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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">I just posted in <A
href="mailto:4animals@ottawaveg.com">4animals@ottawaveg.com</A> about the Body
Shop being bought by L'Oreal (<A
href="http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/2006-March/000087.html">http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/2006-March/000087.html</A>)....
and now there is news that Colgate is buying control of Toms of
Maine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">At least, I suppose, Colgate in the past has
shown a little effort.. <A
href="http://www.peta.org/Living/AT-Summer1999/actions.html">http://www.peta.org/Living/AT-Summer1999/actions.html</A> but
then again so did L'Oreal once.. <A
href="http://www.askcarla.com/answers.asp?QuestionandanswerID=458">http://www.askcarla.com/answers.asp?QuestionandanswerID=458</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Anyway <A
href="http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-03-21T191107Z_01_N21314789_RTRIDST_0_MANUFACTURING-COLGATE-UPDATE-4.XML">http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-03-21T191107Z_01_N21314789_RTRIDST_0_MANUFACTURING-COLGATE-UPDATE-4.XML</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>