Word: boycotts
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...boycott, but it's beginning to feel like one. According to two polls by GMI, a Seattle-based market-research company, nearly 20% of consumers abroad say they will avoid U.S. companies and products like McDonald's, Starbucks, American Airlines and Barbie dolls because of the U.S.'s unilateral foreign policies. And the more American a brand is perceived to be, the more resistance it encounters. For instance, almost half the survey respondents (including 1,000 people from each of the G8 nations, excluding the U.S.) associate Mattel's Barbie with America, while 10% make the same link with Kleenex...
...bell ringers received $8.8 million from Target shoppers--nearly a tenth of the Salvation Army's total $93.8 million holiday haul. Several Christian groups, including Concerned Women for America and the American Family Association, have protested the ban and are encouraging their members to shop elsewhere. Fears of a boycott led Mervyn's, a former Target subsidiary, to reverse its own ban last week, but so far Target's 1,313-store chain is standing firm with its bah, humbug. --By Jeffrey Ressner. With reporting by Frank Sikora
...whose forces have repeatedly clashed with U.S. troops over the past year. Sadr himself appears to be hedging his bets: He failed to register his movement as a political party and therefore was unable to join Sistani's list, but his spokesmen have said the movement advocates neither a boycott nor participation - and UIA spokesmen are claiming his support...
...Arab boycott against Israel has been going on for decades and it is simply disgusting that Americans should join the boycott,” said Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse, an opponent of divestment. “Many people want to hold Israel responsible for the aggression against...
...Gaza tends to play to the political advantage of the militants - and even of Hamas, which is viewed as more incorruptible than the PA leadership - and against Abbas and his backers. Indeed, a Barghouti candidacy, had it been announced earlier, may have tempted Hamas to support him rather than boycott the presidential poll. The organization's Damascus-based leader Abu Marzouk sounded almost apologetic last week when he said the organization is committed to a boycott and won't be able to change its decision in the short time available, despite expressing great respect for Barghouti. But at neighborhood level...