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Topic: Trade

  
NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS   |  Comment

In Today's News: Katrina, Cruise, Blu-ray...

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Aug 29, 2006 at 3:19 PM

What's worth reading: Bush Tours New Orleans, Pushes for Rebuilding Plan "President Bush bowed his head in prayer Tuesday to remember the hundreds who perished in Hurricane Katrina, a disaster that forever changed the Gulf Coast -- ...READ»

Robert Chatwani
EBAY   |  15 comments

Ebay's Fair-Trade MarketPlace

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 17, 2008 at 1:31 AM

A new partnership between eBay and an unusual social enterprise aims to give the world's artisans access to a bigger market -- and a fair share of the revenue.READ»

Ivan Glickman
CALIFORNIA   |  Comment

Want a Holiday From Gas Taxes or Traffic?

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:59 PM

Senators John McCain and Hilary Clinton are among many in Congress clamoring for a gas tax “holiday” as fuel prices rise and the summer driving season fast approaches. Never mind that they focus entirely on poor consumers and ...READ»

MANAGEMENT   |  Comment

Some Reasons to Buy Fair Trade Jewellery

BY david lee
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 10:12 PM

I like fair trade, and there are some reasons why I prefer to buy Fair Trade products. If something is as fair trade , which means that products will be available in May for consumer jewelry such as Juicy Jewelry is part of an ...READ»

COCOA   |  1 comment

Fair-Trade Towns: Let's Spread the Movement

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri May 9, 2008 at 11:48 PM

Out of six official fair-trade towns in the whole United States, two are one town away from me--Amherst, Massachusetts and Northampton, Massachusetts (I live in the town between them, Hadley--which, small as it is, has at least five ...READ»

FASHION JEWELRY   |  Comment

Some Reasons to Buy Fair Trade Jewelry

BY David Lee
Relevancy Score: 100
Sun Aug 16, 2009 at 10:43 PM

I like fair trade, and there are some reasons why I prefer to buy Fair Trade products. If something is as fair trade , which means that products will be available in May for consumer jewelry such as Juicy Jewelry is part of an ...READ»

DR BRIAN STRASNICK   |  Comment

WILLOW LABORATORIES - DR BRIAN STRASNICK

BY drbrianstrasnick drbrianstrasnick
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri May 22, 2009 at 6:07 AM

Willow Laboratories Info Mazda MAZDA6 Function Most of the 2009 Mazda Mazda6's controls are logically arrayed and easy to use, though the buttons on the right side of the center stack — such as the tuning knob and the ...READ»

MIAMI   |  Comment

Fuel Efficient Cars like the Honda Fit at your Local Miami Honda Dealership

BY Ivan Glickman
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu May 21, 2009 at 12:44 PM

 Summer can only mean a few things in Miami- besides more fun, temperature and gas prices are sure to skyrocket. According to data from miamigasprices.com, which lists the highest and lowest gas prices in South Florida, gas prices ...READ»

STRATEGY   |  10 comments

Past Imperfect

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 11:52 AM

This news, about GM and Chrysler cooperating to create their own Hybrid Cars, is an interesting development. Both companies announced their SUVs would be using the Hybrid engine in 2007. Why only mention the SUVs and not other ...READ»

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SKOLL WORLD FORUM   |  8 comments

Are Fair-Trade Goods Recession Proof? Wal-Mart, Starbucks, and Cadbury Hope So

BY Jeff Chu
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Mar 27, 2009 at 7:32 AM

Global economic crisis. Financial collapse. The current climate. Whatever term you want to use to describe our present state of affairs, I've heard it in the halls and meeting rooms at the Skoll World Forum on Social ...READ»

COCA COLA   |  2 comments

Coca Cola and Honest Tea -- The Plot Thickens!

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Since Coca Cola acquired a minority interest in Honest Tea back in February of this year, the organic beverage company has utilized the benefits of the partnership to come a long way, and according to CEO Seth Goldman, managed to ...READ»

HUMAN RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

Trade Secrets

BY Lucas Conley
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:49 AM

Equal Exchange's fair-trade coffee isn't just virtuous. Because of the company's innovative and collaborative ways of dealing with growers, it gets better beans. That makes for a darn good cup o' joe -- and caffeinated growth for Equal Exchange. Do companies that thrive by twisting their suppliers' arms have something to learn?READ»

HONDA   |  Comment

Spend Your Summer in Miami in a Honda

BY Brickell Honda
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 12:49 PM

Spring has ‘sprung’ and is nearly as good as through with its ‘springing’, and Summer is upon us once again. Summer can only mean a few things in Miami- besides more fun, temperature and gas prices are sure to skyrocket. ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  Comment

Free Trade Isn't Fair

BY Sara Terry
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:20 AM

Mike Dolan is leading a long-shot crusade against the new economy's most widely shared belief: that global economic integration -- of countries, companies, currencies, and markets -- is both virtuous and inevitable.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  8 comments

A More Powerful Path

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 99
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:15 AM

Changing the way we think about change--and bringing business into the act.READ»

BUYING LOCAL   |  1 comment

Buying Local -- Isn’t it really about Social and Environmental Responsibility?

BY Kellee K. Sikes
Relevancy Score: 97
Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM

Commenting on Elizabeth Spiers post "Benefits of Buying Local?" A great blog post about "Exploding the myths, presumptions, and pretensions of the bullies." Different models like buying local, Organic, ...READ»

ORGANIC FAIR TRADE COFFEE   |  Comment

Reinventing the Coffee Business Around Ethics and Sustainability: Dean Cycon

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 92
Wed May 20, 2009 at 6:41 PM

Completely organic and fair-trade coffee at supermarket prices...locally-directed sustainability projects in coffee-producing villages...and the integrity to turn down the wrong kind of customer, even if it means giving up millions of dollars--Dean Cycon runs a very different kind of coffee company.READ»

ECONOMY   |  2 comments

An Inconvenient Economy

BY Rip Empson
Relevancy Score: 85
Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 10:49 AM

On Friday, the price of oil jumped a record $10.75 per barrel, to more than $138, immediately sending the dollar into a freefall and causing the Dow Jones to ask for a sick-day. Meanwhile, unemployment rose at a record-setting pace ...READ»

HONDA   |  Comment

Safety and Fuel Efficient Honda Vehicles Found in Miami Dealership

BY Brickell Honda
Relevancy Score: 84
Wed Aug 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM

Honda has just introduced a new PC-based driving simulator, which comes complete with steering wheel and pedals. It will be available in Japan for about $2200-$3100 US, but it is not completely clear whether or not it will be released ...READ»

HONDA   |  Comment

Miami Honda Drivers are Ready for Cash for Clunkers Bill

BY Brickell Honda
Relevancy Score: 84
Wed Jul 8, 2009 at 4:26 PM

With one of the most fuel-efficient vehicle lineups in the industry, nearly every new Honda model will help customers qualify for a federal "Cash for Clunkers" credit, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. Depending on the ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Is Offshoring Good? [Full-text]

BY Fast Company staff
Relevancy Score: 83
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:02 AM

The head of an Indian consulting firm and a high-tech-union president face off on the effects of offshoring and globalization.READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  Comment

Hope Diamonds

BY Ian Wylie
Relevancy Score: 80
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:17 AM

In Sierra Leone, a plan for fair-trade gems.READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Subsidize fuel prices?

BY Charles BenAmi
Relevancy Score: 80
Wed May 28, 2008 at 10:35 AM

The rising cost of fuel is becoming a political issue. Europeans are asking for reduced taxes on fuel, US Presidential candidates are proposing tax holidays/breaks on fuel. Admittedly these are not subsidies; however, it is still a ...READ»

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STARBUCKS   |  Comment

Starbucks Loans Cash to Small-Scale Coffee Farmers

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 78
Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 3:55 PM

Complain all you want about Starbucks taking over the world--the company is at least trying to do some good in the process. The company announced plans last year to become the largest purchaser of Fair Trade coffee in the world. ...READ»

HONDA   |  Comment

Honda Insight Takes on the Toyota Prius in Miami

BY Brickell Honda
Relevancy Score: 78
Wed Jul 29, 2009 at 12:23 PM

 By Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor Email | Blog Psychologists have said that consumers have a three-week memory of fuel prices. If prices stay constant for more than three weeks, the buying public's decision-making ability ...READ»

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