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DK GreenRoots: ExxonMobil Is Still Funding Global Warming Denial Groups!
Business  (tags: Exxon, DK Greenroots, global warming, climate change, Philip Cooney, American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation )

Jesse
- 3 hours ago - dailykos.com
Company records for 2008 show that ExxonMobil gave $75,000 (£45,500) to the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) in Dallas, Texas and $50,000 (£30,551) to the Heritage Foundation in Washington.
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What's Beyond Those Bargains? Wal-Mart Ikea
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, abuse, society, lies, labor, wal-mart, ethics )

Suzybell
- 5 hours ago - nytimes.com
"Cheap" has plenty of targets, and many are usual ones. Ms. Ruppel Shell lambastes Wal-Mart, saying it underpays its workers and enables other retailers to do the same. She criticizes China as tolerating sweatshops with dangerous working conditions.
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Revisions to Health Bill Are Unveiled By Democrats
Business  (tags: Money, Policy, Health, Obama, Washington )

Alisa
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
To warm words from President Obama, the Democratic leaders of the Senate health committee unveiled a revised plan Thursday to provide health coverage to nearly all Americans.
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Amnesty International Attacks Oil Industry for Decades of Damage in Nigeria's Niger Delta
Business  (tags: environmental destruction, human rights violations, oil industry, Nigerian govt, Shell, Total, Agip, impunity for abuses, accountability, basic rights denied, to work, adequate living standard, health, food, access to justice, reparations, remedy )

Alba
- 1 day ago - guardian.co.uk
141-pg Amnesty report gives evidence of oil spill cover-ups, gas flaring near villages & waste dumping leading to dire pollution of wetlands & destruction of farming & fishing; in last 50 yrs 9m barrels worth of oilve leaked into land & rivers. Impunity
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Goldman Sachs Behind Every Market Crash Since 1920s
Business  (tags: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, financial collapse, bank failures, Republicans, George H. W. Bush, George Bush, Prescott Bush, investments, credit collapse, mortgage bailout )

Blue
- 1 day ago - rawstory.com
Goldman Sachs has played a crucial role in creating every market bubble since the 1920s -- and has profited from not only the bubbles, but from the crash that followed as well, says a new expose in Rolling Stone magazine.
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The Great American Bubble Machine: Goldman Sachs
Business  (tags: Goldman Sachs, scam, crime, oil, gas, commodities, futures, manipulation, business, corporate, greed, dishonesty, corruption, money, investments, finance, economy, abuse, investing, americans, consumers, cover-up, ethics, government, politics )

Tom
- 1 day ago - rollingstone.com
The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.
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Gazprom Nigeria Venture Sparks Racism Debate
Business  (tags: business, racism, world, society, news, dscrimination" )

Cal
- 2 days ago - reuters.com
Russian energy giant Gazprom has inadvertently walked into an online racism debate with the announcement of its new joint venture in Nigeria -- Nigaz.
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20 Body Language Tricks That Let You Control Conversations
Business  (tags: Body Language, Personal Development, Career, Communication )

Eva
- 2 days ago - physicaltherapyassistantschools.org
Your body language says a lot about you and your reaction to a conversation you are having.You can lose control of a conversation easily with poor body language. Depending on the type of conversation you are engaged in,
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Credit Card Issuers Getting In Their Licks Ahead Of Reform
Business  (tags: obama, business, banks, credit, cards, reform, law, corruption, crime, abuse, lies, greed, bailout, americans, dishonesty, government, economy, corporate, ethics, finance, money, politics, investments, consumers )

Tom
- 3 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Chase has recently increased the monthly minimum payment on select accounts that have carried balances. Effective August 2009, impacted cardmembers will have their minimum payment increased from 2% to 5% of the statement balance, said a Chase spokeswoman.
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McDonald's Europe Seeks to Raise Farming Standards
Business  (tags: business, farming, improvements, McDonald's )

Michelle
- 3 days ago - reuters.com
Restaurant chain McDonald's Europe launched a farming program on Thursday June 18 which could lead to cows getting weekly foot baths but water being saved in the production of lettuce and tomatoes.
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Top 30 Civil Engineering Blogs
Business  (tags: Construction, Engineering, Career, Business, Design )

Eva
- 4 days ago - onlineengineeringdegree.com
Civil engineers have one of the world's most essential jobs: Building our well-being. From bridges and highway systems to water treatment plants and energy­ efficient buildings, civil engineers plan, design, construct and operate the facilities.
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Bernard Madoff Gets Maximum 150 Years in Prison
Business  (tags: Madoff, sentenced, 150 years, corruption, fraud, Ponzi scheme )

Little
- 5 days ago - boston.com
NEW YORK--Historic swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for a fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to potential imitators and to victims who demanded harsh punishment.
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Pontiac, Michigan Feels Brunt of GM's Pain
Business  (tags: americans, economy, news, usa )

Cal
- 5 days ago - reuters.com
The decline of U.S. automakers has for years affected those who live in Pontiac.Now the city's dead look set to feel the pain as well.
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Survivors Sue Major Israeli Bank
Business  (tags: world, business, corruption, consumers, Holocaust victims )

Cal
- 5 days ago - jta.org
A lawsuit on behalf of Holocaust survivors was filed against one of Israel's largest banks.
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Could Your Post Office Be Closing?
Business  (tags: economy, americans, business, consumers, news )

Cal
- 5 days ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
As mail volume declines, the US Postal Service could shutter up to 3,200 post offices and retail outlets. Most people say they understand -- unless it's their post office.
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