When the Democrats wined and dined, here's who paid the piper

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, September 14, 2000 — Anyone who thought the Democratic National Convention was only about presidential nominee Al Gore must have

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"… ors: Coca Cola ($602,000, 53 percent to Democrats this election cycle) and Nike ($40,000, 51 percent to Democrats)(President Clinton was expected to play, …"

Tech firms jump Into fray on climate lobbying

By Marianne Lavelle

Last year, Internet auction giant eBay completed the largest commercial solar installation in San Jose at the company’s environmentally frie

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"… res, BICEP includes not only tech firms, but consumers goods names such as Nike, which has been working on climate issues for some time, as well as newcom …"

FDA cigarette study casts doubt on whether new warning labels would help smokers quit

By Kimberly Leonard

Research casts doubts on whether new warning labels will help smokers quit

Excerpts from this story referencing "Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act":

"… t actually be negligible.The required new warnings are an outgrowth of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. When the label requirement is fully implemented in September 2012 …"

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A case of lowered expectations in the US

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. businesses work to keep expectation for America's climate change effort as low as possible

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"… i Strauss & Co., and four power companies quit the Chamber in protest. Nike resigned from the Chamber’s board. And at least seven other large corpor …"

Venezuela head polishes image with oil dollars

By Kevin Bogardus

President Hugo Chavez takes his case to America's streets

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"… encouraging balanced U.S. media coverage of Mexico and battling against Nike's use of "sweatshop" labor – are spotlighted in case studies on Lumina's …"

The counterfeit cops

By Te-Ping Chen

Private investigators fight a hidden war against knock-off cigarettes, electronics, toothpaste, and more

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"… eign soil, and at the behest of multinational corporations from Colgate to Nike to Louis Vuitton.The Levinson Case and Other DangersDespite the size of th …"

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Inspectors struggle to keep up with flood of imports

By Brad Racino

Food imports approved for use in the U.S. in an unexpected way

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"… country by calling them something other than what they are.The counterfeit Nike shoes piled onto one table were labeled rice sticks, Williams said. These …"

Thousands of free trips taken by Pentagon staff

By M.B. Pell and Aaron Mehta

DOD personnel took $26 million in travel from industry, foreign governments.

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"… ich sold more than $12 billion of merchandise in 2007. Among the sponsors: Nike, Skechers, Mattel, and Sony;Thousands of the trips were taken to popular v …"

"… t presentation events and paid for by the manufacturer of the merchandise. Nike paid more than $80,000 for U.S. Navy apparel buyers and merchandise manage …"

'Fiscal cliff' ads target candidates in 2014

By Rachael Marcus

Rove-affiliated nonprofit runs 'fiscal cliff' ads targeting vulnerable Senate Democrats.

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"… d about the national debt. Earlier ads riffed on famous slogans, including Nike (“Just fix it”) and McDonald’s (“I’m fixin’ it”). Television …"