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Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 202 Points as Tech Stocks Slump

2015-11-14 02:08:01| Apparel - Topix.net

The first noteworthy computer-dating service grew out of a mid-1960s Stanford University project in which students used an IBM 650 to identify similarities between 98 subjects based on a 30-question profile. For Nov. 13, 2015, here's the top stock market news and stocks to watch based on today's market moves The Dow Jones Industrial Average today fell 202 points, ending its six-week win streak.

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Louisiana parish drops lawsuits against oil, gas companies over alleged environmental damage

2015-11-13 02:20:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

A coastal Louisiana parish on Thursday voted to drop its lawsuits against oil and gas companies over damages officials had said the oil industry caused to wetlands by digging numerous canals. The Plaquemines Parish council voted to dismiss 21 suits it had pending against 68 oil companies, officials and a lawyer said.

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Louisiana parish drops suits against oil and gas companies

2015-11-13 02:20:16| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

A coastal Louisiana parish has dropped its lawsuits against oil and gas companies over damages parish officials have said the oil industry caused to wetlands by digging numerous canals. The council's move was a blow to environmentalists and others who've argued for years that the oil and gas industry should be forced to pay for damage to wetlands.

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Efforts to combat climate change rise in China as public awareness drops

2015-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: As Chinese officials are gearing up for the next round of international climate change negotiations in Paris next month, a new survey has found fewer people in the country are concerned about global warming. The survey, issued yesterday by Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Pew Research Center, shows that 18 percent of respondents in China say climate change is a "very serious problem," much lower than the global average of 54 percent. Similarly, while 40 percent of people around the world are...

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