Filed under: Apple , Wal-Mart Stores , Costco , Amazon.com , Green , Procter & Gamble , Whole Foods , Consumer Ally Corporate social responsibility has gone mainstream. From goliaths Apple ( AAPL ), Walmart ( WMT ), and Procter & Gamble ( PG ) on down the line, you’d be hard-pressed to find a big company these days that doesn’t have a program in place to address environmental issues and other socially minded matters.

In the 1950s, a winged convertible was the ride of choice for the young American greaser. The flower children of the late 1960s and 1970s preferred Volkswagen’s Beetles. But more recent generations might be turning their backs on cars altogether.

Filed under: Company News , Bank of America , Wal-Mart Stores , Verizon , Hershey , Stocks in the News , Chevron , Consumer Ally April Fool’s Day is approaching fast, and Green America has devised an interesting way to make fun and make a point. It has launched a Facebook campaign to allow consumers to vote for the ” Biggest Corporate Fool ” in the U.S. for 2012.

Filed under: Energy , Green , Autos , Food America’s food chain has lately produced a bumper crop of headline-ready catastrophes. From arsenic in apple juice to antibiotics in beef to E.

Filed under: Investing Cash is shaping up to be a favorite stocking stuffer, especially when it comes in plastic form. The National Retail Federation says shoppers are spending more than $155 on gift cards this season, the highest total since 2007. Forbes puts the total giving on gift cards at $27 billion