Posted AT 12:45 PM EST on 21/04/08
A greener Monopoly
JOHN PARTRIDGE
Globe and Mail Update
Monopoly is going a little green – and not with envy.
The celebrated 73-year-old board game is ditching Water Works and Electric Company in favour of Wind Energy and Solar Energy in its first world edition, called
Monopoly Here & Now, which is to be launched this fall, owner Hasbro Inc. said Monday.
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