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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 28 minutes ago

New records obtained by ProPublica detail at least a dozen SpaceX investors with addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong or Russia who acquired stakes in SpaceX years ago through a middleman firm in the U.S. called Tomales Bay Capital.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-elon-musk-ipo-foreign-investors-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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ProPublica

Before SpaceX IPO, Investors in China Secretly Acquired Stakes

One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. The information was revealed only after ProPublica went to court to obtain it.
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

"“It feels like a #war on consumers,” said Sally Greenberg, the executive director of the National Consumers League, a 125-year-old consumer advocacy group. Households are being hit by “a tsunami of fees and hidden charges and tricks and traps”, she said.

...consumers “are starting to realize that a lot of the cool #data and #technology is being used against them”."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/us-consumer-rage-prices-economy

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Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices

There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too
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Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices

Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart
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There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too

People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences

by Heather Timmons in Washington
Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

"“It feels like a #war on consumers,” said Sally Greenberg, the executive director of the National Consumers League, a 125-year-old consumer advocacy group. Households are being hit by “a tsunami of fees and hidden charges and tricks and traps”, she said.

...consumers “are starting to realize that a lot of the cool #data and #technology is being used against them”."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/us-consumer-rage-prices-economy

ht: @pluralistic

#Economy #Business #Tech #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

the Guardian

Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices

There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too
Headline from The Guardian:
Consumed
US economy
Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices

Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart
Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images

There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too

People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences

by Heather Timmons in Washington
Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
Headline from The Guardian: Consumed US economy Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices Illustration of raised fists, one of them holding up a shopping cart Illustration: Guardian Design / Getty Images There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too People in the US: tell us about your difficult consumer experiences by Heather Timmons in Washington Thu 4 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Jun 2026 11.56 EDT
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