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Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slim's TracFone Accuses Activist Group Of...
2013-05-21 12:24:28| Telecom - Topix.net
TracFone , a telephone company owned by Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim's America Movi l filed a complaint on Monday accusing activist group Two Countries One Voice and its campaign against Slim in the United States of being a corporate smear campaign as opposed to a grassroots movement against the Mexican billionaire's "monopolistic practices", ... (more)
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Donors Will Flee Obama if Keystone Approved, Says Billionaire Activist
2013-05-21 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, whos increasingly throwing his weight around in politics, said approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline would create political hurdles for President Obamas second-term agenda and cost him the support of key donors. Steyer, a major Democratic fundraiser, told Grist magazine that Keystone opponents have leverage to exert over Obama even though hes free of having to run for reelection. If you look at the people who support Obama, and then you look...
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Activist investor says Petrogrand should exit Russia
2013-05-17 23:23:04| Appliances - Topix.net
An activist hedge fund has urged Swedish oil and gas company Petrogrand AB to drop exploration activities in Russia, explore strategic alternatives and replace its chief executive, according to a letter from the fund to the company's board of directors.
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Christians need to care for creation, fight global warming, says activist
2013-04-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AL.com: Evangelical Christians need to care for God's creation and fight global warming, the founder of Young Evangelicals for Climate Action told Samford University students on Monday. "We need to have more reverence for this world," said Ben Lowe, author of "Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation." Lowe visited Birmingham-Southern College and Samford University on Monday. He said he's spoken at 19 colleges the past two months. He'll be at Gordon College in Massachusetts on Wednesday....
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Activist with celebrity backing ends prison stint
2013-04-21 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Out of the grip of the federal prison system, environmental and climate activist Tim DeChristopher plans to make Harvard Divinity School his next stop. DeChristopher, 31, has achieved folk status and inspired a documentary airing Monday - all for grabbing a bidder's paddle and running up prices at a federal oil-and-gas lease auction, trying to safeguard wild lands near Utah's national parks from drilling. The University of Utah economics graduate had no money for his $1.8 million in winning...
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