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Greek media upheaval hits Mega TV channel
2016-05-27 20:01:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Debt crisis pushes Greek TV channel to brink
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Oil prices hit by upheaval in Chinese stock markets
2015-07-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The crude oil prices have fallen to a near four-month low today due to a sharp drop in Chinese stock markets and continuing concerns of a supply excess.
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G7 Report: Climate Change Can Fuel Political Upheaval Like Civil Wars
2015-06-26 14:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Climate change isn't just coming, it's already here and the world's leading economic powers need to be ready to act before a simmering problem turns into a boiling crisis. That's the conclusion of a new report prepared for the Group of Seven nations, which at their latest summit have pledged to eliminate fossil fuels by the end of the century. But many of the effects of warming are already baked in and the worst effects are expected to be felt in the developing world, where they can compound...
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Utilities Face Communications Upheaval
2015-04-06 17:50:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Connie Durcsak Dealing with Unforeseen Risk When AT&T filed a federal regulatory petition in late 2012, the specter of the termination of the leased landline services utilities have relied on for decades became reality, and exposed a substantial risk to utilities not prepared to initiate a planned transition to IP Networks. read more
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Arctic upheaval: new book outlines challenges at the top of the world
2015-02-16 18:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: For most of us, the Arctic is not at the front of our minds. We view it as cold, stark, and, most importantly, distant. Yet, even in an age of vast ecological upheaval, one could argue that no biome in the world is changing so rapidly or so irrevocably. Two hundred plus years of burning fossil fuels has warmed up the top of our planet more quickly than anywhere else. The result? Sea ice is shrinking, glaciers are vanishing, southern species are invading, storms are worsening, floods are creeping...