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SOUNDS BAD---Gibson Guitar Under Federal Investigation for Alleged Use of Illegal Rainforest Timber From Madagascar
Business  (tags: corporate, environment, rainforests, bad business, business, world, ethics )

Cal
- 12 hours ago - news.mongabay.com
Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided Gibson Guitar's factory Tuesday afternoon, due to concerns that the company had been using illegally harvested wood from Madagascar, reports the Nashville Post
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Out of Control
Business  (tags: big banks, business, economy, corruption, lies, money, finance, government, ethics, news, society, politics, usa, world )

Cal
- 2 days ago - inthesetimes.com
Too big to regulate, the banks need to be broken up.
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DISTURBING! China, U.S. Eye Pact to Help Troubled Banks: Sources
Business  (tags: world, china, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', business, investments, money, news, economy, dishonesty, politics, society, government, finance, ethics )

Cal
- 3 days ago - reuters.com
Chinese and U.S. regulators are negotiating a pact aimed at encouraging Chinese financial institutions to buy into small and medium-sized banks in the United States, bankers briefed on the plan said
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France: Companies Confronted By Religious Demands--the Impact of Islam on European Business
Business  (tags: world, business, society, government, culture )

Cal
- 10 days ago - europenews.dk
A third of French companies say they are concerned by demands from their employees regarding wearing the headscarf, holidays and prayers.
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Meet Robyn Nietert of the Women's Microfinance Initiative: Building Businesses, and Lives, One Loan At a Time
Business  (tags: business, debt, Entrepreneurs, ethics, economy, finance, humans, investments, labor, money, society, world )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - planetgreen.discovery.com
The Women's Microfinance Initiative (WMI) started as a casual discussion between two women in Bethesda, Maryland. Robyn Nietert and Betsy Gordon wanted to help people in an impoverished community, and microfinance seemed a more sustainable and empowering
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Child Labor | The High Cost of Cotton
Business  (tags: world, society, labor, humans, money, investors, ethics, farming, economy, consumers, business )

Daphna
- 20 days ago - gliving.com
Just in case you thought it was okay to buy non-organic cotton, here's a wakeup call: the workers sowing, picking, weeding, hoeing, cross-pollinating and carrying the heavy bundles of cotton are often... children. And I'm not talking about kids working th
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Thank Heavens for the Downturn? Some People Think So
Business  (tags: business, consumers, money, news, society, world, finance )

Cal
- 21 days ago - reuters.com
It seems the financial crisis isn't all doom and gloom: one in four people are glad the world's economy slumped like it did, because it helped them realize their priorities in life, according to a global survey.
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CORPORATE CRIME IN ECUADOR: Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains
Business  (tags: corruption, economy, environment, pollution, corporate crime, ethics, business, cover-up, dishonesty, politics, money, news, world, corporate )

Cal
- 22 days ago - ipsnews.net
The story began almost 40 years ago, but when filmmaker Joe Berlinger "saw villagers eating canned tuna fish because the fish in their rivers were too contaminated to eat, [he] knew [he] had to do something".
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9 Signs That America Is in Decline
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, world, politics, money, economy )

Cal
- 22 days ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
The US is muddling through a weak, jobless recovery and confronts problems that could make prosperity feel elusive for a long time.
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China's Push for Oil in Gulf of Mexico Puts U.S. in Awkward Spot
Business  (tags: business, energy, China, money, politics, world, economy, Entrepreneurs, environment, government, news, oil )

Cal
- 29 days ago - latimes.com
Four years after denying a Chinese bid to buy Unocal, the U.S. may be in too weak an economic position to object. Rebuffing China could also push it into the arms of countries hostile to the U.S.
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Take Action: Tell Toyota to Quit the Chamber of Commerce
Business  (tags: petition, world, news, investors, marketing, money, finance, ethics, economy, corporate, business, consumers, energy )

Daphna
- 31 days ago - ga3.org
Toyota has built a reputation for being the "green" producer of hybrid cars like the Prius. But right now, the Chamber of Commerce - funded by member companies like Toyota - is launching an outrageous $100 million campaign to kill the climate change bill.
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ConocoPhillips Will Cut Assets Worldwide..Alaska Items Might Be Chopped
Business  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, globalwarming, goodnews, government, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, pollution, protection, science, Sustainabililty, water, suffering, wildlife, world, abuse, ameri )

Wolfweeps
- 36 days ago - newsminer.com
FAIRBANKS -- ConocoPhillips said last week that the oil giant will sell $10 billion of assets and lower capital spending in 2010 in an effort to strengthen its financial position.Charlie Rowton, a spokesman for the Houston-based company, said no decisions
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A Green Supply Chain Starts in China
Business  (tags: business, corporate, economy, goodnews, money, news, world, greenbuilding )

Cal
- 36 days ago - climatebiz.com
Work on energy efficiency in China has been gradually building for a few years, and it is now expanding rapidly as an increasing number of global companies endeavor to improve supplier performance along with their own environmental impacts. This presents
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Don't Trust Dow 10,000
Business  (tags: economy, business, politics, finance, world, usa, money )

Cal
- 36 days ago - money.cnn.com
The stock market is supposed to be a leading indicator, predicting what happens next. But the rally doesn't mean the nation's economic woes are over.
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Facing Massive Layoffs, Russia's 'Detroit' Feels the Chill
Business  (tags: world, business, finance, economy, society, money, news, government, labor )

Cal
- 42 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The plight of AvtoVAZ hints at what many say is a crucial weakness of modern Russia : its outdated infrastructure and inefficient, Soviet-legacy companies.
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