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Sent: 22 October 2002 17:08
To: j.armitage
Subject: The TCO newsletter, October 14-21, 2002
Air - climate
Global warming: governments may wind up in court (19/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#air
Water - privatization and quality
As Multinationals Run the Taps, Anger Rises Over Water for Profit
(19/10/2002)
Clean Water Act violations detailed (19/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#eau
Pollution - shipping - mining - pesticides - waste
World bank pulls out of controversial Romanian gold mine (16/10/2002)
Politics of sludge determine who gets dumped on (15/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#pollution
Privatisation - deregulation
Enron trader pleads guilty to hustling California markets (18/10/2002)
WTO: open public services to market (15/10/2002)
Peru's Montesinos denies Spanish bank graft-lawyer (15/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#dereglementation
Jobs - restructuring - prison labor
CIBC to cut lossmaking US banking business (22/10/2002)
Sun Microsystems to Cut 4,400 Jobs (18/10/2002)
Dynegy to Cut Jobs, Halt Energy Trading to End Slide (17/10/2002)
JP Morgan Chase cuts 2,000 jobs (17/10/2002)
Caterpillar to Lay Off Up to 3,270 at Engine Plants (15/10/2002)
Fighting for Workers Rights, Florida group organizes boycott of Taco Bell
(15/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#emploi
Pension funds
Barron's: Many pensions underfunded (21/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#fonds_pension
Offshore banking - tax haven---shell companies - -money laundering
Becker Trial Puts Spotlight on German Tax Exiles (22/10/2002)
Inland Revenue's property sold to company in tax haven (15/10/2002)
GAO: Tax-haven ban would hit only a few big firms (15/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#paradis
Disinformation - public relations
PPP: Trouble in the pipeline (17/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#desinformation
Advertising - marketing
Teachers sizzle over fast food fund-raiser (17/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#publicite
United States
Tax-Haven Firms Lobbying Against Curbs (15/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#etatsunis
Europe
Overlooked powers behind Europe's throne (17/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#europe
Corporate influence on health policies
Drug prices: New Challenges for a Lobby Used to Spending -- and Winning
(15/10/2002)
Drug companies face backlash from new foes (15/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#influence_profits
Tobacco
WHO chief renews attack on tobacco (17/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#tabac
Political leaders
Black Gold - Will West African oil benefit the poor ? (21/10/2002)
IMF : Angola's 'missing millions' (21/10/2002)
The Lost Billions (17/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#dirigeants
Labour conditions - free trade zones - sweatshops
Looking beyond the Gap ads (18/10/2002)
Complaint Against Kukdong (Mexico) (16/10/2002)
Major retailers pay out in sweatshop lawsuit (15/10/2002)
Group Alleges Disney Ran Sweatshop In Bangladesh (15/10/2002)
Sweatshop labor hits close to home (15/10/2002)
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/actualite.htm#zones_franches
104 corporate profiles updated this week
http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/etn.htm#update
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