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Bowoto v. Chevron: Approaching the Arguments

Scott Gilmore | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alien Tort Statute, Multinational Corporations, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell, Bowoto vs. Chevron, Bowoto v. Chevron, Nigeria, Legal Reasoning, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Dictators, Chevron Human Rights, Big Oil, Politics News
Scott Gilmore

Why do police negotiators generally refuse to pay ransom for hostages? To do so would actually encourage more kidnappings by providing an incentive to would-be kidnappers.

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A Kick in the Career: Bailout, Bailout, Who's Got the Bailout?

Thomas Stern | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Retail Sales, Bailout, Multinational Corporations, Utopian, Circuit City Bankruptcy, Citigroup, Business News
Thomas Stern

It might be time for the government to stop gnashing their teeth about which multinational bank should get the bailout package, and simply throw the cash at the retail sector.

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The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Uk, Multinational Corporations, Titanium Metals Corp., Economy, Alcoa, Workers Uniting, International Paper, Amicus Section, China, Georgia Pacific, Dick Cheney, Kimberly Clark, Unite the Union, Don Imus, Derek Simpson, Ireland, Dubai, Corporate Globalization, Halliburton, United Steelworkers, Justice Department, Las Vegas, Kuwait, Ceo, Global Union, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcan, Timet, Pilkington, Rexam, Kbr, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

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