May 25, 2013

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Pfizer Executive Charged With Allegedly Producing Child Pornography

AP | Posted 05.10.2013 | Business

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal authorities in Puerto Rico have arrested an executive at Pfizer Pharmaceutical for allegedly producing child pornogra...

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Pfizer To Sell Viagra Online

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business

Read More: Poliwogg, Video, David Dershewitz, Judson Clark, Viagra, Pfizer, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Vic Cavelli, Les Funtleyder, Drugs, CVS Caremark, Matthew Bassiur, Viagra Online, Ap, Business News

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill. ...

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WATCH: The United States of Inequality

Bill Moyers | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

Inequality in America is now at the greatest level in modern history and shows no signs of abating. Corporate profits are at record highs. But have those companies invested that in new jobs? No. Did they at least give their workers a bump in pay? Hardly.

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Corporations, pro-business nonprofits foot bill for judicial seminars

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

Read More: Bp, Pfizer, George Mason University, Politics, Northwestern University, Koch Brothers, Judges, Exxonmobil, Politics News

By Chris Young, Reity O'Brien and Andrea Fuller March 28, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a no...

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Make March 27th National Nina Turner Day (aka 'Happy Birthday Viagra')

Lester & Charlie | Posted 03.27.2013 | Comedy

Read More: Ohio, Holiday, Nina Turner, Bob Dole, Viagra, Politics, Political Humor, Anniversary, Humor, Satire, Pfizer, Nina Turner Viagra, Nina-Turner-Viagra-Bill, Political Satire, Video, Comedy News

It was 14 years before anyone came up with another use for Viagra, and that credit goes to Turner, as you can see below. So we proclaim March 27th National Nina Turner Day!

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Battle Over Bad Birth Control Pills Stirs Reproductive Rights Issues

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.12.2013 | Business

A Georgia mother claims the pharmaceutical company that mislabeled her birth control pills should pay the $400,000 cost of raising her now year-old da...

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International Corporate Volunteering: Rapidly Growing Trend to Advance People, Planet, Profits

Alice Korngold | Posted 05.04.2013 | Impact

Read More: Emirates, Sap, CDC Development Solutions, Glaxosmithkline, Merck, International Corporate Volunteering, George Mason University, John Deere, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ibm, Pfizer, Pepsico, Dr. Angel Cabrera, Impact News

The best way for companies to design and implement global pro bono programs that maximize the benefits of their ICV programs is through partnerships and collaboration.

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Corporations Helped Found GOP Dark Money Group

ProPublica | Justin Elliott | Posted 02.14.2013 | Business

Read More: Time Warner, Exxon Mobil, Pfizer, Corporate Donations, GOP Donations, Big Corporations, State Government Leadership Foundation, Citizens United, Business News

Some of the nation's biggest corporations donated more than a million dollars to launch a Republican nonprofit that went on to play a key role in rece...

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Dow Gets A Lift

AP | Posted 03.31.2013 | Business

Read More: U.S. Stock Funds, Pfizer, Dow Jones Index, Dow Jones, U.S. Stocks, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Business News

NEW YORK — Drugmaker Pfizer gave the Dow a lift after posting a strong earnings report. That helped push the index closer to 14,000. The Dow Jo...

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BP To Pay Record Fine For Gulf Oil Spill, Source Says

Reuters | By Chris Baltimore and David Ingram | Posted 01.14.2013 | Green

Read More: Bp, Video, Reuters, Bextra, Bp-Oil-Spill, Pfizer, Deepwater Horizon, Bp Record Fine, Gulf Oil Spill Gulf Oil Spill Settlement, Gulf of Mexico, Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Bp Oil Spill Settlement, Green News

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - BP Plc is expected to pay a record criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the 2010 Deepw...

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Which Corporations Funded the RNC Convention?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.18.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Republican National Convention in Tampa, where former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney accepted the presidential nomination of the Rep...

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Village Voice Chain To Split From Controversial Ad Site

Reuters | Chris Francescani and Nadia Damouni | Posted 11.23.2012 | Media

Sept 24 (Reuters) - Village Voice Media (VVM) will split off from its controversial Backpage.com online advertising site and create a new company fo...

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Ministry Rules Bribes Can't Be Tax Deductible

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.04.2012 | Business

Read More: Corporate Corruption, Anti-Bribery Convention, Video, Bribery Scandal, Corporate Bribery, Russia Bribery, Pfizer, Walmart Bribery, Daimler, Siemens, Business News

Sorry, Russian business executives: writing off bribes as tax deductions just isn’t going to fly. That’s what the Russian Finance Ministry rece...

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Drug Giant To Pay Big To Settle Foreign Bribery Allegations

Reuters | Posted 10.07.2012 | Business

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Reuters, Pfizer, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bribery, Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice Department, Video, Business News

* Settlement relates to payments in eight countries * Pfizer to pay $26.3 million to SEC * Affected countries include Ru...

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Drug Companies Drive the Psychiatric Drugging of Children

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 07.24.2012 | Healthy Living

The health professions would do far more good stopping the drugging of children than continuing or increasing it. Ethical professionals need to work toward removing children from psychiatric drugs.

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What Percentage Of Americans Find Aging Is Better Than They Expected?

Posted 06.18.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Getting Older, Aging Gracefully, Milestones, Life Milestones, Pfizer, Health Post50, Slideexpand, Pfizer Survey on Getting Older, Fifty News

What's the upside of aging? Just ask the one-quarter of Americans in a poll released today who say getting old is better than they expected. The bigge...

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Fortune 500 Companies Made Record $824 Billion Profit In 2011

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.08.2012 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, General Electric, Video, Fortune 500, Unemployment, Corporate Profits, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Fortune, Corporate Earnings, Wal-Mart, Business News

Poverty is rampant. Hunger is widespread. But don't worry about America's largest corporations -- they're doing just fine. Fortune released its ann...

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Gambling With Your Health: The Dangers Of Counterfeit Drugs

John Clark | Posted 06.23.2012 | Healthy Living

Boric acid. Lead paint. Floor wax. Rat poison. You might expect to find these under your sink, but these substances have also made dangerous appearances where you would least suspect: in counterfeit medicines.

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Nestle To Buy Pfizer Nutrition For $11.9 Billion

Reuters | Posted 06.22.2012 | Business

Read More: Pfizer, Mergers and Acquisitions, Pfizer Nutrition, Nestle, Reuters, Business News

* Swiss group beats out rival Danone for Pfizer unit * Group pays almost 5 times unit's expected 2012 sales ...

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Nestle's Baby Boom

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.18.2012 | Business

Read More: Mergers and Acquisitions, Baby Formula, Pfizer, Chinese Baby Formula, Baby Boom, Asia, Baby Food, Nestle, Chinese Consumers, China, Asian Consumers, Deals, Business News

Nestle might soon be be feeding a lot more babies. The world's largest food and nutrition company is in final talks to buy Pfizer's infant nutriti...

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The Stealing of America: The Incestuous Relationship Between Government and Corporate America

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.17.2012 | Politics

Read More: Walmart, Stand Your Ground, American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, Corporate America, AT&T, Pfizer, McDonald's, Voter ID Laws, Private Prisons, Citizens United, Voting Rights, Politics News

Don't let this corporate exodus from ALEC fool you into thinking that these corporations have grown a conscience or that they have given up on influencing the political process.

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Pig Testicle Tacos, Courtesy Pfizer

Food & Think | Posted 03.19.2012 | Home

Read More: Pfizer Pig Testicle Tacos, Pfizer, Boar Taint, Pfizer Tacos, Pig Testicle Tacos, Home News

About a year ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug that gives pig farmers another way to control boar taint. Taint is a characteristic...

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HRT and Breast Cancer: A Brief Primer

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 05.19.2012 | Healthy Living

The recent Pfizer jury award is sure to scare many women. Whether or not to take estrogen and or progesterone is a very personal decision that needs to be individualized.

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CEO's Pay Increase By How Much?

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 03.16.2012 | Business

Read More: Pfizer Pay, Video, Drug Company Ceo Pay, Ian Read, Pfizer, Ian Read Pfizer, 2011 Pfizer Pay, Ian Read Pay, Business News

TRENTON, N.J. -- Pfizer Inc. nearly tripled CEO Ian Read's compensation in 2011, his first full year as top executive of the world's largest drugmaker...

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