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Carlos Slim Inches Close To Retaking World's Richest Man Title From Bill Gates
2014-07-14 00:50:55| Wireless - Topix.net
Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Hel is close to taking the world's richest man title back from Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.
House passes $34B energy-water spending bill
2014-07-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The House yesterday passed its $34 billion energy and water spending plan after two days of marathon debate that saw votes to maintain funding for the Department of Energy's reinvigorated loan guarantee program, continue to block enforcement of a light-bulb efficiency regulation and undermine parts of President Obama's climate agenda. The fiscal 2015 appropriations bill for DOE, the Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies, H.R. 4923, passed 253-170. The bill would give the Army Corps about $5.5...
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Sloan: Corporate tax dodgers leave the rest of us to foot the bill
2014-07-12 12:30:13| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Ah, July! What a great month for those of us who celebrate American exceptionalism.
Bill Ford on the Future of Transportation: We Cant Simply Sell More Cars
2014-07-11 21:25:27| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
During the past decade, the automotive industry emerged from one of the most challenging periods we have ever encountered, and has now entered one of the most exciting and promising times in our history. Yet, even more important is our focus on the future, which will be defined by an important trend: the automobile as part of a larger ecosystem. This requires a change in our view of the car as an individual object to seeing it as part of our broader transportation network. It also requires a fundamental change in how we think about transportation. Customers today have extremely diverse priorities, and we must embrace these differences as we design and sell automobiles. The facts that underpin this trend are compelling. With a growing global population and greater prosperity, the number of vehicles on the road could exceed two billion by midcentury. Combine this with a continuing population shift toward cities, with a projected 54% of the global population in cities by 2050, and it becomes clear that our current transportation model is not sustainable. Our infrastructure cannot support such a large volume of vehicles without creating massive congestion that would have serious consequences for our environment, health, economic progress and quality of life. READ MORE The Article Bill Ford on the Future of Transportation: We Cant Simply Sell More Cars appeared first on Automotive Digest.
CISA bill -- and Internet privacy rights -- moves to Senate for a vote
2014-07-09 21:54:11| InfoWorld: Top News
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