Boston Lightning Rod Co.

`The cause of my life'; Health care fight goes on.(News)
The Boston Herald; 8/27/2009; 1123 words; ...immigration helped make Kennedy a lightning rod for Republicans who perceived...protections. In 2006, he co-authored a doomed bipartisan...University of Massachusettsat Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley...American Public Life at Boston College, said Kennedy...

Some bailout firms up lobbying spending in 2Q
AP Online; 7/21/2009; 1020 words; ...Inc., which became a lightning rod for public outrage over...are: American Express Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Bank...Capital One Financial Corp. Boston-based State Street...

To young scribe, `Mac' was mentor, keen observer of US affairs
The Boston Globe; 7/7/2009; 1045 words; ...quoted - he was already too much of a lightning rod, he would say - but after a while...was the direct former Ford Motor Co. chief I had read about in high...about when he had to close either the Boston or Brooklyn Navy Yard in a Pentagon...

More firms invest with society in mind
The Boston Globe; 5/10/2009; 1133 words; ...Vanguard proxy campaign is led by Boston-based Investors Against Genocide...investing in a company that's a lightning rod for activists. Vanguard's latest...five funds with shares of PetroChina Co. The company's oil exploration...

Sudan : Big fund firms screening on human rights.
TendersInfo; 5/9/2009; 868 words; ...Vanguard proxy campaign is led by Boston-based Investors Against Genocide...investing in a company that's a lightning rod for activists. Vanguard's latest...five funds with shares of PetroChina Co. The company's oil exploration...