New Orleans Desperate to hold onto power with national elections coming in 2013 and beset by crises over coal, telecom, and slowing growth, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, announced modifications in foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, potentially paving the way for Walmart, Carrefour, Tesco, Metro, and other multi-national companies to enter the growing Indian …
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“Tsunami of Union Bosses” Pushback Attack on Teachers and Public Sector
Gananoque, Ontario Attacks on public sector workers, especially teachers, has become as popular in Canada as it has become in the United States, especially in the country’s largest province, Ontario. Ironically, many teachers’ unions have been supportive of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal (which is really not liberal, friends) government for over almost the decade they have …
Fairtrade Fracas Confusing Consumers and Producers
New Orleans Fairtrade has a language problem that is quickly becoming a huge commercial and consumer problem. There’s no copy write to the name “fairtrade,” so like it or not, anyone can use it, claim it, or con with it. As a relatively new movement trying to build commercial strength and consumer identification, a “classic” …