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The impossibility of a green Wal-Mart?


With its recent flurry of green initiatives, Wal-Mart has won the embrace of several prominent environmental groups. "If they do even half what they   read more

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America is Importing Tons of Food from Other Countries without FDA Inspection


People are upset. Their little Fidos and Fluffies are being poisoned by a chemical additive in pet food imported from China. And now it's been found   read more
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Moguls and Misanthropes


SNOW JOB?Sing along now.

Oh the dazzling flakes and the slopes that snake, on the Big Mock Candy Mountain

Where the bluebirds sing and   read more

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Don't Stop Believing


Renegade Bloggers Besiege the Southern Baptist Convention.   read more

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For Businesses, Small Is the New Big


A growing number of businesses are discovering that getting big is not the best measure of accomplishment. Which are the ones setting the trend?   read more

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Swamp Fighters


Laredo environmentalists marshal their forces to save an improbable wetland   read more

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Targeting the Wealth Primary


Targeting the Wealth Primary   read more

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Spend, Spend, Spend: The New Model for Parenting


In spite of being racked with debt, Gen X parents are increasingly pouring their paychecks into luxury items for their children that seem seem frivolous to the point of ridiculousness.   read more

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Oil Companies Are Using a Simple Trick to Bilk Consumers out of Billions


Oil companies know that gasoline expands at higher temperatures and has less volume at lower ones, but they've refused to upgrade gas stations with a simple tool that would adjust the price of gas according to its temperature.   read more

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Raissing the Minimum Wage: Don't Stop Now!


It's awfully tough to live on $5.15 an hour.   read more

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