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Major drugmakers push back in US price debate
2016-01-16 06:34:38| Biotech - Topix.net
With a backlash brewing over the price of medicines in the United States, drugmakers are pushing back with a new message: Most people don't pay retail. Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in foil strips are arranged on a table in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana September 18, 2013.
Tories push for climate change action abroad but back fossil fuels at home
2015-11-13 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Perhaps its being forced to think about global matters and the dangers they pose, but the UKs foreign secretary Philip Hammond, like his Conservative predecessor, both understands the risks of climate change and the urgent need to act. In a powerful speechthis week, he said: Taking action to combat climate change is the right thing to do - the conservative thing to do. Hammond had deliberately picked a tough crowd: the American Enterprise Institute, the free-marketeers who have for years have...
Corporate giants back climate push
2015-10-19 20:47:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Dozens of corporate giants including Coca-Cola and Walmart have backed President Obama's drive to strike a climate deal at talks in Paris next month.
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FTC commissioners call for strong encryption, push back against FBI, NSA
2015-09-04 22:01:04| Extremetech
While some governments and law enforcement officials have called for an end to strong encryption (or the insertion of mandatory backdoors, which is basically the same thing), it's worth remembering that the view isn't universal. Two FTC commissioners have spoken out in praise for strong encryption and the right to secure your own data.
Cannes Film Festival stars push back against industry sexism and ban on flat shoes
2015-05-20 09:53:10| IT Services - Topix.net
Australian actress Cate Blanchett arrives for the screening of the film 'Sicario', during the 68th Cannes Film Festival in south-eastern France, on May 19, 2015. Photo by Valery Hache for Agence France-Presse.
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