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Long Island's $100 million man
2015-06-20 14:52:15| Telecom - Topix.net
Compensation rose for many executives at Long Island-based public companies in 2014, but the biggest payday may be on the horizon for the CEO of Pall Corp ., who is in line for a nearly $110 million windfall from his firm's sale. Pay for the top 100 earners at Long Island public companies last year rose $100,000 on average to $2.9 million, according to a survey that accounting firm EisnerAmper with Long Island operations in Syosset conducted for LIBN.
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Real estate agent will focus on serving islands
2015-06-10 18:07:30| Real Estate - Topix.net
Elisofon has lived on Vinalhaven since she was a young child. She attended summer programs on North Haven, and has family ties on Islesboro.
Marshall Islands, the flag for many ships, seeks to rein in emissions
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Far out in the Pacific Ocean, the tiny Republic of the Marshall Islands has taken on a vital role in international shipping, with its flag flying over the third-largest number of ships in the world. So when the nations foreign minister showed up at a recent meeting of the International Maritime Organization and proposed limiting the amount of climate-warming gases that the shipping industry could emit, he caused a stir. Its a matter of survival for us, Tony de Brum, the minister of foreign...
Royal Navys HMS Portland visits Faroe Islands
2015-06-03 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The UK Royal Navy's Type 23 Duke-class frigate, HMS Portland, has become the first Royal Navy warship to visit the Faroe Islands in 25 years.
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Small atoll islands may grow, not sink, as sea levels rise
2015-06-02 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Rising seas are eating away at small islands and will eventually turn their inhabitants into climate refugees, right? Not so for some of the world's most threatened islands, which have grown despite experiencing dramatic sea level rise. Funafuti atoll, which includes the capital of Tuvalu, is an islet archipelago in the tropical Pacific Ocean made from coral debriswashed up from an underlying reef by waves, winds and currents. Over the past 60 years the sea has risen by around 30 centimetres locally,sparking...
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