The Federal Trade Commission is said to be skittish on antitrust grounds about green-lighting the purchase by the two music wholesalers, who jointly run smaller Web sites columbiahouse.com and totale.com.

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On Wednesday, we learned of a new way that Mr Whyte, the former chairman of the Ibrox club, can have a go at Charles Green, the man who led the purchase of club assets from administrators last year.

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Unilever then buys a certificate from the Green Palm Programme for every ton of palm oil they purchase.

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So the city will not be able to purchase Apple desktops and laptops unless Apple gets the green certification again.

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Cendant has only just completed its purchase of National Car Parks, which includes another breakdown service, Green Flag.

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Buyback Boss, created by college student and entrepreneur Lee Lowden, uses efficient order processing and fast payouts to create a stronger incentive to go green: Giving customers quick cash for old devices that they can use to purchase new technologies.

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But it was a tea-green cocktail dress made of peacock feathers that caught Lebenthal's eye as something she particularly wanted to purchase.

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Google says it has been carbon neutral since 2007, offsetting its greenhouse gas emissions by signing contracts to purchase renewable energy from wind farms and the like and by buying carbon credits that help finance other green power projects.

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The first bit damaging of news was about Apple's decision to dump an international green certification system that is used by the U.S. government to determine whether its agencies can or cannot purchase a product.

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