DuPont Plans to Stop Using C8 By 2015
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By Randall Chase  DOVER, Del. - One year after accepting a government challenge to work toward eliminating the use of a potentially dangerous chemical used to make Teflon and other products, the DuPont Co. said Monday it plans to stop using the chemical by 2015.
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Rx Depot Inc. has agreed to stop  helping Americans import prescription drugs from Canada, the  U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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The CNN cable television news network said on Thursday it would stop using the Reuters news service, ending a 27-year relationship, to cut costs and invest in its own news gathering operations.
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- Boeing Co.  said it may stop production of C-17 military cargo aircraft by 2009 due to lack of U.S. government and international orders, eventually affecting more than 7,000 jobs.
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The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority is considering scaling back its plan to replace underground lead water pipes, saying that a chemical added to the distribution system in recent years has significantly reduced lead contamination citywide.
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The Walt Disney Co. will pull the plug on its branded cell phone service by the end of the year, the company said Thursday.
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(InfoWorld) - Dell will neutralize its carbon emissions and become carbon neutral by the end of 2008, chairman and CEO Michael Dell announced Wednesday. Dell is the first major computer manufacturer to announce its intention to balance its carbon emissions with activities that reduce carbon in the atmosphere. Companies have a responsibility to improve the environment, Dell said during a speech in Washington, D.C. "There's been a time in history of business where it's more important for organizations of all sizes to partner together to positively impact the Earth that well all share," Dell said. "It's not enough for Dell to be an environmental leader. We also need to partner with our customers ... to dramatically improve our own customers' environmental impacts." Dell will reduce its net carbon emissions in several ways, Dell said. The company will focus on creating more energy-efficient products and will purchase more energy-efficient electrical power, he said. Dell, the world's second-largest PC manufacturer, will also push its major suppliers to report and reduce their carbon emissions. If a supplier's carbon emissions are excessive, the company may penalize the supplier, although Dell didn't offer details about the penalties. Dell has also expanded itsÂ Plant a Tree for MeÂ program, which allows individual customers to pay a small amount to plant a tree as a way to offset the energy consumption of the laptops or PCs they purchase from the company. Dell has announced a Plant a Forest for Me program, partnering with companies including Salesforce.com, Ask.com, and Advanced Micro DevicesÂ in a reforesting program intended to offset carbon emissions. Companies can do many things to reduce carbon emissions, Dell said. They can purchase energy-efficient IT equipment, consolidate servers through virtualization, and use software to turn off computers and monitors after employees go home. Customers demanding energy efficiency are pushing IT vendors away from the old price/performance metric to a new "performance per watt" metric, Dell said. "Thinking about IT in terms of performance per watt forces businesses like ours to rethink the way products are designed and the way they're used," Dell said. In June, the company set the goal of becoming "the greenest technology on the planet." Governments can also play a role in encouraging companies to protect the environment, Dell added. Governments could give research credits to companies to improve energy efficiency and could provide incentives for companies to encourage green policies such asÂ telecommuting, he said. The 3.9 million telecommuters in the United States saved 840 million gallons of gasoline in a year, according to a recent Consumer Electronics Association report. Dell will continue to work with other tech vendors on environmental issues, Dell said. "While we vigorously compete in many areas in our business, when it comes to the environment, there actually are not competitors, only partners," he said. Dan Burton, senior vice president for global public policy at Salesforce.com, praised Dell's speech. With its focus on improving the environment through its business practices, "Dell is really redefining what is corporate philanthropy," Burton said.
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Manufacturers of unapproved extended-release cough and cold drugs that contain an expectorant called guaifenesin have until Nov. 25 to stop shipping the medications, health officials said yesterday.
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The Walt Disney Co. will pull the plug on its branded cell phone service by the end of the year, the company said Thursday
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Take a big gulp: Citing persistent weakness in key markets, Coca-Cola (nyse: KO - news - people ) is reducing its long-term targets for sales volume and earnings growth.
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Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC said Wednesday that it will stop producing titanium dioxide pigment sulfate at its Savannah, Ga., plant by the end of September, affecting a quarter of the work force there.
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DOVER, Del.  -- Chemicals maker DuPont said Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings fell 37 percent from a year earlier, when one-time items bolstered the bottom line.
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Cadbury Schweppes said on Tuesday that it planned to slash 15 percent of its workforce at its confectionery arm following the likely sale of its US soft drinks business.
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) today announced that James C. Morgan has informed the company of his decision to retire from its board of directors and will not stand for re-election.
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In other changes, the Dow Jones industrial average will drop Altria Group and Honeywell International. The changes will take effect Feb. 19.
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Coloradoâs Aurora Organic Dairy agreed Wednesday to stop applying the organic label to some of its milk and to make major changes in its operations after its organic certification was threatened.
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The CNN cable television news network  said on Thursday it would stop using the Reuters news service,  ending a 27-year relationship, to cut costs and invest in its  own news gathering operations.