunity to tech companies for content on their services. And this has been interpreted by some to mean that #privatecompanies must take a #neutralstance on what is published to their #platforms, though 230 does not require #neutrality.
[but] The mere threat of the act being amended, or killed, could scare #Google into giving #conservative content more leeway."
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