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...such as tobacco, gambling or weapons manufacturing. Mirroring a greater trend in socially responsible investing, they are now buying stocks and leveraging pressure from the inside to promote their agendas. For instance, Mennonite Mutual Aid funds, which wants companies to be proactive in curbing HIV and AIDS, helped persuade Ford Motor Co. to report how the disease is affecting its global operations...
...Launched in April, the site caters to the savvy, upscale traveler looking for the latest places to stay, dine or shop in the world's big cities. During a random trawl, we found opening-night coverage of Miami's latest celebrity hangout, Rokbar, and news that movie director Francis Ford Coppola is renting out his swanky Paris apartment for short stays (it's about $485 a night if you're interested...
...Launched in April, the site caters to the savvy, upscale traveler looking for the latest places to stay, dine or shop in the world's big cities. During a random trawl, we found opening-night coverage of Miami's latest celebrity hangout, Rokbar, and news that movie director Francis Ford Coppola is renting out his swanky Paris apartment for short stays (it's about $485 a night if you're interested...
...from veteran Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus. That office then contacted Plame's unit, which had sent Wilson to Niger, but stopped short of drafting an internal report. The same week, Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman asked for and received a memo on the Wilson trip from Carl Ford, head of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Sources familiar with the memo, which disclosed Plame's relationship to Wilson, say Secretary of State Colin Powell read it in mid-June. Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage may have received a copy then...
...finally turning a corner? Fueled by deep discounts, sales for the troubled automaker surged 47% in June. But that prompted Chrysler and Ford to offer generous incentives too, setting the stage for a brutal price war. GM is also banking on redesigned SUVs to lift sales, despite a shift in consumer sentiment away from the gas guzzlers. High profit margins on SUVs are critical to GM's bottom line. But just 34% of shoppers are now considering an SUV, a three-year low, according to a recent survey by Kelley Blue Book. Sales of fuel-saving hybrids, meanwhile, are expected...