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FairPoint blames losses on strike, bad weather
2015-03-05 01:43:03| Telecom - Topix.net
Representatives for FairPoint Communications say a lengthy strike and bad weather caused the company's $43.6 million in losses in the final three months of 2014. The North Carolina-based company operates the largest landline telephone network in northern New England.
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A Bad River Win; Gogebic Taconite Putting Wisc. Mine on Hold
2015-03-04 06:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Country: Gogebic Taconite announced last week that it is closing its office in Hurley, Wisconsin and, for now, putting plans on hold to build a huge open pit iron ore mine in the pristine Penokee Mountains in Northern Wisconsin. The proposed 4.5 mile wide mine would have produced 8 million tons of finished taconite annually, rivaling the huge Hibbing Taconite in Minnesota according to a report in the Duluth Tribune. The planned area of the Wisconsin mine is located directly over the Great Northern Divide...
Investors short Juno Therapeutics, Amgen stocks, but that may not be bad news
2015-03-03 04:12:21| Biotech - Topix.net
More investors were shorting their biotech stocks in the first half of February than in the previous month, according to financial news site Benzinga . Of the top three companies with the most short sells, two have Puget Sound ties: Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics and California-based Amgen , which has offices in Bothell and Seattle until the end of the year.
If they won't fix bad roads and bridges, can we at least get warning signs?
2015-02-28 10:33:06| Trucking - Topix.net
The trucking industry is pushing a bill in the Minnesota Legislature to raise the load limits of semi trucks from 80,000 pounds to 97,000 pounds. Lori Sturdevant in the Jan. 27, 2015 Star Tribune pointed out that the Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives have decided not to oppose increased funding for roads and bridges, but instead stall and drag out the process until the legislative session ends on May 18,2015.
Biofuel may be bad news for forests, climate, food security, says report
2015-02-27 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new report from the World Resources Institute finds that dedicating land to the production of biofuels, a form of renewable energy made from plants, may undermine efforts to achieve a sustainable food future, combat climate change, and protect forests. The global population hit seven billion in 2011 and is expected to grow to nine billion in 2050. Feeding all those people without chopping down forests for agriculture and livestock will already be a difficult task, according to Tim Searchinger,...
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