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Liberian Farmers Take on Indonesian Palm Oil Giant
2013-01-25 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Liberian farmers who survived a 15-year civil war are now fighting lucrative property deals with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil companies that threaten the land they live on, if not their sacred burial sites. Thirty hours by car from the capital Monrovia, the green and yellow flag of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), an Indonesian palm oil giant, floats over deforested hills in Sinoe County, southern Liberia. Local farmer Benedict Smarts looked at the scene, and said, "We are not against development,...
Steve Jobs Threatened Palm With Patent Suit Over Employee Poaching
2013-01-23 22:36:37| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs did not take kindly to having his employees poached by tech rivals, and threatened competitors with patent suits if they didn't stand down, according to court documents.
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Steve Jobs threatened Palm with patents over no-poaching deal, says court filing
2013-01-23 06:47:08| CNET News.com
In a sworn statement made public today, former Palm CEO Edward Colligan says Jobs brandished patents when trying to get Palm to agree to a deal in which neither company would nick the other's employees. [Read more]
Why The Comparison Between Research In Motion And Palm Is Illogical
2013-01-20 12:22:46| Telecom - Topix.net
Many people like to bring up the point that Research in Motion is the next Palm.
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Palm oil sustainability initiative must rule out deforestation, says group
2013-01-18 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) must implement standards that protect forests and account for greenhouse gas emissions to remain credible, said an environmental group ahead of a that will determine the body's "Principles and Criteria" for the next five years. In a statement issued Friday, The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) called on the RSPO to enact rules that ensure the palm oil it certifies is deforestation free. The moment is now. There wont be another opportunity to...
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