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JIFFY LUBE CAUGHT WITH ITS PAN DOWN
[posted to corp-focus, June 22, 2006] JIFFY LUBE CAUGHT WITH ITS PAN DOWN By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman It is every customer’s nightmare. You take your car in for an oil change. And the guy goes down the checklist of things they have done — and charges you $60. But did they actually do…
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A NEW WAY FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT?
[posted on corp-focus, June 30, 2006] A NEW WAY FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT? By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Whether you think the pharmaceutical industry is a success or failure depends crucially on how you measure performance. Although some leading firm’s share price has declined over the last year, from an investor point of view, the…
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Labor “Flexibility” and Repression in the USA
[The BBC World Service recently aired this commentary] Lee Iacocca was probably the most prominent corporate executive in the United States in the 1980s. He led the Chrysler auto company back from the edge of bankruptcy, and gained widespread recognition by starring in advertisements for the company. Iacocca came to Chrysler by way of Ford…