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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Will Corporate America Confront GOP Climate Denial?
BY JOE CONASON Much as the world must hope that the governments assembled in Paris achieve their objectives, at the very least they have provided an occasion for business leaders of all descriptions to announce their commitment to climate sanity. With sponsorships, pledges and official statements, a long list of major corporations has declared […]
Is Ted Cruz Too Mean to be President?
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Being nice is, for better or worse, not a qualification for the presidency. “Nice” is not a term one often heard associated with Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon, both – in their ways, and with obvious limits – highly effective presidents. But I don’t remember reading quotes about either Nixon or Johnson […]
Building Monopolies, One Merger After Another
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Corporate World is experiencing a surge in the urge to merge. Control of market after market – from cable TV to chickens, banking to washing machines – has been seized by less than a handful of enormous corporations. Rather than compete, they collude to set prices, cut quality, shrink service and squeeze […]
Shopping Doesn’t Have to Be a Drag
BY FROMA HARROP First there was “Black Friday.” Then there was “Cyber Monday.” The holiday shopping markers plod through the calendar like a procession of Groundhog Days. The big difference is that Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog sometimes offers surprise. Will he see his shadow this year or bite his handler? The latest retailing news predictably […]