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Elliott faces credibility test
2015-07-05 15:52:57| Semiconductors - Topix.net
U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates faces a new challenge in its aim to derail the proposed merger of two Samsung Group units, as the prosecution launched an investigation into allegations that Elliott fabricated information in a regulatory filing. Elliott, the third-largest shareholder of Samsung C&T with a 7.1 percent stake, has been seeking to thwart Samsung's plan to merge Cheil Industries, the de facto holding company, with the Korean group's construction and trading unit Samsung C&T.
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Australia 'Risks Climate Credibility' with Coal-Friendly Target
2015-03-30 14:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Australia risks failing the most important test of climate credibility this decade, a leading think-tank has warned. On Friday, Canberra published an issues paper on the countrys post-2020 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Given it is still considering the options, prime minister Tony Abbott`s government is set to miss the 31 March deadline for developed countries to submit their intended contribution to a global climate deal. And the Climate Institute pointed out the government...
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The five-star chain would add credibility to Pittsburgh as a world-class city
2015-03-28 01:01:05| Electronics - Topix.net
Next week, city leaders meet with a delegation from Four Seasons Hotel properties to discuss the possibility of Pittsburgh being one of the newest cities for the world-class hotel chain. Mayor Bill Peduto says Pittsburgh was sought out by the chain because of the city's emerging reputation for sports, tourism and being a center for global innovation.
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Koch Money, Misleading Climate Change Exhibit Threaten Smithsonian Credibility
2015-03-23 22:00:36| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Smithsonian risks damaging its reputation by having a polluter-funded science denier on the payroll and a wildly misleading Koch-funded exhibit that downplays the risks posed by human-caused climate change. It's time for the world's self-proclaimed "largest museum and research complex," to live up to its mission - and its own climate statement - and cut ties with the anti-science, pro-pollution crowd.
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Will UN climate panel's credibility suffer from the resignation of its chief?
2015-02-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In a week when the Willie Soon scandal broke and revealed the fossil fuel industry's footprint on contrarian climate research, embattled denialists went back on the offensive. Critics are again trying to discredit the leading international scientific body on climate change after the organization's leader resigned over allegations he sexually harassed female coworkers at his research institute in India. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...
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