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Weekly Address: Progress in the Global Economy
Business  (tags: americans, business, corruption, corporate, dishonesty )

Serge
- 95 days ago - whitehouse.gov
He discusses the impact of the Recovery Act, and pledges that "lobbyists for big Wall Street banks" will not prevent real reform for the future, including a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Debtor's Revolt: Woman Refuses To Pay Off Bank Of America Credit Card (VIDEO)
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, finance, investments, money, ethics, economy, abuse, banks, credit, cards, revolution, bailout, bofa, arrogance, greed, society, debt )

Tom
- 99 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The credit card industry made a villain of itself this year by benefiting from billions in taxpayer bailout dollars and then thanking taxpayers by raising interest rates and minimum monthly payments, even on their good customers. It's time to fight back!
Wal-Mart Aims to Silence Workers --I AM ONE WHO WAS SILENCED!
Business  (tags: wal-mart, world, society, labor, humans, environment, economy, dishonesty, corruption, corporate, consumers, ethics )

Suzybell
- 108 days ago - wakeupwalmart.com
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is the world's largest and most influential corporation. If it were a country, Wal-Mart's economy would be the 26th largest in the world, placing it ahead of Argentina, Greece and Denmark.Nearly one out of every hundred working North
Labor-Led Coalition Pressures Wal-Mart for Change
Business  (tags: wal-mart, labor, ethics, corruption, news, investors, marketing, farming, economy, consumers )

Suzybell
- 108 days ago - politicalaffairs.net
Unveiling a new "American values agenda" this week, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union launched a new coalition of labor unions, worker advocacy groups, environmental groups,to "hold Walmart accountable to its workers, our communities and the p
Stop the Bank of Wal-Mart
Business  (tags: business, wal-mart, marketing, debt, dishonesty, corruption, corporate, finance, government, investments, money, politics, ethics, abuse )

Suzybell
- 108 days ago - wakeupwalmart.com
This past June, Wal-Mart applied for an ILC. ILCs are industrial loan charters, banks, with limited federal regulations and oversite. Utah is one of a number of states that charters ILCs allowing them to offer most financial services, including mortgages
Exxon Faces $1 Billion Fine for Sabotaging Texas Oil Wells
Business  (tags: ExxonMobvil, Exxon, Mobil, oil, oil wells, Texas, sabotage, environment, corruption, profits )

Blue
- 158 days ago - rawstory.com
ExxonMobil's sabotage of some 100 Texas oil wells in the past 17 years -- going so far as to plug up some wells with explosives -- means the world's largest oil company could be liable for penalties of up to $1 billion, the Texas General Land Office says.
Youth Hit Hard By Lack of Jobs, School Grants
Business  (tags: foreclosures, corporate, americans, business, consumers, corruption, cover-up, debt, dishonesty, economy, finance, investors, investing, labor )

Maria
- 164 days ago - sfgate.com
Hope and change, kids. How is that working for ya? You voted for Obama, now you are forced to tough it out...
Nestlé: Draining America Bottle By Bottle: Nestlé Builds An Empire at the Expense of Rural Communities
Business  (tags: corporate, business, consumers, marketing, money, labor, environment, ethics, dishonesty, usa, abuse )

Suzybell
- 164 days ago - storiesthatmatter.org
Swiss-owned Nestlé is the Walmart of the bottled water industry. Like the mammoth retailer, Nestlé is a volume powerhouse: it already controls a third of the bottled water market in the United States and is expanding.There is a reason: huge profits. Perh
Write a Letter to Firestone About the New Contract in Liberia!
Business  (tags: environment, dishonesty, labor, law, lies, corruption, cover-up, economy, consumers, business, society, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', ethics )

Suzybell
- 243 days ago - unionvoice.org
After 82 years of exploitation, workers on Firestone's rubber plantation in Liberia have finally signed a new collective bargaining agreement with company management. It has been a long struggle for workers to achieve independent and democratically elec
Jeb Bush's Legacy
Business  (tags: *grouphost:CHANGE_REFORM*, DCFS, CPS, Child, Children, Mother, Father, Family, Parents, Allegation, Court, Petition, Warrant, Police, Procedure, Safety, Privacy, Harassment, Intimidation, Toxic, False, Falsely, Accused, Foster, Adoption, Kidnapping )

Geri
- 273 days ago - dmud.net
DCF preys on the poor people, as they know they cannot fight back. Also, the Common Law states that we have the right to face our accusers in a court of law
 
 
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