gouging French supermarket giant Carrefour removes Pepsi, Doritos and Quaker cereals from shelves over "unacceptable price increases" Rob Beschizza
france French supermarket chain Carrefour puts "shrinkflation" warnings on price-gouging brands Rob Beschizza
coronavirus Owner of a 7-Eleven arrested for selling homemade hand sanitizer that burned kids' skin Mark Frauenfelder
canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei
Health Care A new drug that may help lots of people will apparently be more expensive than it should Jason Weisberger
late stage capitalism Small business in Wisconsin cancels its unusably bad internet service from Frontier; Frontier demands $4,300 cancellation fee Cory Doctorow
law The TRUE Fees Act: legislative proposal to force cable/ISP companies to advertise the true cost of their services, inclusive of surcharges Cory Doctorow
Business "Spread Pricing" transparency reveals the millions CVS rakes in by gouging Medicare and prisons on prescription markups Cory Doctorow
health America's large hospital chains will start manufacturing generic drugs in order to beat shkrelic price-gouging Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets Web companies can track you — and price-gouge you — based on your battery life Cory Doctorow
Martin Shkreli Convicted PharmaBro Martin Shkreli sued for allegedly copying rare Wu-Tang album Thom Dunn
deceptive marketing practices Downtown L.A. restaurant sneaks absurd 4.5% "Security Charge" on bills Mark Frauenfelder
