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Gordon Gibb

Gordon GibbGordon Gibb is a writer, broadcaster and media specialist who has contributed since 2007. His specialty is getting to the heart of an issue quickly, and complex subjects are more easily understood in his hands. His work has appeared in major international magazines and newspapers, and his two books on Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. Pearson were published in 2006 and 2015 respectively. A book of essays and newspaper columns entitled ‘Gibberish: Tall Tales and Domestic Disasters from Beyond the Microphone’ was released in 2014. A novel, ‘The Fifth Season,’ is due in 2016. When not writing and producing his daily radio program, Gordon operates a voiceover studio at www.GordonGibb.com and runs an oldies music channel at www.yourKawarthaOLDIES.com.

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  • Banquet Pot Pies New Cooking Instructions: Are They Realistic?
    Banquet Pot Pies New Cooking Instructions: Are They Realistic?
    December 24, 2007

    Omaha, NB While lawsuits continue to swirl around the October recall of Banquet pot pies and incidents of pot pie salmonella, Banquet parent ConAgra has updated cooking instructions for its product.

  • Best Buyer Beware: Read the Fine Print
    Best Buyer Beware: Read the Fine Print
    December 11, 2007

    Miami, FL In a society where increasingly 'No' means 'Yes,' it seems 'Best' takes on a whole new meaning with Best Buy credit cards. The giant retail chain is in trouble again, this time over deferred payment credit cards.

  • CertainTeed Shingles Failing, Leaving Homeowners Out in the Rain
    CertainTeed Shingles Failing, Leaving Homeowners Out in the Rain
    December 6, 2007

    Valley Forge, PA The cool thing about a blog is that it serves as an on-line diary or journal. In the case of defective CertainTeed shingles, various entries undertaken by a host of consumers pouring out their troubles opens up a window into the lives of frustrated homeowners faced with repairing, or replacing a roof well before its time.

  • CertainTeed Shingles: Uncertain Durability in Some Products
    CertainTeed Shingles: Uncertain Durability in Some Products
    November 27, 2007

    Phoenix, AZ There's an implied positive in the CertainTeed name, a suggested strength. Certain. It's a word linguists will describe as definitive, focused, assured. Sadly, these adjectives do not extend to various lines of CertainTeed shingles that have proven to fail prematurely, causing homeowners no end of frustration—especially when it costs them more out-of-pocket to replace a roof, or repair water damage.

  • Office Depot: Alleged Securities Fraud, Possible Class Action
    Office Depot: Alleged Securities Fraud, Possible Class Action
    November 11, 2007

    Boca Raton, FL: A recent lawsuit against Office Depot for alleged violations of federal securities statutes could have implications not only for shareholders and investors of the company, but also for Office Depot workers participating in an employee stock plan.

  • WaMu: Shares Drop, Pressure Mounts Over Alleged Wrongdoing
    WaMu: Shares Drop, Pressure Mounts Over Alleged Wrongdoing
    November 10, 2007

    New York, NY It has been a week of tumult and turmoil for Washington Mutual and First American, since New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo initiated a lawsuit against First American and its real estate appraisal arm, eAppraiseIT alleging an illegal practice of inflating the values of homes to qualify for loans.

  • Vioxx Settlement: Merck Offers $4.85 Billion
    Vioxx Settlement: Merck Offers $4.85 Billion
    November 9, 2007

    Whitehouse Station, NJ In a stunning announcement that also provides a peek into the vaults of a pharmaceutical giant, it was revealed late yesterday that Merck & Co. Inc has thrown the first volley that it hopes will result in a settlement of Vioxx lawsuits to the tune of $4.85 billion.

  • Google AdWords: Caught in the 'Mousetrap'
    Google AdWords: Caught in the 'Mousetrap'
    November 8, 2007

    Mountain View, CA In the complex world of Google AdWords and AdWords advertising, a growing trend involving click fraud shows no signs of abating, in spite of claims by Google that not only does it have a handle on the problem, the internet juggernaut suggests the issue is not as big as some claim.

  • WaMu Inflated Valuations Hurt Consumers
    WaMu Inflated Valuations Hurt Consumers
    November 5, 2007

    New York, NY A lawsuit filed November 1st against First American Corp. alleges that the Santa Ana California-based mortgage appraiser illegally inflated the values of homes qualifying for mortgage loans at the behest of Washington Mutual. The result suggests that many homeowners may have overpaid for their homes.

  • China Recall: Kids II Play Blocks with Excessive Lead Paint
    China Recall: Kids II Play Blocks with Excessive Lead Paint
    October 8, 2007

    Alppharetta, GA It is a well known fact that kids will put things in their mouths - that's what kids do. And to think that our kids are putting defective products into their mouths, and toys containing lead paint, is cause for certain alarm. Once again, news that toys made in China are being recalled for a lead paint hazard. This time, Kids II is recalling Baby Einstein Color Blocks due to excessive levels of lead paint.

  • China Recall: KB Toys with Excessive Lead Paint
    China Recall: KB Toys with Excessive Lead Paint
    October 7, 2007

    Pittsfield, MA In spite of efforts by Chinese authorities, and importers of Chinese products to keep a watchful eye for the presence of defective products, the parade of defective products just keeps on coming.

  • Today's Recall from China: The Kolcraft Play Yard
    Today's Recall from China: The Kolcraft Play Yard
    September 28, 2007

    Washington, DC Prompted by the recent death of a 10-month-old child, 425,000 Chinese-made defective Kolcraft infant play yards have been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, in concert with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). These defects can cause serious harm, or even death to a child.

  • Mattel's Manic Week: Beyond the Apology
    Mattel's Manic Week: Beyond the Apology
    September 27, 2007

    Bejiing, China It has been nearly seven days since Mattel, in an historic announcement, apologized to the Chinese government and citizens in Beijing on September 21st. While many of the recalled Mattel toys did, indeed contain toxic lead paint, the larger issue in this case was a design flaw that originated with Mattel itself. At issue were toys with tiny magnets that could be ingested, and prove harmful to a child.

  • The Runaway Recall Train Pulls in from China Yet Again: More Recalled Toys
    The Runaway Recall Train Pulls in from China Yet Again: More Recalled Toys
    September 27, 2007

    Washington, DC Yet again, parents and consumers are being warned about tainted toys from China with lead paint after a recall announced yesterday by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).

  • Simplicity Crib Recall Came Four Years after First Complaint: Lawsuits Pending
    Simplicity Crib Recall Came Four Years after First Complaint: Lawsuits Pending
    September 26, 2007

    Washington, DC Three days after Simplicity and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) launched a massive voluntary recall of defective Simplicity cribs, a class action lawsuit was filed in Minneapolis on behalf of a mother from Hanover Park whose one-year-old daughter had been sleeping in one of the defective cribs.

  • The Simplicity Crib Recall: A Crib that Kills
    The Simplicity Crib Recall: A Crib that Kills
    September 23, 2007

    Washington, DC The distributors of a defective Simplicity infant crib made in China is voluntarily recalling about one million units out of fear that a flawed design, and the incorrect installation of a drop side could result in injury, or death. So far, three infants have perished after the drop side detached from the crib, leaving a gap large enough for the infant to fall into, and become trapped.

  • Tainted Toys for Tots: It's All About Cutting Corners
    Tainted Toys for Tots: It's All About Cutting Corners
    August 15, 2007

    Segundo, CA In what increasingly mirrors the building plot line of a disaster movie, a recall of defective toys from China has evolved to epic proportions. August 14th 2007 will be known as the Day of the 19 million toys.

  • Castleberry's Foods: A Modern-Day Botulism Scare
    Castleberry's Foods: A Modern-Day Botulism Scare
    August 10, 2007

    Augusta, GA It has been awhile since the B-word has surfaced, but thanks to a voluntary recall of tainted canned meat product by Castleberry's, botulism is once again on everyone's lips.

  • Menu Foods: What's really in your Pet's Recalled Food?
    Menu Foods: What's really in your Pet's Recalled Food?
    August 6, 2007

    Sacramento, CA As Menu Foods continues to recover from the recall of over a hundred brands of contaminated pet food, the lawsuits keep coming - and consumers say they have a beef with the company, and the industry to which it belongs, in more ways than one.

  • Gynecare Intergel: Why was it Approved?
    Gynecare Intergel: Why was it Approved?
    August 1, 2007

    New Brunswick, NJ Recent headlines announcing the reinstatement of still-worrisome drugs is an eerie reminder of what happened when Gynecare Intergel Adhesion Prevention Solution was initially considered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Voluntarily pulled from the market by Johnson&Johnson (an Ethicon company) in 2003, Intergel has since been at the centre of numerous lawsuits.

  • Guidant Settles 4000 Claims, Avoids Trial  -  For Now
    Guidant Settles 4000 Claims, Avoids Trial - For Now
    July 30, 2007

    Natick, MA: The Guidant division of Boston Scientific may have dodged a more expensive bullet by settling claims stemming from the recall of Guidant Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD), even though it cost the company $195 million to do it.

  • Zelnorm: Novartis and the FDA do the Two-Step
    Zelnorm: Novartis and the FDA do the Two-Step
    July 24, 2007

    East Hanover, NJ Earlier this year Novartis Pharmaceuticals voluntarily removed the pro-motility agent Zelnorm (tegaserod maleate, and prescribed for chronic constipation) from the market after reports of serious adverse events in patients. These included heart attack, stroke, and worsening chest pain that can lead to a heart attack.

  • Menu Foods: The President and CEO Has His Say
    Menu Foods: The President and CEO Has His Say
    July 19, 2007

    Streetsville, ON The President and CEO of Menu Foods wasted little time getting to the point during the pet food manufacturer's Annual General Meeting in late June. According to the published text of his remarks, posted online at the Menu Foods corporate web site, Paul K. Henderson was onto the tainted pet food recall by the second paragraph.

  • Small Window of Opportunity for Zelnorm
    Small Window of Opportunity for Zelnorm
    July 18, 2007

    Cambridge, MA Normally, in business, the five-year window represents a long-held expectation for the first tangible signs of success. But such is not the case for Zelnorm. Even though the manufacturer, Novartis Pharmaceuticals made money hand-over-fist with Zelnorm and won marketing accolades, the drug peaked, then faded from view in the time it takes for many businesses just to get established.

  • Guidant Defective Defibrillators: Keeping Pace with the Lawsuits
    Guidant Defective Defibrillators: Keeping Pace with the Lawsuits
    July 12, 2007

    St. Clair County, MI: When Boston Scientific merged with Guidant last year, it not only acquired Guidant's product line, but assumed its liabilities as well. That includes a host of individual and class action lawsuits, at least 100 in number, over defective Guidant defibrillator and pacemaker products.

  • More Court Dates on the Menu, in the Wake of Menu Foods Recall
    More Court Dates on the Menu, in the Wake of Menu Foods Recall
    July 8, 2007

    Trenton, NJ: In the aftermath of the huge Menu Foods pet food recall this past spring, the New Jersey state legislature is considering joining two other states - Illinois and Tennessee - in granting pet owners the right to sue for loss of companionship and reasons other than economic loss - and to claim damages up to a specific cap.

  • Veggie Booty Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination
    Veggie Booty Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination
    July 6, 2007

    Sea Cliff, NY: Just when you think you've found a way for your kid to eat their vegetables, along comes news that those veggies could seriously harm your child.

  • Guidant Defibrillators: Some Shocking Allegations
    Guidant Defibrillators: Some Shocking Allegations
    May 30, 2007

    St. Paul, MN Late last year Boston Scientific, new owner of Guidant and newly responsible for defective Guidant defibrillators, quietly raised its claims purse to $732 million, up from $485 million. According to the Boston Globe, the money is being set aside for potential claims emerging from lawsuits over the defective implants.

  • Gynecare: A Red Flag Ignored
    Gynecare: A Red Flag Ignored
    May 30, 2007

    Washington, DC A move this month by the United States Senate to strengthen the powers of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration comes a bit too late for any woman having issues with Gynecare Intergel Adhesion Prevention Solution.

  • Menu Foods: Tainted Pet Food Raises a Bigger Concern
    Menu Foods: Tainted Pet Food Raises a Bigger Concern
    May 28, 2007

    Miami, FL The recent discovery, and reclamation of contaminated pet food in the Menu Foods recall, has generated concern about the quality of food exports coming from China.

  • Vioxx: The Heart Attack Window Keeps Shrinking
    Vioxx: The Heart Attack Window Keeps Shrinking
    May 28, 2007

    Whitehouse Station, NJ When Vioxx was pulled off of the market in 2004, the suspicion was that the popular anti-inflammatory drug manufactured by Merck & Co. had the potential for causing heart attacks within 18 months of first taking it.

  • Viagra: Remember what your Mother Said?
    Viagra: Remember what your Mother Said?
    May 25, 2007

    Chicago, IL "Stop that, or you'll go blind." Dear, sweet Mom, trying to keep a tight reign on a boy's enthusiasm during the heady, behind-the-bathroom-door days of adolescent discovery. But those adolescent boys are empty nesters now, and many of them suffer from the embarrassment of erectile dysfunction (ED). So many, in fact, that Viagra is a multi-million dollar source of revenue for Pfizer, the manufacturer.

  • Guidant Pacemakers: Taking Lawsuits and Recalls to Heart
    Guidant Pacemakers: Taking Lawsuits and Recalls to Heart
    May 24, 2007

    Natick, MA They've been anything but: a good guide, that is. So much so, that the company that purchased the Guidant Pacemaker franchise has changed the name of the device effective this year.

  • Menu Foods: Killing your Pet with Kindness
    Menu Foods: Killing your Pet with Kindness
    May 18, 2007

    Chicago, IL Perhaps, if pet food makers such as Menu Foods realized that to pet owners, pets are practically people and not just animals, they might take better care to ensure the quality and safety of the products they manufacture.

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