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Philanthropies including Rockefellers pledge $50 billion fossil fuel divestment
2014-09-22 13:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Rockefellers, who made their vast fortune on oil, and other philanthropies and high-wealth individuals on Monday will announce pledges to divest a total of $50 billion from fossil fuel investments. The Global Divest-Invest coalition will announce new pledges and members one day before 120 heads of state address the United Nations on how their countries will contribute to a global effort to halt a dangerous rise in temperatures. Since the divestment movement launched three years ago, some...
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Australians rally for climate, including at G20 talks
2014-09-21 08:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Australians rallied for climate action on Sunday, from protesters chanting "Green energy" outside G20 talks to forming a human chain message in Sydney as part of an international day of action. The protests are part of a global call to arms to fight climate change ahead of a United Nations summit in New York on Tuesday, which Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will miss to attend parliament in Canberra. "The message that we wanted to send clearly is that we are really disappointed our prime...
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How Climate Change Exacerbates Spread of Disease, Including Ebola
2014-09-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Earth Institute: The accelerating ebola epidemic in West Africa, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called unprecedented, has so far killed more than half the 3,069 people who contracted the disease in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. The WHO fears it could eventually affect 20,000 people. Ebola can live in animals for years without making them sick; it is transmitted to humans through contact with an infected animal. Once in a human, the disease is spread by direct contact with the bodily...
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Singapore's Xpress Holdings ties up with partners including UPS
2014-09-18 05:40:28| Trucking - Topix.net
A unit of Xpress Holdings, a Singapore-listed printing company, has partnered with United Parcel Service of Singapore and S. F. Express to offer new services, the company said on Thursday. Its subsidiary, Xpress New Media, will provide documentation services like completion of airway bills and shipment invoices, as well as tracking services right up to delivery.
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Danaher to buy Nobel Biocare Holding for $2.2 billion including debt
2014-09-15 08:32:38| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
U.S. healthcare conglomerate Danaher Corp DHR.N said it will buy Nobel Biocare Holding AG NOBN.S in an all-cash deal valued at about $2.2 billion, including debt, to widen its market presence in the global dental industry. Danaher said it will offer 17.10 Swiss francs per Nobel Biocare share, representing a 7 percent premium to the current 60 day volume weighted average share price and a 28 percent VWAP premium before July 29, when Nobel Biocare said it was in early stage talks over a potential sale.
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