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The Skinny on Coke and Pepsi's New Lo-Cal Promise
2014-10-05 00:07:33| Beverages - Topix.net
The world's largest beverage makers just committed to cut the number of calories people consume from beverages by 20% by 2025. It's a lofty goal and though it sounds like they're cutting the legs out from under their business model, it just might be an easier sell than you would think.
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UAW forming Alabama local aimed at Mercedes plant
2014-10-04 03:34:14| Automakers - Topix.net
The United Auto Workers union said Friday it is forming a local aimed at representing the Mercedes plant in Alabama in a move mirroring its efforts with fellow German automaker Volkswagen in Tennessee. UAW President Dennis Williams was joined by top labor officials at Mercedes parent Daimler AG and the German union IG Metall to announce the new effort to organize the plant, which is the company's only factory worldwide without labor representation.
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Companies hire local communities to evade palm oil restrictions in Indonesia
2014-10-04 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: As more palm oil companies are held accountable for deforestation in Indonesia, a growing number are hiring local communities to do their dirty work. According to the Oil Palm Farmers Union (SPKS), companies promise to buy mature fruits at attractive rates from smallholders and local villages who agree to clear and plant in protected forest areas. Through these agreements, companies distance themselves from the process, leaving the locals to bear responsibility for the destruction. Mansuetus Darto,...
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Arrow Electronics to move HQ and 500 local workers to Centennial
2014-10-03 08:37:59| Electronics - Topix.net
Arrow Electronics will move its headquarters to Centennial by December, just three years after relocating to Inverness business park from New York. The electronics component firm leased a 128,000-square-foot building at 9201 E. Dry Creek Road.
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Go Local PDX: Portland Cops Hand Out Cell Phone Numbers to Homeless, 9/30/14
2014-10-01 03:30:21| PortlandOnline
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