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MSNBC
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More than 405,000 children’s products made in China, most of them toy cars, were recalled Wednesday for containing dangerous levels of lead, a government safety group announced.
The recall includes about 380,000 Pull-Back Action Toy Cars imported by..
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MSNBC
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall has been announced, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
The worl..
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BusinessWeek
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To help shoppers make green choices, companies are slapping carbon labels on products. But even if the public can interpret the information, will it help reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Next time you're in a shoe store, pick up a pair of clogs or leat..
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BusinessWeek
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By limiting its stock to specialty products at low prices, Trader Joe's sells twice as much per square foot than other supermarkets
It began with plain, "Greek style" yogurt, which has a somewhat sharper taste than the traditional American kind. Then c..
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BusinessWeek
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Few names are more closely associated with retirement than AARP. So Andrew Tignanelli, president of Financial Consulate, a Lutherville (Md.) financial-planning firm, figured the retirement products AARP offered were sure to be winners. But after comparing..
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SF Gate
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The Dow Chemical Co. Foundation has promised $10 million to UC Berkeley for interdisciplinary research on ideas and products designed to minimize harm to future generations, the university announced Tuesday.
The Dow-funded "Sustainable Products and Sol..
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MSNBC
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More than 90,000 children’s products, most imported by J.C. Penney Co. Inc., were recalled Thursday for containing dangerous levels of lead, a government safety group announced.
J.C. Penney recalled Chinese-made Winnie the Pooh play sets and decorati..
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MSNBC
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More than a half-million Chinese-made products were recalled Thursday, including “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Baby Einstein toys, because they contain dangerous levels of lead.
Coin-shaped “Pirates of the Caribbean” flashlights and soft, text..
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BusinessWeek
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How a Chinese supplier's bad decision turned into one importer's worst nightmare, and may mean the end of his business
Richard Kuskin was sitting in the dingy basement office of his Union (N.J.) import firm one day in May, 2006, when the phone rang. On..
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FOX News
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Consumer prices last month shot up by the largest amount in nearly a year, driven by big increases in the cost of gasoline and other energy products.
The closely watched Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in March, the biggest increase since a simil..
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FOX News
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Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, said Thursday it will buy Gerber Products Co. from pharmaceutical maker Novartis SA for $5.5 billion, giving it the largest share of the global baby food market.
The acquisition helps further Nestl..
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Alter Net
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Can Americans retain their bad habits of overconsumption but simply switch to earth-friendly products? In truth, we are not going to spend our way out of a social and ecological crisis 500 years in the making. "The test of a first-rate intelligence," F..
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BusinessWeek
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A district court judge in Iowa has ordered Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in person at a trial that starts in Iowa later this month...
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