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Crest files proxy statement to oppose Sprint-Clearwire deal

2013-04-11 17:32:37| IT Services - Topix.net

Wireless service provider Clearwire Corp's largest minority shareholder Crest Financial Ltd filed a proxy statement which, if cleared by the U.S. regulators, will be used to urge Clearwire stockholders to reject its proposed merger with Sprint Nextel Corp.

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James Hansen, Famed Climate Scientist, Urges Obama To Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline

2013-04-04 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: On Thursday, after retiring from NASA to pursue environmental activism, James E. Hansen published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times warning that the Keystone XL pipeline, if approved, would exacerbate global warming and put the U.S. on the hook for oil spills and environmental degradation. The op-ed marks the first move in Hansen's new career as a carbon campaigner, after nearly half a century spent as NASA's most famous climate scientist at the agencys Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In...

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Americans oppose paying for storm-ravaged beaches

2013-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: More than 4 out of 5 Americans want to prepare now for rising seas and stronger storms from climate change, a new national survey says. But most are unwilling to keep spending money to restore and protect stricken beaches. The poll by Stanford University released Thursday found that only 1 in 3 people favored the government spending millions to construct big sea walls, replenish beaches or pay people to leave the coast. This was the first time a large national poll looked at how Americans feel...

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Authors Oppose Amazon Control of .Book Websites

2013-03-13 09:12:11| IT Services - Topix.net

US publishers have called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to deny Amazon exclusive rights to websites names Groups representing US authors and publishers have called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to deny online retailer Amazon exclusive rights to websites ending with .book, .author, or .read.

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