Officials of Oaxaca, Mexico, have turned down an application by McDonald’s to open an outlet in a 500-year-old plaza at the center of town. "There...
In a move that could derail big box development projects throughout England, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has rejected a bid by the furniture chain...
The town of Powell, Wyoming, is one of a growing number of places where residents are opening community-owned department stores. More than 800 shares of...
A dozen independent businesses in Charleston, West Virginia, have banded together to promote one another and the idea of supporting locally owned businesses. In November,...
Supermarket chains in the northeast are using their market power to reap record profits on milk at the expense of both dairy farmers and consumers,...
Germany’s highest court has ruled that Wal-Mart’s below-cost pricing strategy undermines competition and violates the country’s antitrust laws. Two years ago, the federal Cartel Office...
Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to block Wal-Mart’s acquisition of the island’s largest grocery...
Another prescription price survey finds independent pharmacies have lower prices.… Read More
In December, an Oregon jury found Wal-Mart guilty of forcing employees in eighteen stores to work extra hours without pay. A separate jury will determine...
Published originally in BioCycle American Alchemy: The History of Solid Waste Management in the United States Forester Press, Santa Barbara, 2003 By Neil Seldman, Institute...
Business Forum: Free Trade is Not Free By David Morris Originally Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 16, 2002 It is hard to argue...
Kissinger and Bin Laden Offer a Dangerous Symmetry By David Morris Originally Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 5, 2002 President Bush believes Henry...
2002 ILSR helped the Umpqua County Community Development Corporation (UCCDC) prepare a successful application to HHS, providing funds to create 13 new jobs in deconstruction...
We live in an era of waste imperialism. Unwanted or hazardous waste is dumped on unwilling or unsuspecting communities. States aren’t struggling to reduce waste,...
Big box retailers are rapidly rolling out stores throughout Minnesota. Wal-Mart and Target are leading the pack with plans to build hundreds of new "supercenters"...