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As Big Oil shrinks, boards plot different paths out of crisis
2016-02-07 13:30:25| Energy - Topix.net
As oil and gas companies cut ever-deeper into the bone to weather their worst downturn in decades, boards have adopted contrasting strategies to lead them out of the crisis. Crude prices have tumbled around 70 percent over the past 18 months to around $35 a barrel, leading to five of the world's top oil companies reporting sharp declines in profits in recent days.
As Big Oil shrinks, boards plot different paths out of crisis
2016-02-07 12:20:52| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
As oil and gas companies cut ever-deeper into the bone to weather their worst downturn in decades, boards have adopted contrasting strategies to lead them out of the crisis. Crude prices have tumbled around 70 percent over the past 18 months to around $35 a barrel, leading to five of the world's top oil companies reporting sharp declines in profits in recent days.
Beyond Flint: In The South, Another Water Crisis Has Been Unfolding For Years
2016-02-06 12:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: It's not simply Flint that has bad water. The Michigan city, which has grabbed headlines recently for its rampant water contamination, is joined in that dubious distinction by another town, much farther south: St. Joseph, La. "It's just a given fact that at some point during the week, you're going to have brown or yellow water," says resident Garrett Boyte. @maddow Flint isn't alone! Current water crisis in St. Joseph, LA. https://t.co/JcjiuGXy4H #justicelikewater pic.twitter.com/sl1GosrgL3...
Russia's crisis produces a paradox: surging luxury car sales
2016-02-02 18:02:31| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
It seems something of a paradox; while mass-market car sales in the country have tumbled along with the rouble and oil prices, one area is bucking the trend - luxury cars. "It's bizarre," said IHS Automotive analyst Tim Urquhart.
Fears grow amid Brazil's Zika crisis
2016-02-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An alarming mixture of confusion and fear is blighting the pregnancies of thousands of women across this teeming tropical city in the northeast of Brazil, and wherever else the Zika virus has infected people. Every day the emergency clinic at one of Recife's largest hospitals sees queues of nervous women so long that they reach into the car park, and the medical staff, already stretched, are now overwhelmed. The enemy is uncertainty because the symptoms of Zika infection are worryingly vague:...
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