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Will ExxonMobil Have to Pay for Misleading the Public on Climate Change?

2016-09-07 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Last fall, ExxonMobil executives hurried along the hushed, art-filled halls of the companys Irving, Texas, headquarters, a 178-acre suburban complex some employees facetiously call the Death Star, to a series of emergency strategy meetings. The worlds largest oil explorer by market value had been hit by a pair of multipart investigations by InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times. Both reported that as early as the 1970s, the company understood more about climate change than it had let on...

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BT accuses rivals of misleading internet campaign

2016-08-16 14:01:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Vodafone, Sky and TalkTalk have rejected claims from BT that their 'Fix Britain's Internet' campaign is misleading the public. BT's CEO Gavin Patterson sent his counterparts at the three ISPs a letter earlier this month outlining BT's concerns about the campaign, saying their claims painted an unfair view of diminished quality of connectivity services in Britain. The campaign was started by the rivals to drive public responses to Ofcom's consultation on increased separation of BT and its wholesale arm Openreach. The three operators said the statements are all based on public information from Ofcom and BT and "we do not therefore consider that any of them are misleading".

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Aldi adverts claiming savings were misleading, ASA rules

2016-06-29 01:02:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Three Aldi adverts claiming customers could make significant savings were misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority rules.

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Walmart's 'Made in USA' pledge misleading

2016-06-28 17:58:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

As retail giant Walmart prepares for its annual US Manufacturing Summit today (28 June) - which includes an open call for US-made products - the company has been accused of misleading consumers over its 'Made in USA' efforts.

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