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Test Time for Samsung Heir Apparent Lee Jae-Yong
2015-07-17 22:49:40| Electronics - Topix.net
Samsung Group's heir apparent Lee Jae-yong on Friday got what he wanted: a combination of two affiliates that strengthens his hold on the world's biggest smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics Co.
Scientists Cast Doubt On An Apparent 'Hiatus' In Global Warming
2015-06-05 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A team of government scientists has revised its estimate for how much the planet has been warming. The new results, published in the journal Science, may dispel the idea that Earth has been in the midst of a "global warming hiatus" - a period over the past 20 years where the planet's temperature appears to have risen very little. "We think the data no longer supports the notion of having a hiatus," says Tom Karl, a scientist with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and...
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Samsung Group heir apparent takes key leadership roles
2015-05-15 12:17:36| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Samsung Group heir apparent Jay Y. Lee will take over from his father Lee Kun-hee as head of two key foundations, the conglomerate said on Friday, suggesting that a transfer of leadership is underway at South Korea's largest conglomerate. A Samsung Group spokeswoman said Jay Y. Lee would succeed his father as chairman of Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation and Samsung Foundation of Culture from May 31. Samsung insiders say the younger Lee has been acting as key decision-maker at the vast conglomerate which includes smartphone giant Samsung Electronics Co since his father's hospitalisation a year ago.
Samsung Group heir apparent takes key leadership roles
2015-05-15 11:45:04| Electronics - Topix.net
Samsung Group heir apparent Jay Y. Lee will take over from his father Lee Kun-hee as head of two key foundations, the conglomerate said on Friday, suggesting that a transfer of leadership is underway at South Korea's largest conglomerate. A Samsung Group spokeswoman said Jay Y. Lee would succeed his father as chairman of Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation and Samsung Foundation of Culture from May 31. Samsung insiders say the younger Lee has been acting as key decision-maker at the vast conglomerate which includes smartphone giant Samsung Electronics Co since his father's hospitalisation a year ago.
Apparent slowing of sea level rise is artefact of satellite data
2015-05-11 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: A slowdown in rising sea levels recorded over the past decade is down to a measurement error. In fact, sea levels are rising more quickly than ever. Over the past century, the sea level has risen by around 0.2 metres, and it has been rising faster and faster. However, this trend got murky over the past decade, with satellite data suggesting that the sea level has risen slightly more slowly in the past decade than in the previous one. That would be good news if true. Yet the result was odd...