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What 11 billion people mean for climate change
2013-11-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: On the western coast of Alaska, nestled against the Bering Sea, residents of the remote village of Newtok may soon become the country's first climate refugees. Like many Alaskan villages, Newtok sits atop permanently frozen soil called permafrost. In recent years, however, warming oceans and milder surface temperatures have melted the icy subsoil, causing the ground beneath Newtok to erode and sink. In 2007, the village already sat below sea level, and studies warned that the subarctic outpost could...
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Novartis sweetens investors with $5 billion share buyback
2013-11-22 11:36:41| Biotech - Topix.net
Swiss drugmaker Novartis offered a sweetener to investors on Friday by starting a $5 billion share buyback program, but shied away from announcing any radical surgery to its structure.
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U.S. plans to exit GM stake by year-end, may lose $10 billion
2013-11-22 07:38:55| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The U.S. government said on Thursday it expected to sell its remaining shares of General Motors Co by the end of the year, a plan that may leave taxpayers saddled with a total shortfall of about $10 billion on the automaker's 2009 bailout.
Union Pacific Rises Most in Month on Railroad's $9.5 Billion Buyback Plan
2013-11-21 20:29:40| Railroads - Topix.net
Union Pacific Corp. rose the most in more than a month after the largest U.S. railroad authorized a buyback plan of as much as $9.5 billion in stock.
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Ally Financial repays U.S. Treasury $5.9 billion
2013-11-21 06:12:20| Automakers - Topix.net
Ally Financial, the Detroit-based auto lender bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, has repaid the U.S. Treasury $5.9 billion as it moves to get out from government ownership.
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