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  • August 2008

    • SEC Wants US Firms to Switch to International Accounting

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 27, 08 4:42 PM CDT

      SEC Wants US Firms to Switch to International Accounting

      (Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to require US companies to switch to international accounting rules, the Wall Street Journal reports. The body voted today to seek public comment on a plan for the transition, which would stagger requirements. Large multinational firms would be expected to voluntarily switch in 2010, prompting an SEC vote in 2011 on making the switch nationwide. More »

    • Obama, McCain Woo CEOs to Shore Up Economic Cred

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 14, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Obama, McCain Woo CEOs to Shore Up Economic Cred

      (Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama are doggedly courting CEOs of leading businesses in an effort to win voters' economic confidence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Each candidate has already lined up a corps of "poster CEOs," including the FedEx chairman, who is supporting McCain, and Warren Buffet, who is backing Obama. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • business  • economy  • Warren Buffett  • CEOs  • corporations  • Fred Smith

  • June 2008

    • CEOs Live the Good Afterlife

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 10, 08 9:23 AM CDT

      CEOs Live the Good Afterlife

      (Newser) - Corporate critics who say there is not enough connection between performance and executive pay may be gravely concerned to learn that many execs will keep getting sky-high bonuses when they're 6 feet under. A Wall Street Journal review finds dozens of CEOs will receive "golden coffin" payments if they die in office, sometimes in excess of $100 million. More »

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      death  • corporate earnings  • CEO  • executive compensation  • corporations  • executives  • payoffs

  • April 2008

    • Behind Organic Labels Lurk Megacorporations

      Treehugger  |  Apr 20, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Behind Organic Labels Lurk Megacorporations

      (Newser) - Yes, your probiotic flaxseed Kashi cereal is still organic, but shoppers looking to stick it to the man by going green be advised: the nation's top 30 corporate food processors—think Pepsi, Kellogg, Kraft, General Mills—have been quietly buying up vast swaths of the organic aisle of your supermarket, Treehugger reports. More »

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      organic food  • Pepsi  • USDA  • food industry  • corporations  • Kraft Foods

    • For Sale: Video Vault of Wal-Mart Inner Workings

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 9, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      For Sale: Video Vault of Wal-Mart Inner Workings

      (Newser) - A tiny production company has decades of behind-the-scenes moments from Wal-Mart on film—and up for grabs. The chain hired Flagler Productions to film its inner workings for corporate events, but fired it two years ago, the Wall Street Journal r eports. After Wal-Mart low-balled Flagler on the archive, it’s selling browsing rights to interested bidders, including some curious antagonists. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • retail  • corporations  • corporate culture

    • Justice Makes Corporate Deals, Avoids Trials

      New York Times  |  Apr 9, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      Justice Makes Corporate Deals, Avoids Trials

      (Newser) - Instead of indicting major corporations for fraud and other forms of malfeasance, the Bush administration is relying more and more on deferred prosecutions, allowing companies to pay a fine and accept monitoring instead of going to trial. The name of the monitor and the details of the agreement are often kept secret, the New York Times reports. More »

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      fraud  • Justice Department  • John Ashcroft  • corporations  • corporate monitoring  • Arthur Anderson

  • January 2008

    • Guess Who: Ralph Flirts With Bid

      Politico  |  Jan 30, 08 1:41 PM CST

      Guess Who: Ralph Flirts With Bid

      (Newser) - Well, hello again: Ralph Nader has revealed an exploratory presidential website, telling Politico that Dennis Kucinich’s exit leaves an electoral niche that might just fit him. Said the consumer advocate-turned-third-partier, "We’re testing the waters on the overriding issue of corporate control, of our political economy, and anything else the dogma of commercialism wants to latch on to.” More »

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      Ron Paul  • Dennis Kucinich  • Ralph Nader  • corporations  • libertarianism

  • October 2007

    • No-Email Days Slow Inbox-mania

      BBC  |  Oct 20, 07 6:48 AM CDT

      No-Email Days Slow Inbox-mania

      (Newser) - For those of us who haven't spoken face-to-face with the guy two cubicles down in months, the BBC reports a growing trend of no-email days. Shutting down the inbox, which some workers are found to check 30-40 times hourly, is seen as a way to improve communication and decrease interruptions. An average worker sends 37 emails per day, expected to be 47 next year. More »

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      email  • communication  • corporations  • productivity

  • July 2007

    • US Firms Fund Colombian Terror Groups

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 23, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      US Firms Fund Colombian Terror Groups

      (Newser) - Business as usual for US multinationals in Colombia involves paying off paramilitaries and guerrillas, a practice that offers "insurance" against violence—and violates US law. The LA Times looks at the tension between protecting economic investments and essentially if not directly foiling counterterrorism efforts, a conflict that has the attention of US lawmakers who see Colombia as a model. More »

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      terrorism  • Department of Justice  • terrorist  • Colombia  • Alberto Gonzales  • John Ashcroft  • corporations

  • April 2007

    • Big Business Turns Blue

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 30, 07 7:26 AM CDT

      Big Business Turns Blue

      (Newser) - Corporate America is shifting campaign contributions from GOP soulmates to Democrats, eager to bond with new legislative gatekeepers. Coffers aren't swelling across the board, though; a Wall Street Journal analysis shows pro-business Dems are pulling in most of it. General Dynamics, Honeywell International, Home Depot. and Aflac are among those funneling funds to moderates. More »

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