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FIRST, ACCEPT THAT THERE'S NO GOING BACK. Manny Amadi, CEO of Cause & Effect Marketing in London, says companies can no longer expect to escape scrutiny from activists. Remembering the worldwide damage to its reputation that Shell suffered because of its troubles a few years ago in the Niger delta, of all unlikely places, he says, "Nobody can hide." But Kathy Bloomgarden, CEO of New York City-based public relations consultancy Ruder-Finn, says few companies have yet acknowledged this "profound change in our society...
...come from the Niger Delta, where multinational companies are exploring for oil, a process that involves the flaring of large quantities of gas. I had never been concerned about these continuous gas flares until about 10 years ago, when I read Al Gore's book Earth in the Balance. My interest in environmentalism was further aroused by the 2004 award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Wangari Maathai, who was also named among your Heroes. Thank you for taking out time to celebrate these and other people who are working so hard to protect our planetary home. Timi Songi, Yenagoa...
...such as South Africa and Australia are poised to gain BA's lost customers - and none is ready to follow suit with BA by banning surfboards. BA's reversal is particularly drastic: going from allowing these items for free to banning them entirely, while other airlines like Qantas, SAA, Delta and American charge extra for surfboards and similar equipment and will continue...
Reeling from the loss of University-funded booze, Harvard undergraduates faced yet another personal invasion last week—a violation of their inboxes. The brothers of Theta Delta Chi (TDC), a fraternity from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), added to Harvard students’ ever-growing spam levels when they emailed a large portion of the undergraduate population invitations to a “Fuckin’ Spookalicious Pre-Halloween Party.” Katherine M. Bringsjord ’09, while wary of the E-vite, laughed at the cyber-booty call. “I just think...
...Faust’s appointment has made ripples as far away as the Yangtze River Delta...