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[Europe, Malta] Surprising allies: from the Dreyfus affair to Dalligate

French MEP José Bové is convinced Dalligate was a “set-up by the tobacco lobby to bring down the commissioner”.
Malta Today (mt)
added May 15, 2013 09:46
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[UK] MONBIOT: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK

I have asked the Shell professor of earth sciences at Oxford, the university itself and the umbrella body Universities UK to explain the ethical difference between taking tobacco money for cancer research and taking fossil fuel money for energy research.
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
added May 14, 2013 19:07
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Hungary Gave Tobacco-Sale Rights Based on Party Links, HVG Says

Hungary distributed tobacco sale-permits in the city of Szekszard after members of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party vetted applicants for political loyalty, the news website HVG.hu said, citing a recording from a meeting. Applicants “need to be commit
Business Week/Bloomberg
added May 14, 2013 12:59
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[Connecticut] "Roll Your Own Tobacco" Players

Eight men are accused of raising $27,500 in campaign contributions, disguising the source of the money and steering it in 2011 and 2012 to the congressional campaign of Donovan. The payments were part of a failed effort to kill a tax, which has eroded the
Hartford (CT) Courant
added May 14, 2013 12:43
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[Europe, Malta] Were ‘EU funds’ a ruse for Kessler to bypass OLAF rules?

OLAF’s watchdog says the Dalli investigation was conducted on some irregular lines: ... was he egged on by the powerful and political interests at stake - a complaint given "special priority" by President Barroso himself and one which struck right at the
Malta Today (mt)
added May 14, 2013 04:31
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FAESSEL: Star Scientific and Dirty Politics

this is an attack on the messenger, not the message. Star’s advancing science and superb test results that include four peer reviews of anatabine / Anatabloc clearly demonstrate its efficacy. Accordingly, Star’s building scientific narrative is p
SmallCap Network
added May 13, 2013 16:13
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[Virginia] Va. entrepreneur caught in growing political drama

Two decades later, revelations of Williams' lavish gifts and his company's generous political donations are at the center of a growing scandal dogging the state's two top Republicans - Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
Kansas City (MO) Star
added May 13, 2013 16:05
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[Norway] Norwegian oil fund excludes tobacco companies

The Norwegian finance ministry has decided to exclude two companies from the Norwegian Pension Fund Global's (NPFG) investment universe for producing tobacco. The companies, China's Huabao International Holdings and US-based Schweitzer-Mauduit, were excl
IPE.com / Investments and Pensions Europe (uk)
added May 13, 2013 14:11
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[Australia, UK] MP queries if Cameron aide had role in axing health plans

Sarah Wollaston, a Conservative MP, called for clarity on the involvement of Lynton Crosby after measures to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes and minimal alcohol pricing were not included in the legislative programme. Both have faced fierce oppos
Times Of London (uk)
added May 9, 2013 14:56
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[UK] WHITE: The fags and booze crackdown that wasn't: or why we need a register of lobbyists

without a statutory register, a compulsory code of conduct, and an obligation on all politicians and civil servants to declare their meetings, the industry simply comes across as sordid. Countless Government decisions appear suspicious, when they may very
New Statesman (uk)
added May 9, 2013 14:29
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