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Engaging Employees in Sustainable Thinking

Posted by mattgup 113 days ago (http://earthandindustry.com)
Category: Green | Tags: green business sustainable operations
Most company sustainability initiatives start at the top: executives, managers, and/or board members recognize the business case for “greening” opera[...] read more »
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Please: No More Ethical Businesses!

Posted by lucynixon 156 days ago (http://www.corporate-eye.com)
Category: Business | Tags: business ethics responsibility
Ethics and business don't mix; in business, there should be less ethics and more sustainability. Maximum profit isn't always the best result... read more »
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Can Obama Live Up to His Green Promises In An Increasingly Worse Economy?

Posted by britesprite 373 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: economy green obama
President-elect Obama’s team has begun working on a plan to spend up to $500 billion in new funds if the economy continues to worsen. [...] read more »
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The Golden Years, Tarnished

Posted by thekritz 373 days ago, popular 373 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit crisis retirement
With the economy and stocks in free fall, many retirees are now worried about having enough to carry them through. read more »
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The Future World Economy : Bretton Woods II in Washington Must Deliver

Posted by jpmax 373 days ago, popular 373 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: brazil bretton woods china eu g20
As the G20 leaders gather in Washington for what has been dubbed “Bretton Woods II”, here’s a brief list of the economic opportunities they need to d[...] read more »
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Keep America Beautiful Comments on 60 Minutes Story On E-Waste

Posted by mcmilker 373 days ago (http://ecopreneurist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: 60 minutes cell phones e-waste
Keep America Beautiful discusses their take on the 60 Minutes story; gives some background on the phone recycling business, around only since 2007...[...] read more »
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The Economics of Farmland

Posted by britesprite 374 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: economy farmland
An examination of how urban development is destroying prime farmland. How can a sustainable economy support agriculture? read more »
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Can Detroit's Big Three Be Salvaged?

Posted by ultrageek 374 days ago, popular 373 days ago (http://money.aol.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: automotive economy
Remember what happened during the 70s and 80s in the automotive sector? Can Washington, D.C., even save Detroit's big three carmakers? read more »
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60 Minutes Came Calling on A Green Business

Posted by mcmilker 376 days ago, popular 376 days ago (http://ecopreneurist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: 60 minutes e-waste executive recycling
This is a bit of a chilling tale for any eco entrepreneur! Executive Recycling, a small Colorado based, e-waste recycling center - the result was not[...] read more »
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Whole Foods Market Sells $425 million Equity Stake to Leonard Green & Partners

Posted by sustainablogger 376 days ago, popular 376 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)

| Tags: investment leonard green whole foods
Whole Foods Market announced last week that it will sell a 17 percent stake in the company to the private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners for $4[...] read more »
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UAUA Set to Take Off

Posted by thewild1 380 days ago, popular 380 days ago (http://thewildinvestor.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: airlines oil stock recommendation video
With the decline in price of oil and other factors, it seems like a few traders are starting to turn their heads towards the airline industry. read more »
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Is There a Green Upside to the Economic Meltdown?

Posted by jpmax 380 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: clean energy clean tech economic meltd
The economic meltdown could be good news for the area of clean energy investing, according to Steven Fraser, a senior lecturer at the University of P[...] read more »
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UK rates slashed to 3% -- lowest since the 1950s

Posted by britesprite 380 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: uk interest rates
The Bank of England has slashed UK interest rates by 1.5% to 3%, the largest cut since the 1980s and the lowest point since the 1950s.
The cut was[...] read more »
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Should I Invest In My 401(k)’s Stable Value Fund?

Posted by drake 380 days ago (http://www.mymoneyblog.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: mutual funds retirement accounts
The pitch: "Cash with better interest". You get the safety and stability of principal found in a money market fund, but with the higher returns of [...] read more »
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Is Forex Intervention Back on the Table?

Posted by MMarquit 381 days ago (http://www.forexblog.org)
Category: Currencies | Tags: currency trading forex u.s. dollar
Central banks consider currency intervention -- to slow the rise of the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen. read more »
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