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The Globalization of Hypocrisy
Business  (tags: business, finance, economy, corporate, society, money, world )

Jason
- 7 hours ago - informationclearinghouse.info
The damage caused by the relentless corporate drive for profits has become more clear in recent years. In the most important areas of American life, devastating changes have occurred:
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BP Wants U.S. Government to Reduce Court-Ordered Oil-Spill Payouts
Business  (tags: BP, British Petroleum, BP Oil Spill, americans, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, environment )

Roseann
- 15 hours ago - grist.org
BP says it shouldn't have to pay so much to help companies hurt by the Deepwater Horizon spill. It wants the U.K. government to ask the U.S. government for help.
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You Need Phosphorous to Live--and We're Running Out
Business  (tags: diet, health, humans, prevention, nutrition, protection, science, society, warning, marketing, money, politics, finance, farming, corporate, business, abuse, world, SustainableDevelopment )

JL
- 22 hours ago - motherjones.com
Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil.
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CFPB Complaints By Bank By Week
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, abuse, americans, business, consumers, dishonesty, economy, ethics, finance, foreclosures, GoodNews, government, investments, investors, law, lies, marketing, money, society, usa )

JL
- 22 hours ago - ec2-75-101-195-38.compute-1.amazonaws.com
This graph's purpose is to compare a bank's complaint count over time rather than comparing banks against each other. Data are combined by week to decrease the noise associated with lower weekend complaint rates
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Microcredit Helps Small Businesses Buck the System in Madagascar
Business  (tags: society, GoodNews, finance, ethics, economy, Entrepreneurs, goodnews, investing, investments, investors, money, sustainabledevelopment, SustainableDevelopment, world )

JL
- 22 hours ago - irinnews.org
Justine Sija, 60, begins her day at 4am, when she buys catch from local fishermen to hawk on the streets of St Augustin Village, in Madagascar's southern Atsimo-Andrefana Region.The work is hard, but in the last year, access to microcredit has boosted bo
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Court Orders EPA to Move Forward on Power Plant Water Pollution Rule
Business  (tags: GoodNews, goodnews, government, politics, abuse, americans, dishonesty, business, consumers, corporate, energy, ethics, law, society, usa )

JL
- 23 hours ago - earthjustice.org
Last week, EPA proposed multi-option rule; this week, federal court denies industry challenge to scuttle that rulemaking
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Apple Dodges Billions In Taxes
Business  (tags: americans, business, corruption, corporate, dishonesty, economy, ethics, finance, government, investments, investors, usa, news, labor, law, marketing, money, society )

Robert
- 1 day ago - businessinsider.com
Apple's global cash tax rate was only 9.8%. It paid $3.3 billion of cash taxes on profits of $34 billion. (Cash taxes are the taxes Apple actually paid, as opposed to the "tax" line that appears on the income statement.)
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Enphase Energy Announces 2013 Partnership With GRID Alternatives April 24, 2013 Enphase Energy//EXCELLENT! THANK YOU.Please Go
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, economy, energy, Entrepreneurs, environment, ethics, farming, goodnews, greenbuilding, investing, investments, investors, marketing, news, SustainableDevelopment, usa, world )

Ruth
- 1 day ago - businesswire.com
"Inverter deal to help supply solar power to over 350 low-income families in California and Colorado." EXCELLENT! THANK YOU. Please Note,Share.
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GRID Alternatives Creates Community-Wide Partnerships to Bring Solar Power and Solar Jobs to People That Need Them Most. Join Us
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, economy, energy, Entrepreneurs, environment, ethics, farming, goodnews, greenbuilding, investing, investments, investors, marketing, news, SustainableDevelopment, usa, world )

Ruth
- 2 days ago - gridalternatives.org
PLEASE PARTNER WITH GRID ALTERNATIVES.The students learn from experts while they volunteer! "Our partners helped GRID install more than 1200 systems in California and Colorado last year,"The hope is "with their help we'll install as many more in 2013."
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Apple Is Paying Almost No Taxes On The $102 Billion It Has Stashed Offshore: Report
Business  (tags: ethics, abuse, corporate, dishonesty, government, money )

Beverly
- 2 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Just one day before Apple's CEO Tim Cook is expected to argue for corporate tax reform on Capitol Hill, a new report claims that the company is avoiding paying taxes on billions of dollars in profits.
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Women Sad, Angry Over Sale of Nonprofit Ohio Home
Business  (tags: Anna Louise Inn, Cincinnati, Lytle Park, 104-year-old home. help for struggling w, Western & Southern Insurance Group, costly legal battle, corporate bully )

Judy
- 2 days ago - news.yahoo.com
After losing a two-year fight with a Fortune 500 company determined to buy their beautiful, 104-year-old property and turn it into a boutique hotel -- even though it wasn't for sale -- the women of the Anna Louise Inn have to leave the neighborhood.
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Corporations Are Stealing Billions in Tax Breaks, While the Confused, Screwed Citizenry Turn On Each Other
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, economy, robert reich, taxes, corporate subsidies, tax havens )

Lynn
- 3 days ago - alternet.org
International corporations have no national allegiance, they care only for profit. Meanwhile, people all over the world are becoming increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic.
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82-Year-Old Connecticut Barber Offers the Homeless Haircuts in Exchange for Hugs
Business  (tags: humans, society, compasion, love, hugs, americans, abuse, economy, corruption, politics )

Evelyn
- 3 days ago - thedenverchannel.com
Each Wednesday, barber Anthony Cymerys sets up his chair in the shade of an oak tree in Hartford's Bushnell Park. For longtime clients, the homeless or those just down on their luck, the fee is always the same: a hug for a haircut..
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ALEC's Latest "Transparency" Move: Asserting Immunity From Freedom of Information Laws
Business  (tags: usa, society, lies, law, investors, investments, investing, government, ethics, finance, dishonesty, corporate, corruption, cover-up, americans, abuse, business, economy )

JL
- 3 days ago - prwatch.org
Shortly after the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) told the press "we really believe in transparency," new documents show the organization directing legislators to hide ALEC meeting agendas and model legislation from the public.
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Tell Chevron's Board of Directors to FIRE CEO JOHN WATSON! ACTION LINK
Business  (tags: death, humanrights, business, Brazil, Keystone XL, Chevron, John Watson, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, world )

Nancy
- 5 days ago - care2.com
Imagine you were the head of Chevron. In the first couple years since you took over the company its reputation has been continually tarnished by your own actions as well as environmental and human rights crimes. Would you expect to keep your job?
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