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RPT-UPDATE 1-Europe's car sales upturn fails to halt price war
2014-04-17 12:26:09| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Europe's car sales recovery may be taking hold, according to registrations data published on Thursday, but a confidential industry survey shows the pickup is failing to halt a price war.
Australia: Tony Abbott's Budget Cuts on Research a Declaration of War on Science
2014-04-17 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Australia's scientists have found one common enemy in the person of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Since Mr Abbott won the September 2013 election, some of the country's brilliant researchers have complained that their funding has been cut. The scientists claim their "expertise" is constantly overlooked in favour of deniers and skeptics. The scientific community in Australia is speaking out to express their fears as the Abbott government's first annual budget will have more cuts for research in world-class...
VIDEO: Price war sees Tesco profits fall 6.9%
2014-04-16 21:41:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Tesco has reported a 6.9% fall in group trading annual profit to 3.3bn as it continues to lose market share to discount rivals.
05.27: The Wax Bullet War: Chronicles of a Soldier and Artist
2014-04-16 00:35:02| Powells Books Events Calendar
On September 12, 2001, a year and a half after finishing his military service, Sean Davis strolled into the Oregon National Guard's recruiting office and reenlisted. After dropping out of art school and working a dead-end government job, September 11th gave him a new sense of purpose and direction. The Wax Bullet War (Ooligan) is his detailed personal account of the Iraq War — cutting through politics and party lines to explore the ugliness of war and the restorative beauty of art.
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Is it time for a real war on cars?
2014-04-15 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
straight: In railing against everything from bike lanes to transit spending, pundits and politicians often raise the spectre of a war on cars. Of course, there is no war on cars--but there should be. Cars directly kill and hurt more people every year than most diseases, resulting in 1.5 million deaths and 78 million injuries needing medical care, according to the World Bank. Road injury is the eighth leading cause of death worldwide. Pollution from cars also causes acute and chronic health problems that...
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