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Close encounters with polar bears
2013-03-12 01:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: With the job of co-ordinating polar bear patrols in Alaska, biologist Mike Pederson is used to encounters with the predator. But one dark night when he was called out to investigate a sighting of a polar bear straying towards human homes, he had a very close shave indeed. He had to climb a ridge of sand to get to where the bear had last been seen, and when he got to the top he found it waiting on the other side. "I saw the black of its nose," he recalls. "And I just started running towards...
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Genuine Parts Announces Deal to Close Purchase of Exego Group
2013-03-11 15:01:33| Auto Parts - Topix.net
Genuine Parts Company announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 70% stake of Exego Group, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, for a total purchase price of approximately $800 million , including the assumption of certain debt.
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US: Foot Locker to close its 22 CCS skatewear stores
2013-03-11 14:53:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Specialty athletic retailer Foot Locker Inc is to close its 22 underperforming CCS skatewear stores and focus solely on the banner's online business.
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Apple may be close to resolving Brazilian iPhone trademark fight
2013-03-11 13:29:32| CNET News.com
Apple and Brazil's IGB Eletronica have apparently agreed to settle their legal battle over the iPhone name, says a Brazilian news site. [Read more]
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B.C. premier comes close to endorsing $25 billion oil refinery plan
2013-03-08 18:57:26| Energy - Topix.net
Premier Christy Clark has come close to offering her government's endorsement of a proposed $25-billion oil refinery development at Kitimat in northwest British Columbia.
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