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2004

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• Sprint and Nextel Discuss Merging - Wall Street Journal 10dec04
• Lockheed and the Future of Warfare -  NY Times 28nov2004
• The Corporate Attack on Organic Agriculture -  Cornucopia Institute 24nov04

• Attention, Shoppers Kmart to Buy Sears for $11.5 Billion: Financier Lampert's Bet In Retail Is Put to Test - Wall Street Journal 18nov04

  • Kmart Buys Sears in a Surprise Move - AmericaJR 19nov04
  • Analysts say Lampert Excels as a Dealmaker: Kmart chief employs a hands-on approach to control, improve operations of ailing companies -  The Detroit News 18nov04
  • Gambling Billionaire Lambert at Heart of Sears-Kmart Merger - AP 18nov04

• Critics See Drug Industry Behind Mental Health Plan: Mandatory Mental Health Screening -  Inter Press Service (Italy) 20oct04

  • Bush Plans to Screen Whole US Population for Mental Illness -  British Medical Journal 19jun04

  • The 2004 Progress Report: The President's New Freedom Initiative for People with Disabilities - Bush Administration / White House Domestic Policy Council 1mar04

• Monsanto Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss - AP 6oct04
• The Green Machine: Corporate Monoculture Farming - The Monthly (Emeryville, CA) 1oct04
• Lockheed: U.S. Military Satellite Deal may be Worth $3.27 Billion for Lockheed  - SF Chronicle 25sep04
• US Airways to Ask Court to Impose Pay Cut on Unions  -  AP 25sep04
• Wonder Bread: Half a Loaf At Giant Baker, Freshness Project Takes Sour Turn: Extended Shelf Life Has Problems - Wall Street Journal 23sep04
• GMOs: Whole Foods' Employees, Customers Need Better Information, Critics Say -  Citizen's Environmental Commission (CEC) 22sep04
• DuPont Reaches $300 Million Settlement With Group Over Water Supply  - Wall Street Journal 10sep04
• Delta to Cut Thousands of Jobs And Cut Back Dallas Flights -  Wall Street Journal 8sep04
• Teotihuacan Meets Wal-Mart:  Store Near Mexican Ruins Riles Activists - Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) 3sep04
• Bonjour paresse: The Slacker's New Bible -  Financial Times (UK) 13aug04
• Pentagon Questions Halliburton On $1.8 Billion of Work in Iraq  - Wall Street Journal 11aug04
• EPA Says DuPont Held Hazard Data -  Wall Street Journal 9jul04
• Wal-Mart Faces Class Action In Sex-Discrimination Case -  Wall Street Journal 22jun04
• Weyerhaeuser Selling Lots of Former Industrial Timberlands: Homes for Sale: Wooded Lots, Great Views, Logging Optional - Wall Street Journal 16jun04
• The Corporation: Unmasking Today’s Robber Barons - Common Ground 1jun04
• The Ultimate Roulette Game: Biotech's Dismal Bottom Line: More Than $40 Billion in Losses -  Wall Street Journal 20may04
• Livestock Industry Finds Friends in EPA: Documents detail lobbyists' impact on air-quality plan -  Chicago Tribune 16may04
• Monsanto Sales Cutback:  It's All Coming Home to Roost - The Business Times (Singapore) 13may04
• Refining Business Boosts ChevronTexaco's Net 33% -  Wall Street Journal 30apr04
• Wal-Mart Begins RFID Rollout -  RFID Journal 30apr2004
• Defense Contracts Announced Thursday - Dow Jones Newswires 29apr04
• McDonald's: 'Plan' Winner, New Chief Says Customer Count Shows Big Jump at McDonald's -  Chicago Tribune 29apr04
• Sanofi: Drug Maker Aventis Accepts $65.5 Billion Takeover Offer -  NY Times 26apr04
• Sanofi to Swallow Aventis in a Deal Set at $65 Billion - Wall Street Journal 26apr04
• Pharmaceutical Companies Accused of Manipulating Drug Trials for Profit - Independent (UK) 23apr04
• Novartis / Aventis Merger Plan Meets French Govt Concerns -  Dow Jones Newswires 22apr04
• Angola: Africa's Oil Tycoons -  The Nation 12apr04
• In California, Wal-Mart Hits a Wall - Editorial / NY Times 11apr04
• Union Pacific Seeks to Reduce Use: Crew Shortages Prompt Requests to Some Customers To Limit Railroad Traffic -  Wall Street Journal 5apr04
• BondCote: Military Fabric's Safety Disputed -  Atlanta Journal-Constitution 26mar04
• BondCote: Military Was Sold Lead-Tainted Fabric for Tents -  NY Times 23mar04
• Lawyer Who Challenged EPA Case Had Social Contacts With Judges -  Wall Street Journal 23mar04
• Monsanto Faces Investigation Of Possible Bribe in Indonesia -  Wall Street Journal 22mar04
• Car Makers Secretly Lobby EC to Reduce Air-Pollution Targets: Leaked memo reveals pressure on environment commissioner -  Sunday Herald (UK) 21mar04
• RFID: Albertsons Announces Mandate:  require suppliers to tag pallets and cases by April 2005 - RFID Journal 5mar04
• Coca-Cola Admits Dasani is Tap Water -  Reuters 4mar04
• Bashing Bayer in Britain! The Continuing Struggle Against Biotechnology -  Earth First! Eostar March-April 1mar04
• Union Carbide Uranium Fallout:  Group sues Union Carbide, unit 20 years after Uravan mill closes - Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 28feb04
• Drug Industry's Big Push Into Technology Falls Short - Wall Street Journal 24feb04
• Palace Plating: Metal Shop Near School Faces Pollution Charges -  LA Times 20feb04
• Wal-Mart's Labor Record: Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart - Committee on Education and the Workforce / U.S. House of Representatives 16feb04
  • Wal-Mart: Congressional Investigation into Bush Administration’s Sweetheart Deal With Wal-Mart On Labor Violations Called For - Representative George Miller (D-CA) 14feb04
• Bumble Bee, Sardine Producer To Merge in $385 Million Deal  - AP 11feb04
• U.S. Court Approves Cigna Settlement: $140M - Bloomberg News 3feb04
• Monsanto: Ready to Blossom? -  Business Week Online 3feb04
• Observations on the Supreme Court hearing of Percy Schmeiser - E Ann Clark Ph.D. / Cropchoice 2feb04
• Biotech Industry Gives Record $150,000 to Fight Proposed Altered-Crop Ban in Mendocino County, California -  The Press Democrat 31jan04
• ChevronTexaco Pumps Profit in Quarter: Earnings boosted by high oil prices, bigger margins on gasoline -  SF Chronicle 31jan04
• The Two Faces of Wal-Mart -  Business Week Online 28jan04
• Wal-Mart Files Challenge to Alameda County's Ban on Supercenters - Wal-Mart Press Release 26jan04
• Wal-Mart Workers Assail Night Lock-Ins - NY Times 18jan04
• US Meat Producers Move to Head Off Push for Mandatory Labelling -  Financial Times (UK) 17jan04
• SureBeam: Accounting Dispute Led to Demise of SureBeam - San Diego Union-Tribune 14jan04
• SureBeam: Titan Sees Limited Impairment Charges Following Bankruptcy Of SureBeam Corp -  Dow Jones Newswires 13jan04
• United Natural Foods Announces Primary Distribution Agreement With Wild Oats Markets - Press Release 12jan04
• US Companies Added Few Workers in December -  NY Times (several related articles) 9jan04
  • Employment Situation December 2003 - US Department of Labor 9jan04
• Monsanto Sees Sales Rise 22%; Posts Loss of $97 Million  - St Louis Post-Dispatch 8jan04
• Germany's Bayer Wins Right To Limit Supply to Discounters -  Dow Jones Newswires 7jan04
• Dean Foods Company Completes Acquisition of Horizon Organic Holding Corporation - Press Release / Dean Foods Company 5jan04
• The Joyless Recovery  - NY Times 4jan04
• Bull Market for Organic Beef: Mad Cow Scare Raises Awareness -  Washington Post 1jan03