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Snowfall no longer a sure bet, booming ski towns fight going bust
2014-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
US News: As California resorts slog through their worst snow year on record amid historic drought, and as towns from Park City, Utah, to Sochi, Russia, faced temperatures in the 50s and 60s this week, there surfaced an unsettling question for local mayors, business leaders and resort owners: Will the nations booming ski-towns ultimately go bust? Decades from now, will climate change, predicted to make winters feel more like thermostats on the fritz, turn destinations such as Aspen, Vail, and Lake Tahoe...
Booming Oil Extraction And The Higher Water Cut To Drive The GCC's Produced Water Management Market Finds Frost & Sullivan
2014-02-03 04:05:44| oilandgasonline News Articles
Produced Water (PW) is a byproduct of oil and gas extraction and needs special handling like any industrial waste.
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market
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Private Label Brands Are Booming In Dairy And Snack Foods
2014-01-27 14:25:31| dairynetwork News Articles
A recent study shows price and value are the main factors for consumers choosing private labels. A new study released by Market Force Information shows that 83 percent of consumers buy private label products if it presents a better value. Dairy products led all products in terms of private label purchases, followed closely by snack foods and cleaning supplies.
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brands
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foods
02.10: Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming
2014-01-14 00:36:39| Powells Books Events Calendar
Windfall (Penguin Press) is a fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming world. Journalist McKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet. Funk shows us that the best way to understand the catastrophe of global warming is to see it through the eyes of those who see it most clearly — as a market opportunity. Funk travels to two dozen countries to profile entrepreneurial people who see in each of these forces a potential windfall. By letting climate change continue unchecked, we are choosing to adapt to a warming world. Containing the resulting surge will be big business; some will benefit, but much of the planet will suffer. Funk has investigated both sides, and what he has found will shock us all. To understand how the world is preparing to warm, Windfall follows the money.
Tags: business
global
warming
booming
Unexpected Source Calls For A Slowdown In Oil Booming North Dakota
2014-01-07 21:22:37| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Last week's derailment and explosion of an oil train in Casselton, North Dakota was enough to prompt a call for moderation from an unexpected source: Robert Harms, the chairman of North Dakota's Republican party, who is also a consultant for the energy industry.
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