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 | 2008 Benny and Path to Victory Award Nominees
[10.12.08]
The Business Ethics Network introduced the annual BENNY Awards in 2005 to recognize outstanding corporate campaign victories. In 2007 we introduced our Path to Victory Award to recognize outstanding achievements in campaigns which advance them ...
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 | The Bear Stearns Conspiracy
[08.18.08]
This is one scandal the National Enquirer has not reported. No babies with mystery fathers, no former vice presidential candidates cowering in a hotel basement to escape the paparazzi.
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 | VX supply destruction completed at Indiana depot
[08.12.08]
An Army contractor has finished three years of work on destroying a deadly nerve agent stored in western Indiana and is now moving ahead to dismantle the equipment built for the billion-dollar project, officials said Monday.
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 | No defense for this
[08.11.08]
Federal officials arrested more than 300 illegal immigrant workers at the Michael Bianco Inc. factory, a waterfront plant that produced backpacks for the military. Inside, they found awful working conditions.
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 | Verizon, 2 unions agree on new 3-year contact
[08.10.08]
Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing 65,000 workers who had threatened to strike within hours agreed Sunday on a new three-year contract that provides 10.5 percent wage increases and changes in retirement benefits.
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 | Doha Talks Breakdown; USDA on CRP
[08.09.08]
Alan Beattie and Frances Williams reported yesterday at the Financial Times Online that, “The Doha round of global trade talks, now in its seventh year, broke up without agreement on Tuesday after nine days of tense negotiations.
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 | Countrywide's Mozilo target of SEC probe: report
[08.08.08]
The formal U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of Countrywide Financial Corp concerns whether the mortgage lender's former chief executive, Angelo Mozilo, violated insider trading laws and whether the company's financial ...
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 | Coke paints Beijing red for Olympic Games
[08.08.08]
China's capital is decked in red: Red billboards hang at bus stops; a red kiosk sits on a popular shopping street; at the Olympic Green, the nexus of next month's Olympics, a sprawling red building is under construction.
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 | The Supermarket Revolution Moves Into Honduras
[08.05.08]
· With food prices soaring and more people going hungry, many developing countries are trying to boost their food production. But it's not enough to grow more food; farmers also need better ways to sell it. Small farmer, meet Wal-Mart.
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 | Mexico To Lift Limits On Foreign Drug Makers
[08.04.08]
The 17th annual International AIDS Conference has opened in Mexico City. Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, announced that he's lifting restrictions on foreign drug manufacturers to allow them to produce and sell generic anti-retrovirals in the ...
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 | Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization
[08.02.08]
When Tesla Motors, a pioneer in electric-powered cars, set out to make a luxury roadster for the American market, it had the global supply chain in mind. Tesla planned to manufacture 1,000-pound battery packs in Thailand, ship them to Britain for ...
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 | Major Supermarkets Pull Unsustainable Seafood!
[08.01.08]
Stop & Shop and Giant Food are owned by Amsterdam based Royal Ahold. In addition to removing these three seafood species from sale, Ahold has also committed to improving the information it gives its customers and supporting policy efforts to help ...
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 | Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win
[08.01.08]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they'll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies -- including ...
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 | Congress Announces Ban on Toxic Chemicals
[07.31.08]
Congress is about to send President Bush legislation that will make toys safer for little tots and infants. In an agreement announced on July 28th, Congress will ban the use of six toxic chemicals, called phthalates, that are added to vinyl plastic ...
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 | Monsanto's Vultures are Closing In on the Food Crisis
[07.31.08]
The vultures of corporate America are closing in on the carcass of cheap food. With corn selling at $5.86 a bushel (up from just $2.00 in 2005, and $4.28 just six months ago), the food price crisis has been somewhat of a windfall for farmers. But ...
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