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Ticketmaster Pays $50,000 Fine, Closes More Than 100 Deceptive Sites

external link consumerist.com

Ticketmaster will pay a $50,000 fine and shutter more than 100 deceptive brokerage sites as part of a wide-reaching agreement with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Mad...more >

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8/2



Yahoo! Abandons Carbon Offsets in Favor of Efficiency

external link greenbiz.com

Kudos to Yahoo! No more "offset" shell games.

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11/11



Filing seeks UBS release of names in tax cases

external link chron.com

Swiss bank UBS AG "systematically and deliberately" violated U.S. law by dispatching private bankers to recruit wealthy Americans interested in evading taxes and must be f...more >

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21/4



Greenpeace Ranks Sustainable Seafood in Grocery Stores - Wegmans #1

external link fastcompany.com

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20/5



Adobe Shuts Down For A Week To Survive The Recession

external link businessinsider.com

Employees have been asked to use their paid vacation days during the shut-down. This forced vacation is in addition to the holiday shut-down between Christmas an...more >

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12/12



Microsoft to slash price of Windows 7

external link denverpost.com

Microsoft Corp. said it would slash prices on the main consumer version of Windows 7, the new version of its operating system, and will defer up to $300 million of re...more >

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15/6



New Washing Machine Uses Plastic Instead of Water

external link is.gd

Xeros is working on a new breed of washing machines that will use only a cup of water per load, relying on reusable nylon beads to trap dirt and stains for hundreds of washes.

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22/5



Starbucks Drops the Spin for a Candid Q&A

external link triplepundit.com

Excellent candid interview with Jim Hanna (of Starbucks) on their environmental commitment. Seems the post has actually generated a response or two about the polic...more >

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15/9



The World's Worst Bank: RBS?

external link huffingtonpost.com

Royal Bank of Scotland's new chief executive Stephen Hester will have to earn every penny of his controversial £9.6m pay packet in turning the bank around, after ...more >

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22/3



Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) aims its cannons at 75 Year Old Professor

external link foreignaffairs.com

You must be looked at as a serious threat to the 'establishment' if you are a target of The Council on Foreign Relations vast resources, as is the the case with C...more >

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13/12



Ryanair Passengers As Baggage Handlers?

external link industry.bnet.com

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary suggested today that passengers should ferry their own luggage from airport to airplane — but still pay £5 (about $8) per b...more >

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22/7



Sainsbury’s Ditches Cereal Boxes for Bags

external link environmentalleader.com

Sainsbury’s is the first supermarket chain to eliminate cardboard cereal boxes from its grocery shelves, and has started selling milk in polythene bags, whic...more >

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18/6



New rule will force airlines to report late flights

external link nzherald.co.nz

Airlines operating in New Zealand will have to supply official figures on punctuality under rules due next year. Australian and US authorities require regular "on-tim...more >

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13/11



Boeing Announces Another 787 Dreamliner Delay

external link 247wallst.com

Boeing has announced that first flight of the 787 Dreamliner will be postponed due to a need to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the aircraft. Thi...more >

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18/10



Nokia Siemens Denies WSJ Claim Its Technology Helps Iran Monitor Web

external link fastcompany.com

Nokia Siemens execs said the technology they provided to Iran is capable of lawful voice communication intercept only, the same capability required by law in the U.S...more >

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