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Oil companies played hardball in bid to defeat climate outsiders
2015-06-29 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Petty legal filings. Diversionary ballot measures. Counting abstentions as no votes. These are just some of the tactics U.S. oil companies used this spring to quash efforts by investors to win the right to nominate climate experts for board seats. Led by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and proposed at 75 U.S. companies in various industries this year, the so-called proxy access measure would give investor groups who own 3 percent of a company for more than three years the right to nominate...
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Band of Outsiders' Menswear Designer Is Heading to American Apparel
2015-04-08 13:37:00| Apparel - Topix.net
Announced today, American Apparel has appointed a new menswear head designer. Surprisingly, the struggling retailer has tapped Joseph Pickman as its choice, who was previously Band of Outsiders' head of men's design for more than three years.
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Apple Allows Outsiders Into Secret 'Watch Lab'
2015-03-08 16:05:11| Airlines - Topix.net
According to a report by Bloomberg , representatives from other companies were allowed into Apple Inc.'s top secret watch lab in recent weeks to make last-minute adjustments to Apple Watch apps. Apple is expecting to debut a set of apps along with the watch next month, and the company wants to make sure everything is working properly for the launch of their gadget.
Agriculture cant allow outsiders to define sustainability
2014-12-04 16:11:00| Beef
Everyone is 100% for sustainable agriculture, but there is wide disagreement on what that looks like and how it will be measured and verified. My View From The Country read more
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Insular Rail Industry Impedes Innovative Outsiders
2014-09-13 18:15:45| Railroads - Topix.net
Small, innovative companies in the U.S. are coming up with answers to some of the most pressing and persistent problems on America's railways. But they're being stonewalled at every turn by a hidebound, insular rail industry.
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