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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Hinck’s Greenpeace experience started his path to US Senate campaign
Jon Hinck was 24 and out of work in Seattle when a newspaper help-wanted ad caught his attention: "Sell advertising for a good cause."
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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Letters to the editorOceans threatened by plastic pollution
Unfortunately, throwing things away isn’t always the best decision for you or planet Earth. Nowadays things are made cheaper because of our growing population and our high demand for certain kinds of products. Petroleum-based materials have taken over, and we continue to use them as a growing world. However, plastic is not such a bad […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Briefcase
Dismal month for markets mercifully comes to an end NEW YORK – With a disappointing finish Thursday, the stock market closed what was by some measures its worst month in two years. Over five dismal weeks, Facebook fizzled, a debt crisis in Europe loomed, and nobody was in the mood to buy. When May was […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Nike to sell Umbro, Maine-based Cole Haan
Local officials hope the new owner retains the 100 workers at the shoe maker's Scarborough HQ.
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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Companies adopting oil alternatives
High prices provide incentive to use soybean foam in cars, plants for plastics and more.
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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Restructuring of Euro group needed, says head of ECB
Mario Draghi tells EU leaders that the debt crisis exposed the inadequacies of the currency union framework.
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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Economic data disappoints before jobs report
First-quarter growth was a bit slower than initially estimated, and company hiring gains were modest.
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