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Coke In India: A Not-So-Silent Spring - Corporate Accountability International - Challenging Abuse, Protecting People - Think Ou
Business  (tags: business, corporate, environment, humans, news, politics, world )

Elaine
- 541 days ago - stopcorporateabuse.org
Swaminathan says the water became so bad that, "even the dogs refused to drink it." Although the water has improved somewhat since the plant closed, the villagers still depend on government-subsidized trucks to deliver water each week.
Big Tobacco Buys Influence And Access
Business  (tags: business, consumers, corporate, ethics, finance, humans, marketing, society )

Elaine
- 541 days ago - stopcorporateabuse.org
"The global tobacco treaty establishes that the tobacco industry has a conflict of interest with public health, and therefore should have no influence on health policies," says Kathy Mulvey
Mayors Vote to End Taxpayer Spending on Bottled Water
Business  (tags: americans, americans, business, consumers, environment, government, marketing, news, politics, society )

Elaine
- 541 days ago - stopcorporateabuse.org
"Cities are sending the wrong message about the quality of public water when we spend taxpayer dollars on water in disposable containers from a private corporation," said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Blackwater's Bright Future
Business  (tags: americans, americans, business, corporate, government, money )

Elaine
- 541 days ago - latimes.com
The company's most infamous moment came last September, when Blackwater operatives were alleged to have gunned down 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square. A U.S. military investigation labeled the shootings a "criminal event,"...
Health "Insurance Jive": Do You Speak Insurance? - VIDEO
Business  (tags: americans, abuse, consumers, corporate, economy, ethics, finance, money, society )

Elaine
- 545 days ago - alternet.org
For anyone who has had their health insurance denied, dropped or delayed.
How a Shady Citigroup Subsidiary Secretly Makes Billions in the Oil Market
Business  (tags: americans, business, corporate, cover-up, economy, energy, money, news, oil )

Elaine
- 545 days ago - alternet.org
Crude oil has risen 700 percent in seven years; the lack of oversight has allowed companies like Phibro to pull in huge and questionable profits.
Turning Your Lawn Into a Victory Garden Won't Save You -- Fighting the Corporations Will
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, economy, farming, farms, money, politics, society )

Elaine
- 544 days ago - alternet.org
The corporate agriculture industry would like nothing better than to see us spend all of our free time in our gardens and not in political dissent.
Quick, We'Ve Got to Become Players in the Global Media Game Before Corporations Control the Whole Thing
Business  (tags: americans, business, computer, internet, technology, finance, investing, money, politics, society, technology )

Elaine
- 562 days ago - alternet.org
A record wave of mergers, acquisitions and significant investment from venture capitalists is raising alarms about the impact these new players will have on a long-term social and political reform agenda.
Foreclosures in Military Towns Quadruple US Rate
Business  (tags: debt, economy, finance, foreclosures, government, law, society )

Elaine
- 569 days ago - alternet.org
Foreclosure filings in 10 towns and cities within 10 miles of military facilities, including Norfolk, Virginia, home of the Navy's largest base, rose by an average 217 percent from January through April from a year earlier.
Vintners Rethink and Replant to Stay Competitive
Business  (tags: business, consumers, environment, farming, marketing, society )

Elaine
- 574 days ago - comcast.net
The goal: to stay competitive as progressively hotter harvests open up the prospect of wine from regions once deemed unsuitable for growing grapes -- including Russia's frozen but now thawing lands and rain-battered Britain.
 
 
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