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PRESS RELEASE: Latin American Countries Reach Inflection Point: Outsized Growth in Lodging on the Horizon
2013-09-26 22:57:00| National Real Estate Investor
Katie Sershon Big changes are on the horizon for the Latin America lodging industry as more than 425,000 new rooms are expected to be required throughout the region over the next 10 years. According to an industry-sponsored white paper prepared by Jones Lang LaSalle, "Economic Transformation Drives Latin America's Lodging Industry," a surge of hotel opportunity is predicted for the coming decade in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru. The research found that the four countries face a crucial inflection point, and are poised to undergo rapid, largely domestically driven economic growth reminiscent of the United States and other mature economies in decades past. read more
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So bad it will be good! Global warming report will scare countries to action, says UN review head
2013-09-24 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The United Nations IPCC report on climate change will present such compelling scientific evidence that humans are responsible for global warming that governments around the world will respond by introducing ambitious legally-binding targets to reduce their carbon emissions, Lord Stern predicts. Lord Stern, the author of the hugely influential Stern Review into the financial implications of climate change, said he had been greatly encouraged by recent signs from key carbon emitters such as China...
Wanted: A Climate Solution for Developing Countries
2013-09-24 14:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: There's a consensus among leading scientists that global warming is caused by human activity. What-if anything-should we do about it? ROBERT RAPIER: Although climate change will continue to be a topic that arouses passions on both sides, it is indisputable that the world is conducting a giant experiment on the global atmosphere for which the ultimate outcome is unknown. As an engineer well versed in risk management, I consider this situation to be unacceptable to say the least. There are a...
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Africa: Wireless Broadband Use Up but Least Developed Countries Left Behind, UN Reports
2013-09-23 19:40:07| Wireless - Topix.net
With nearly two out of every five people in the world online by the end of the year, more than two-thirds of those living in developing countries will not have access to the Internet, the United Nations today reported in a global survey of broadband access.
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Wireless broadband use up but least developed countries left behind, UN reports
2013-09-22 00:46:43| Wireless - Topix.net
The report, the second produced by the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development, surveyed broadband access in 160 economies around the world.
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