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  • ...A is a publicly owned company with 406 subsidiaries around the world. Many of these are operated in its own name, with exceptions such as the Israeli foo ...holders. [8].Following the splitting of Nestlé shares in 2001 by a factor of 10, less well-heeled people can now afford to buy a share. Previously each
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  • ...is role has essentially been to secure Big Business its place at the heart of influencing major multilateral institutions such as the [[World Trade Organ ...in Davos draw regular protests.[footnote: For a fascinating insider's view of the WEF see http://www.ranprieur.com/crash/WEF2003.html]
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  • ...the last forty years, Haskins has built this company up from a small north of England-based dairy into a giant food conglomerate. ...the major food retailers. It reported high sales during the second quarter of 2001, which were up 8% from the same period in 2000. Sales to its largest S
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  • ==Undue political influence in determining the future of farming== ...the coal industry. Lord H has already made it clear what he wants: mergers of dairy companies and bigger, industrialised farms, geared up to provide the
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  • === US=== ...rket liberalisation organisations. The USCIB has an active membership base of over 300 multinational companies, law firms and business associations, and
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  • ...s associations. The clinical trial press this week and an increased number of drug scandals add to this image," he said. ...first company advertising directly to consumers on a national scale. Most of P&G’s product lines are the premium brands that cost a bit more than comp
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  • ...the late [[Airey Neave]] DSO OBE MC MP who was assassinated in the Palace of Westminster in 1979. ...post of head of her private office. He was then appointed shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and was poised to attain the equivalent Cabinet
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  • ...elopments, Sainsbury's Property Company and the US Shaw's Supermarkets[6], of which Sainsbury's Supermarkets are by far the largest, bringing £510 000 0 ...news indeed, but should not disguise the fact that Sainsbury's, along with all other supermarkets, is still failing to ensure than an adequate price is pa
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  • ...xecutive of [[Diatech]], the biotechnology company of which Lord Sainsbury of Turville owns a large proportion. ...nclude duplications. [[Franklin Resources Inc.]] has a notifiable interest of 3 per cent."[11] Franklin Resources Inc.'s web page can be found at: http:/
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  • ...nnovation in 1998. It may be objected that he is no longer formally a part of the Sainsbury company but he is the largest shareholder, so he benefits dir ...British arm of [[UNICE]], (the Union of Industry and Employers Federations of Europe)[19]. Interestingly, UNICE has been picked out by Corporate Europe O
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  • ...which certainly appear to have brought Lord Sainsbury rewards in the shape of a peerage and an appointment as Science and Technology Minister, and in tur ...hat the patent is the cauliflower mosaic promoter, which was at the centre of the [[Arpad Pusztai]] affair[40].
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  • :"Our market share of UK retailing is 12.5% - that leaves 87.5% to go after." - ''[[Terry Leahy]] ...do not make mistakes." - ''[[Carlos Criado-Perez]], former chief executive of Safeway Plc'' <ref> Julia Finch,[http://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/m
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  • ...ic concerns, appearing to be an ethical and thoughtful company taking heed of today's social and environmental issues has become more and more important ...be? The 'Every Little Helps' section on the Tesco website illustrates some of its efforts.
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  • ...er pressure on suppliers and therefore workers. Since its end at the start of 2005 conditions in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in particular appear to be gett In the UK, Tesco holds an increasing share of the British clothing market. Tesco's low prices, makes it difficult for oth
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  • ...Party's chief fundraiser and [[Lord Falconer]] the man Blair put in charge of the Dome. It also features figures from the internal hierarchy of the Labour Party, like General Secretary [[Margaret McDonagh]] and unelecte
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  • Managing Director of PES International (Petroleum Engineering Services), a subsurface oil and ga ...Chairman of the Scottish Media Group (where he was voted Corporate Leader of the Year at the Scottish Business Insider Awards in 1997). In 1998 his sala
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  • ...1, has become one of the 'Industry Leadership Team' of PILOT, an extension of the main task force. ...e Task Force. Where OGITF 1 had one token trade unionist, [[Bobby Buirds]] of the AEEU, OGITF 2 has none.
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  • ...ivities (events and sponsorship). The Trade Unions, who once generated 90% of the Party's income, now provide only 30% (and only 3 high-value donations i ...ional core of working class supporters. What was supposed to be the 'Party of the working class' is funded by the rich and packed out with businessmen.
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  • [[Enron]], the huge US energy corporation which disintegrated into bankruptcy in December 2001, ga ...r company to a US corporation was not in the public interest. The Chairman of Enron Europe, [[Ralph Noel Hodge]], received a CBE in the New Years Honours
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  • According to its "About Us" description: :Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that
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