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Paladin Labs shareholders face windfall as stock soars on friendly takeover bid
2014-03-17 13:13:41| Agriculture - Topix.net
Paladin Labs shareholders face a huge windfall after the company's shares soared when a U.S. company offered to buy the Canadian specialty drug maker in a friendly cash and share deal valued at about $1.6 billion.
Canada rules to lift grain shipments lauded as windfall for New York Air Brake
2014-03-13 09:29:30| Railroads - Topix.net
New York Air Brake Co. is expected soon to get a windfall of business, thanks to rules passed by the Canadian government requiring railways to devote more rail cars to the shipment of grain to the U.S. Rules passed by the government this month aim to address an acute rail car shortage in Canada that has caused grain exports to drop sharply, driving ... (more)
02.10: Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming
2014-01-14 00:36:39| Powells Books Events Calendar
Windfall (Penguin Press) is a fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming world. Journalist McKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet. Funk shows us that the best way to understand the catastrophe of global warming is to see it through the eyes of those who see it most clearly — as a market opportunity. Funk travels to two dozen countries to profile entrepreneurial people who see in each of these forces a potential windfall. By letting climate change continue unchecked, we are choosing to adapt to a warming world. Containing the resulting surge will be big business; some will benefit, but much of the planet will suffer. Funk has investigated both sides, and what he has found will shock us all. To understand how the world is preparing to warm, Windfall follows the money.
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Europe could reap 12bn windfall from 2.3-GHz spectrum
2013-12-11 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Study talks up benefits of allowing shared usage of globally-harmonised frequency band.
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Australia's carbon fund a windfall for big polluters -analysts
2013-12-09 11:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia risks wasting up to A$2 billion ($1.8bn) of its planned Emissions Reduction Fund if it goes ahead with moves to give big polluters carbon credits based on historical efficiency levels, analysts Reputex said on Thursday. The A$2.55 billion fund, known as ERF, is the cornerstone of the conservative government's strategy to achieve its target of cutting Australia's greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below 2000 levels by 2020. Under the policy, set to be implemented next year, the...
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