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Beware! Fake Fed-Ex shipping phishing scam

2013-02-26 22:52:03| Air Courier - Topix.net

If you've followed my blog for awhile, you know that from time to time I will share out some information about different scams floating around that I see or read about, etc.

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Land-grabbing firms beware: cost of ignoring people's rights is rising

2013-02-18 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A new report on land acquisition by the Munden Project/Rights and Resources Institute brings an important angle to the land "grab" debate. Rather than focusing on the ethics of land grabbing, the report makes the business case for working with local communities, arguing that failure to inform or fairly compensate affected locals heightens the risks to investors. Why? Because affected communities start to make life difficult for abusive or lazy companies, leading to massive unexpected costs or even...

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Beware! Identity thieves are targeting your tax refund

2013-02-15 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News

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Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in 'financial damage' and human rights violations

2013-02-07 19:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Investing in companies that flout local community rights in developing countries often leads to severe economic losses, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). A rising trend in "land grabbing" from Africa to South America by corporations and even foreign governments results in social instability, which can lead to large-scale protests, violence, and even murder, delaying and sometimes derailing projects. Such instability poses massive risk to any investor, not to...

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