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Slavery Is Alive and Well in the U.S.
Business  (tags: slave, slavery, slave labor, world, politics, freedoms, democracy, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', abuse, americans, corruption, culture, ethics, government, law, rights, society, government, dishonesty, cover-up, politics, consumers, corporation, econ )


- 322 days ago - alternet.org
The new book Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the Global Economy, goes after the U.S. companies that support slave labor. (But then, our OTHER slaves are being sent to Iraq, too. . . )
"We Cough Up Mud, We Cough Up Blood,"
Business  (tags: business, consumers, corporation, economy, energy, money, pollution )

Echo
- 325 days ago - postindependent.com
Worst of all, nobody seems to be doing anything about problems such as his, he said. He said if few people are complaining about drilling these days, it's because they've given up after being ignored for so long.
Home Depot Use of Per Diem Labor Not Popular
Business  (tags: americans, business, corporation, economy, ethics, labor, jobs )

Jaime
- 325 days ago - seattleweekly.com
day laborers scaring people
Sodomized Ex-McDonald's Employee Wins $6.1M---One More Reason to Add to the List for Avoiding McDonald's
Business  (tags: corporation, business, abuse, crime, ethics, law, police, rights, safety, violence, lies, prevention, women, protection, abused, usa, business )

Michele
- 326 days ago - local6.com
A jury awarded $6.1M Friday to a McDonald's employee who was strip searched in a hoax that had been played on dozens of fast food restaurants across the country, but McDonald's had failed to warn employees. McDonald's placed all blame on the victim.
McDonald's Launches Free Wi-Fi in UK Restaurants
Business  (tags: wi fi, corporation, Good News, free internet )

Cathryne
- 327 days ago - uk.news.yahoo.com
Fast food chain McDonald's said on Saturday it would offer free wireless Internet access across its 1,200-strong restaurants in the UK, making it the country's biggest provider of free wireless broadband access. The move reflects increasing competition
Music Giants Sue Single Mum Over Downloads
Business  (tags: illegal music downloads, USA, mother found guilty, fined, corporation, consumers, americans )

Ali
- 327 days ago - news.com.au
IN the first US trial to challenge the illegal downloading of music on the internet, a single mother from Minnesota was ordered today to pay $US220,000 ($248,040) for sharing 24 songs online.
Is Ben Up to the Job?
Business  (tags: marketing, market, consumers, corporation, business, banking, ethics, money, government, economy )

Tamme
- 327 days ago - forbes.com
the markets that during the next 12 to 18 months the Fed will begin to soak up the excess money it created in 2004--05. Otherwise, we'll be facing a debilitating currency crisis. A government that looks as if it won't protect the integrity of its currency
Dear Santa: Please Buy Now; Love, Wal-Mart
Business  (tags: corporation, consumers, marketing, money )

Barack
- 327 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc fired its first volley in the holiday pricing wars this week, slashing prices on toys and calling it an "aggressive move to lead the market on holiday
Dollar Down! -
Business  (tags: economy, depression, oppression, debit, deficit, business, corporation, dishonesty, government )

Tamme
- 329 days ago - kiplinger.com
The sluggish economy will take a toll until at least the middle of 2008. With U.S. growth slowing more dramatically than in most other countries, currency traders will place more bets on euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars and other currencies. Lower
Fair Trade in Bloom
Business  (tags: FAIR TRADE!, consumers, business, GoodNews, farming, corporation, price )

Holly
- 329 days ago - nytimes.com
The fair-trade market is still small, but fast-growing, and it has been a boon in places like Varginha, Brazil, where coffee roasters like Café Bom Dia, above, work directly with small farmers.
Greenspan Warns Good Times Are Over
Business  (tags: corporation, dishonesty, economy, money, government, americans )

Lovebug
- 330 days ago - shortnews.com
Alan Greenspan has announced the end of the good times for the world economy and that the economic future is a gloomy one, due to many factors including a slow down in the US economy which will have repercussions across the globe.
Badmouth AT&T, and They're Cancelling Your Services
Business  (tags: at&t, a.t.t., sbc, sbc global, bellsouth, monopoly, monopolistic, corporation, terms of service, threat, business, ethics, morals, rights, connietalk )

Connie
- 331 days ago - connietalk.com
Ohhhhh, snap. AT&T is throwing a curveball at you: not only are we buying all of the companies you use, not only can you not avoid us - but you can't say a damn thing about it. Because if you have AT&T, and you say anything negative about them...
UK: Warning Over Winter Hike in Energy Bills
Business  (tags: corporation, energy, utilities, government, consumers, business, energy prices, prices )

Fabian
- 331 days ago - energyforum.cc
Energy bills could rise by 10% over the next six months, even though firms have failed to pass on all of last year's fall in fuel prices. Consumer groups have warned that consumers are being overcharged and this may continue. More in our energy forum.
FDIC Shuts Down NetBank Due to Defaults
Business  (tags: FDIC, Bank, Closed, mortgage defaults, loan hailures, crisis, corporation, economy, finance, government, market, money, mortgage, suffering )

SDCA
- 332 days ago - informationliberation.com
NetBank Inc., an online bank with $2.5 billion in assets, was shut down by the government on Friday because of an excessive level of mortgage defaults. It was the largest savings and loan failure since the tail end of the industry's crisis more than 14yrs
Starbucks Idea of Fair Trade in Ethiopia: A Day's Pay Is a Dollar
Business  (tags: consumers, corporation, dishonesty, money, labor, HumanRights )

Holly
- 334 days ago - organicconsumers.org
GEMADRO, Ethiopia - Tucked inside a fancy black box, the $26-a-pound Starbucks Black Apron Exclusives coffee promised to be more than just another bag of beans.
 

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