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Merck Masked Vioxx Risk, Hired Research Ghostwriters
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Burton
- 624 days ago - bloomberg.com
By Michelle Fay Cortez. Merck & Co. conducted its own studies on the pain pill Vioxx, then hired companies to ghostwrite reports for medical journals that appeared under the names of scientists who didn't do the majority of the research, court records
Ethanol Industry: Jobs Are Better Than Food? : Gas 2.0
Business  (tags: agriculture, alternative fuels, biofuels, corn, ethanol, farms, graineconomy, business )

Clayton
- 665 days ago - gas2.org
The ethanol industry seems to be on the warpath against bad press (maybe that's just my impression), which it's been continuously mired in over increasing food prices, changing land-use patterns, and the questionable environmental benefits of ethanol.
Martha Stewart Buys Emeril Franchise
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Burton
- 680 days ago - helenair.com
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is bringing in a new celebrity: popular TV chef Emeril Lagasse
IN THE NEWS: TOSHIBA MAY WITHDRAW HD-DVD FORMAT
Business  (tags: )

Burton
- 681 days ago - foxnews.com
TOKYO -- Toshiba may pull the plug on its high-definition DVD format but no decision has been made, the Japanese electronics maker said in a statement Monday.A Toshiba pullout would signal the almost certain defeat of HD DVD to Blu-ray
No Fins But Rinspeed's 'SQuba' Car Still Swims. Really!
Business  (tags: )

Burton
- 684 days ago - usatoday.com
By Bradley S. Klapper,. GENEVA -- OK, so the Swiss have invented a car that runs on land and underwater. But did they REALLY have to make it a convertible?
Saving Sea Turtles Through Conservation Tourism
Business  (tags: animals, conservation, GoodNews, oceans, wildlife, family, greenliving, travel, endangered )

Brad
- 685 days ago - seeturtles.org
Ocean Conservancy's SEE Turtles program will encourage conservation in communities with theats like poaching and fishing. In Costa Rica, Mexico, and Trinidad, travelers can participate in research and create alternatives to these these threats.
US Store Chain Trader Joe's Barring Some Chinese Imports
Business  (tags: )

Burton
- 687 days ago - iht.com
Trader Joe's will stop offering some Chinese-grown food products because of customer concerns about safety, the store chain announced Monday.
3 Companies Indicted in Pet Food Case
Business  (tags: )

Burton
- 693 days ago - breitbart.com
Two Chinese businesses and a U.S. company were indicted Wednesday in the tainted pet food incidents that killed dozens of animals last year and raised worries about products made in China.
Damaged Cable Cuts Internet in Mideast
Business  (tags: )

Burton
- 700 days ago - biz.yahoo.com
Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swathe of the Middle East on Wednesday after an undersea cable in the Mediterranean was damaged, government officials and Internet service providers said
GreenWashing Index -Making Business's Accountable About Their Claims
Business  (tags: business, advertising, marketing, green, consumers )

Burton
- 706 days ago - greenwashingindex.com
First online interactive forum that allows consumers to evaluate real advertisements making environmental claims. The Greenwashing Index is an automated tool that allows you to see if the ad is a great ad or is greenwashing.I thought this site was great
 
 
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