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"Black Friday" Will Cut Down on Glitz
Business  (tags: Black Friday, business, consumers, economy, usa, society, money, news )

Cal
- 10 days ago - denverpost.com
As stores prepare for hordes of Black Friday shoppers and mark down high-definition TVs and hot toys, they're also pushing deals on something more mundane -- necessities such as socks and diapers.
Costco Nixes Coke Products Over Pricing Dispute
Business  (tags: Large Business, fighting, money, marketing, economy )

Lone
- 19 days ago - finance.yahoo.com
Costco customers may have to look elsewhere for Coca-Cola products now that the retailer has stopped carrying them because the pair are fighting over prices.
How Goldman Sachs Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash (Video)
Business  (tags: business, banks, wall street, Goldman Sachs, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, finance, money, investing, economy, foreclosures, investments, americans, consumers, ethics, investors, investigation )

Tom
- 35 days ago - mcclatchydc.com
Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting
Tell Toyota to Quit the Chamber of Commerce-Take Action!
Business  (tags: corporate, environment, Toyota, Chamber of Commerce, campaign )

Tierney
- 47 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.
Turn Around the WTO!-Take Action!-VIDEO
Business  (tags: corporate, business, environment, finance, SustainableDevelopment, consumers, economy )

Tierney
- 46 days ago - wtoturnaround.org
Ten years ago, citizen activists shut down the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial in Seattle to protest the devastating impact of the WTO's corporate globalization agenda on our jobs, wages and the environment.
The Brower Youth Awards 2009: The Cure for Cynicism (Video)
Business  (tags: society, humans, goodnews, SustainableDevelopment, marketing, investing, environment, business, consumers, economy, money )

Daphna
- 44 days ago - treehugger.com
I was looking at an (anonymous) TreeHugger's skype profile the other day, which read "I'd be more optimistic if more people worried." It's easy to feel like that. With climate change, war, famine and resource depletion, it's sometimes scary how oblivious
DEAD PEASANTS LIFE INSURANCE--Is Your Employer Betting on Your Life to Benefit at Your Death?
Business  (tags: ethics, money, investing, corporate, life insurance )

Dandelion
- 49 days ago - videocafe.crooksandliars.com
Your company could have a life insurance policy on you that you know nothing about. When you die -- perhaps years after you leave your employer -- the tax-free proceeds from this policy wouldnt go to your family. The money would go to the company.
Kucinich Secures Funding for Organic Farming Research- Victory!
Business  (tags: environment, farming, farms, GoodNews, Agriculture, organic, government )

Tierney
- 52 days ago - organicconsumers.org
"Organic foods and products should be able to, at a minimum, compete equally with foods and products made with pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and genetic manipulation," said Kucinich.
Dear Big Ag: World Hunger Is Not for Sale
Business  (tags: world, SustainableDevelopment, society, money, government, ethics, humans, farming, farms, corporate, consumers )

Daphna
- 67 days ago - treehugger.com
The objectives of this week's Global Harvest Initiative symposium, which focused on coordinated efforts to address world hunger, were compelling. World hunger already affects 1 billion people and the numbers are projected to climb. Unfortunately, thanks t
McDonald's CEO Paid 770 Times What Workers Earn? Protect Workers' Rights! - The Petition Site
Business  (tags: petition, politics, humans, business, consumers, corporate, cover-up, dishonesty, economy, ethics, money )

Daphna
- 66 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
McDonald's isn't lovin' free choice for its employees. The fast food giant is reportedly organizing its restaurant owners to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.
 
 
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