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Google, Facebook, and Microsoft show steady rise in surveillance data requests
2014-02-04 13:59:14| InfoWorld: Top News
Google, Facebook, and Microsoft were among the technology companies to release new figures Monday showing a rising number of requests for their users' data coming from a secretive U.S. surveillance court.
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JAPAN: Uniqlo posts January same-store sales rise
2014-02-04 12:06:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Fast Retailing has booked an increase in sales at its Japanese Uniqlo stores in January, after winter clothing and items featured in its advertising campaigns sold well.
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Hot weather deaths projected to rise 257 percent in UK by 2050s, experts warn
2014-02-04 11:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The number of annual excess deaths caused by hot weather in England and Wales is projected to surge by 257% by the middle of the century, as a result of climate change and population growth, concludes research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The elderly (75+) will be most at risk, particularly in the South and the Midlands, the findings suggest. The research team, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Public Health England, used time-series...
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United Kingdom: Heat-related deaths will rise 257% by 2050 because climate change
2014-02-04 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Deaths as a result of hot weather are to soar over the next four decades as a result of climate change, researchers have predicted. The number of annual deaths in the UK that occur as a result of the heat will rise by 257% by 2050, they said. Elderly people are most at risk, according to the new study. While the number of excess deaths seen in the summer months will rise, those recorded in winter will actually decrease, they said. Researchers wanted to try to determine the effect that climate...
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Cable merger future-proofs against Internet's rise
2014-02-04 09:46:16| Telecom - Topix.net
Turns out, buying a cable TV company relies largely on the same principle. Charter Communications Inc.'s $38 billion bid to take over the much-larger Time Warner Cable Inc. is an attempt to future-proof its business by getting its foot in the door of millions more homes wired for Internet service.
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