35 Corporations and Power Brokers Who Owe the World an Apology

Don’t make us sit cross-legged outside your buildings again!
35 Corporations and Power Brokers Who Owe the World an Apology

Motivation to gather up a cluster of facts can come from anywhere. Today, it came from an unsuccessful trip to the ATM. Who is to blame for this denial? Certainly not us! 

So we walked back to the office to furiously scrounge for the biggest dill weeds in the financial game! Putting their crimes and/or blunders on display for the world to see will make it all better. 

Well, maybe not all better, You gonna eat the rest of that sandwich?

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