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Timber Industry Ramps Up Political Spending
2014-10-29 16:52:32| Paper - Topix.net
Sadly, this is just par for the course." The industry's lobbying spending rose 15 percent between 2008 and 2013, and campaign contributions from the timber industry to federal candidates also increased by 15 percent between the 2008 and 2012 election cycles.
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Shareholder asks AutoZone to Disclose More Political Detail
2014-10-28 09:55:02| Auto Parts - Topix.net
AutoZone's board of directors is recommending shareholders vote against the motion a shareholder plans to present at the company's annual meeting in December which would ask the auto parts retailer to provide greater detail on its political spending. The New York City Comptroller which AutoZone says owns 154,443 shares of its common stock plans to present its motion at AutoZone's Dec. 18 annual meeting in Downtown Memphis.
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FL: All Aboard Florida Spends Millions on Florida Political Process, Newspaper Investigation Finds
2014-10-27 23:08:14| Railroads - Topix.net
Oct. 26--About this investigation: Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers spent a month researching federal, state and county campaign finance and lobbyist databases for spending by All Aboard Florida, its parent companies, Florida East Coast Industries and funds managed by Fortress Investment Group. The investigation found AAF-related companies and officials spent more than $3.5 million on campaign contributions and lobbying fees at the state and national level in the last five years.
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Climate sceptics and fringe political groups are an unhealthy cocktail
2014-10-27 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Proof that professional climate sceptics swim in a narrow, shallow pond was provided last month in Chicago at the Heartland Institute's Fourth International Conference on Climate Change. It turned out to be less Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, more Two Degrees of Lord Monckton. But this month is set to provide further proof that it doesn't take a particularly complex Venn diagram to map the interconnections between the various movers and shakers in the sceptic camp. On 11 June, in Orlando, Florida,...
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UN political chief calls for long-term solution to combat piracy off Somalia coast
2014-10-27 01:00:00| Ship Technology
United Nations political chief Jeffrey Feltman has called for a sustained long-term solution to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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