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Hospitals have also managed to save money by greening their cleaning supplies. The Hackensack University Medical Center's pediatric oncology center in New Jersey swapped its toxic-chemical-laden cleaners for its own custom-made natural products, dropping cleaning costs by 15% - and, more important, minimizing employees' and young patients...
Freecycle members interact by posting both offers and requests on an online. In the past, Martinez says she would typically see people post items when they were in the process of upgrading, offering, say, to give away a desktop computer if they were buying a laptop or an old sofa...
In a statement about the extended holiday shutdown, Chrysler said the lack of financing for car loans contributed to the move. "Due to the continued lack of consumer credit for the American car buyer and the resulting dramatic impact it has had on overall industry sales in the United States...
Rebecca Lindland, an analyst with Global Insight in Lexington, Mass., echoed the industry's concern, noting that a lack of credit combined with sinking consumer confidence is leaving automakers with little margin for error. "I don't think it's a surprise anymore if manufacturers cut production," Lindland says. "We...
While U.S. automobile companies have some responsibility for their current predicament, the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve have unclean hands as well. Each of the car companies had adequate capital entering the fall, but when Treasury and the Fed "brought down the house" by letting Lehman Brothers fail, worldwide credit...