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07.24.2009 9:00 pm

Saving green by going green

General Electric ran TV commercial a few years back in which a young executive pitches improved energy efficiency to his corporate board.
“Why should we care about this stuff,” his boss demands.
“Because it can save us 40 percent on our energy…

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07.01.2009 9:01 pm

Wal-Mart joins the chorus for health reform

Post-Dispatch file photo.

Post-Dispatch file photo.

The nation’s largest employer thinks big companies should be required to provide health insurance for their workers.
Wal-Mart, the country’s biggest retailer and the second-largest corporation in the world according to this year’s Fortune 500, this week endorsed the idea…

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03.24.2009 9:00 pm

A broken system leads unlikely allies to push for health reform

A patient checks in a a clinic located inside a Wal-Mart store in this AP file photo.

A patient checks in at a clinic inside a Wal-Mart store in this AP file photo.

And now for something completely different: a few kind words about Wal-Mart.

Say what you will about it — in the past, we and other critics…

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12.03.2008 2:40 pm

News round-up: Another pirate edition

Dangerous waters.

Dangerous waters.

Blackwater has a new business (via ThinkProgress).

Condi gives Pakistan the business.

Wall Street Journal says existing “intelligence policy to stay largely intact” under Obama administration. Change? Perhaps we should have seen this coming with his FISA vote.

We all knew this was coming, and…

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