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Detainees: Working For $1 A Day, Using Phone for $5 A Minute ?

Digg - Business & Finance  Tue, 11/15/2011 - 16:05

Correction Corporation of America’s Stewart facility in Lumpkin, Georgia is the largest private detention center in the nation.

It holds 2000 detainees, charging taxpayers up to $200 a night and producing yearly profits that hover between $35 and $50 million.

The facility secures more income through cost cutting measures that range from denying basic necessary services to detained immigrants to limiting access to their family members.


 

Google faces $50 million lawsuit over Android location tracking

Digg - Business & Finance  Fri, 04/29/2011 - 20:23

After the highly public revealation last week that smartphones collect and share location data about users, two Detroit-area residents are suing Google for $50 million.

They claim Google's collection and use of location data far exceeds the disclosure to end users, and could be used by stalkers or other unsavory third parties.


 

Sony: PS3 shipments surpass 50 million units globally

Digg - Business & Finance  Fri, 04/15/2011 - 19:58

Sony has kept its Playstation 3 sales figure close to the vest, but on Friday, that changed.


 

APNewsBreak: DOE unveils $50M loan to Indiana firm

Newsvine - business  Sun, 11/21/2010 - 23:08

The Department of Energy plans go give a $50 million loan to an Indiana maker of wheelchair accessible vehicles.


 

Technitrol shares fall as company plans note sale

Newsvine - business  Wed, 12/16/2009 - 13:56

Shares of Technitrol Inc. tumbled Wednesday after the electronics components maker said it will sell $50 million in convertible senior notes in a private offering.


 

‘Oprah’ Departure Shouldn’t Be Financial Hit For CBS, Stat...

Broadcasting & Cable - Business and Deals News  Fri, 11/20/2009 - 15:21

CBS expected to lose less than $50 million in distribution fees when show signs off in...


 

Social Security makes it official: No COLA in 2010

Newsvine - business  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 11:10

There will be no cost-of-living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.


 

Social Security makes it official: No COLA in 2010

Newsvine - business  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 09:16

There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.


 

Photronics plans to sell stock and senior notes

Newsvine - business  Wed, 09/09/2009 - 14:53

Photronics Inc. said Wednesday it plans to offer 6.3 million shares of stock and $50 million in convertible senior notes due 2014.


 

Sony bids $50 million for Jackson rehearsal film

Newsvine - business  Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:29

Sony Corp.'s movie studio has bid $50 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights to a film based on rehearsal footage for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" comeback concert series.