Thomas Kostigen's Ethics Monitor: Why is everyone pickin' on T. Boone's alternative-energy plan? (Market Watch)
T. Boone Pickens is being accused by some environmentalists of using his multimillion-dollar investments in alternative energy -- celebrated as the Pickens Plan -- as a Trojan Horse for other business goals.
UPI NewsTrack Business (UPI)
Boeing Co. machinists on picket lines ... McCain-connected Nevada bank fails ... Takeover of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac likely ... NYT, Trib to dump stand-alone sections ... News from United Press International.
Popular business directory searches (The Edmond Sun)
DILLONVALE, Ohio (AP) — So much for the full-on 50-state strategy. Call Barack Obama’s implementation of national Democrats’ coast-to-coast plan “Fifty-State Lite.”
LPGA backs down on English requirement, to announce revised plan (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
Under increasing criticism, the LPGA Tour on Friday backed off plans to suspend players who cannot speak English well enough to be understood at pro-ams, in interviews or in making acceptance speeches at tournaments.
Ford starts new Flex plan (Business First of Buffalo)
Ford Motor Co. this week launched a much-anticipated multimedia advertising campaign for the Flex crossover vehicle that relies on the Woodlawn stamping plant for a major share of its body components. (F)
Amnesty plan in offing, says Malacañang (The Daily Tribune)
Malacañang as part of its new paradigm for peace has dangled amnesty for rebels that may include renegade members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) a day after it raised the bounty on the heads of MILF commanders Umbra Kato and Abdulrahman Macapaar alias Commander Bravo to P10 million each.