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Executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney's energy task force in 2001 -- something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress.

Shame on Charles Schwab

While working families across America are
protesting Charles Schwab's support for Social Security privatization,
the investment firm doesn't seem to be listening. Unlike other finance
companies, Schwab has not dropped its membership in lobbying groups
ready to spend millions to privatize Social Security.

Volkswagen, the German car maker, bowed to public pressure yesterday, saying it would abolish its controversial practice of paying salaries to employees who leave work for full-time politics.