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VeriFone's Battered Stock Makes LBO Bargain: Real M&A
2013-04-01 01:47:14| Apparel - Topix.net
VeriFone Systems Inc. is more susceptible than ever to a private-equity takeover after dismissing its chief executive officer and declining more this year than almost every other large U.S. stock.
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Europe to be battered by Sandy-style superstorms
2013-03-29 09:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: BATTEN down the hatches, western Europe. Come the end of the century, superstorm Sandys could be battering your beaches. Hurricanes usually form in the western tropical Atlantic and head north-west to the US. Occasionally they make it to Europe by piggybacking on the jet stream. To simulate future hurricanes, Reindert Haarsma of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in De Bilt and colleagues ran a detailed climate model for 2094 to 2098, assuming modest future greenhouse gas emissions....
On battered Jersey shore, Sandy victims struggle with costs of climate change
2013-01-28 18:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Nearly three months after superstorm Sandy inundated their house with five feet of water, retirees Brian and Dorothy Beebe went to the town hall here, clutching a survey of their home stuffed into a brown envelope, eager to repair their split-level home along New Jersey's shore. When they left, their best-laid plans for their home, as well as for their life going forward had been thrown into doubt. At town hall, clerks told them they may have to elevate their house as high as 11 feet above sea...
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