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How Much Is A Human Life Worth?

One sixth of the world’s population lives on a dollar a day. Another sixth lives on... more

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The Next Democratic Wave...Moving our Money to Eco-intelligent Banks in Support of our Planet

The current challenges taking place in the banking industry are unprecedented and... more

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CSR, Social Media and the Recession

This excerpt is from Development Crossing most recent news release regarding the ties... more

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Web-Based World Change

Micro-lending website Kiva.org recently hit a major milestone. Since launching four... more

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BSE Sensex to open higher; Bharti, NTPC eyed

The BSE Sensex should start firmer on Tuesday following global markets that surged... more

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The Great Climate Swoop

Saturday 17 October 2009: The Great Climate Swoop descended on the Ratcliffe... more

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Government of the Dead: Goldman Sucks

Friday 30 October 2009: Chris Knight and the Government of the Dead returned to the... more

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CSR Minute Special Report: BSR Conference—Citi's Sandy Fernandez

Sandy Fernandez, Relationship Manager, Global Community Relations, Citi, at the... more

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Go Green with Gore in the Desert!

Future market traders watch the weather to determine crop yields. There have always... more

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2009 Net Impact Conference Seeks to Educate Leaders on Sustainability

Net Impact, a global network of professionals and students using business to improve the world, will present its 2009 conference in Ithaca, NY, Advancing Sustainable Global Enterprise: Changemakers, Innovators, and Problem Solvers. Hosted by and organized in partnership with the Johnson School at Cornell University, the conference will bring together leaders behind the sustainable global enterprise movement, including sustainability and corporate responsibility practitioners, social entrepreneurs, and nonprofit executives.

More than 2,000 professional and graduate student attendees will have the opportunity to learn from visionary keynote and featured speakers, including:

*Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, GE
*Seth Goldman, President & TeaEO, Honest Tea
* Lisa Lorimer, Founder, Vermont Bread Company
*Jeff Furman, Board of Directors, Ben & Jerry's and Ben & Jerry's Foundation
*Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Chairman and CEO of ITC Limited
*Kevin McGovern, Chairman, The Water Initiative
*Rebecca Onie, Founder & CEO, Project HEALTH
*Gillian Caldwell, Campaign Director, 1Sky

The two-day gathering will feature over 300 speakers and 100 sessions including keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities.

“For nearly 20 years, the Net Impact Conference, known for its unmatched energy, has inspired a new generation of business leaders that are equipped to effectively problem-solve, innovate, and drive groundbreaking change in their careers,” said Liz Maw, Executive Director, Net Impact. “This year’s conference will challenge attendees to explore their role in the movement towards a more sustainable and equitable future.”

Participants can expect to meet industry leaders and explore panels across several different topic areas such as energy and environment, corporate social responsibility, international and community development, social entrepreneurship and innovation, and social impact finance.

“We are pleased to be hosting the 2009 Net Impact Conference,” said Dr. Mark Milstein, Director, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. “Hosting the conference highlights the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise’s work, the Johnson School’s intellectual leadership, and Cornell’s commitment to graduating students who can address social and environmental issues through innovation and entrepreneurship.”

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“It Is A Pleasure To (Cough, Cough) Meet You, Your Highness”

[Caption under the picture reads] "What a HUNK! Notice me Charles....me...the girl... more

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Did you know? - Corporate Social Responsibility

Did you know that despite the uncertain economic times, corporate social... more

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Donate Fruit, Fight World Hunger

Launched today, naumesfruitgifts.com is a new, socially responsible gift giving... more

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CSR Minute: October 19, 2009

On Today's Corporate Social Responsible Video Podcast: Ceres and Clean Economy... more

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The Dollar: Dive or survive?

Leo Panitch on the U.S. dollar's place in the global economy

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FBI Veteran Executive Calls For Special Counsel Investigation, Prosecutions in Sibel Edmonds Case

An 18-year Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Manager for the FBI has called for a Special Counsel to be appointed to investigate the allegations of FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. John M. Cole, who now works as an intelligence contractor for the Air Force, made his comments during an audio interview released late last week with radio journalist Peter B. Collins.

He also offered a detailed insider's look at the concerns among high-level officials inside the Bureau as Edmonds' disturbing allegations began coming to light back in 2002, before they would be quashed for seven long years by the Bush Administration's unprecedented use of the so-called "State Secrets Privilege" to gag her.

Earlier last week, following the publication of a remarkable American Conservative magazine cover story interview with Edmonds --- detailing a broad bribery, blackmail, and espionage conspiracy said to have been carried out between current and former members of the U.S. Congress, high-ranking State and Defense Department officials and covert operatives from Turkey and Israel, resulting in the theft and sale of nuclear weapons technology on the foreign black market --- Cole had been quoted by the magazine confirming one of Edmonds' key allegations.

"I am fully aware of the FBI's decade-long investigation of" Marc Grossman, he said in response to the AmCon article/interview. Grossman had served as the third-highest ranking official in the Bush State Department and was alleged by Edmonds in the interview, and in a sworn, video-taped deposition a month earlier, to have been the U.S. ringleader for a massive Turkish espionage scandal reaching through the halls of power and into top-secret nuclear facilities around the country to the benefit of allies and enemies alike. Cole said that the FBI's counterintelligence probe "ultimately was buried and covered up," and that he believes it is "long past time" for an investigation of the case to "bring about accountability."

In his subsequent interview with Collins last week (audio and text excerpts posted below) Cole elaborated on those comments in much greater detail, noting that Edmonds has been "one hundred percent right on the money, on the mark" and confirming the existence of an "ongoing and detailed effort by Turkey to develop influence in the United States" through various illegal activities.

"Yes, I can confirm that," Cole told Collins, "That's true."

The FBI veteran executive also offered an insider's account of the panic that ensued inside the highest echelons of the bureau following Edmonds' first disclosure of information in 2002, recounting how an executive assistant director admitted to him at the time, just after the story first broke, "Well, all I know is that everything that Sibel is stating is true. I read her file. Everything she stated is, in fact, accurate."
Cole further describes how the concerns about Edmonds ultimately led to the Bush Administration's two-time use of the Draconian "State Secrets Privilege" in hopes of keeping her extraordinary information from becoming public. "Everybody at headquarters level at the bureau knew that what she was saying was extremely accurate."

"I know they didn't want her to go out and speak about it at all," Cole revealed, "and I know they were trying to figure out ways of keeping this whole thing quiet, because they didn't want Sibel to come out."

He also offered information which directly counters one of the criticisms of Edmonds' allegations as frequently offered by skeptics. Namely, that as a short time FBI contract translator --- even though she was tasked to review some seven years of counterintelligence wiretaps made from 1996 to 2002 --- she couldn't have had enough understanding of the full scope of the investigations to understand what was really going on.
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