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...Salvation Army fund their aid programs by selling donated goods to exporters. But USAgain is the first unabashed--albeit vaguely labeled--for-profit firm to establish a nationwide presence in the U.S. The company, based in Elgin, Ill., is teaming up with recycling contractors in cities like St. Paul, Minn., where residents can leave bags of clothing on the curb alongside paper and plastics. But some towns have sent USAgain packing. "This wasn't about goodwill for the community," says Frank Bergman, mayor of Cahokia, Ill. "This was about making money." USAgain claims it has never presented itself...
...chapter. Our self-serving leaders continue to promote polices of deception and violence. We know now what the whole world sees: this war was not about weapons of mass destruction threatening our homeland but, once again, about securing oil for our wasteful and unsustainable economy. KRISTINA M. GRONQUIST Minneapolis, Minn...
...late 2001, Cardiac acquired Survivalink of Minneapolis, Minn., for its AED technology and Artema Medical of Sundbyberg, Sweden, for its international sales channels. Last year Cardiac increased its direct-sales force from 18 to 55. It also added eight international sales managers to sell to 40 countries and aggressively went after nascent segments of the market, like schools, employers, doctors and dentists...
...Indira Subrahmanian raised Krish and his older sister, Chitra, near St. Paul, Minn., where they settled after emigrating from India in 1974. His father is a chemist at 3M and his mother, a diminutive bank teller who can just barely peek over the window. Both are “ridiculously supportive,” he says...
...leeze buy me this, mom!" Every parent has heard the plaintive wail of a child begging for one more toy, outfit or serving of fast food. In his book Prodigal Sons & Material Girls: How Not to Be Your Child's ATM (Wiley), financial adviser Nathan Dungan, based in Minneapolis, Minn., offers helpful advice on ways beleaguered parents can respond. Confront the issue head on, he says. "Consumer-product companies are playing for keeps in shaping the financial habits of these young people." TIME recently spoke with Dungan...