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School computers 'do not raise results'

2015-09-15 01:06:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Investing heavily in school computers and classroom technology does not improve pupils' performance, according to a global study from the OECD.

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Santander to raise fee on 123 account

2015-09-14 16:29:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Santander - the biggest gainer last year of customers switching current accounts - is set to increase charges on one of its most popular accounts.

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Burning all fossil fuels could thaw Antarctica, raise seas: study

2015-09-11 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Burning all the world's fossil fuel reserves could thaw the entire Antarctic ice sheet and push up world sea levels by more than 50 meters (160 feet), over thousands of years, an international study said on Friday. Such a melt, also eliminating the far smaller ice sheet on Greenland, is a worst case of climate change that would inundate cities from New York to Shanghai and change maps of the world with much of the Netherlands, Bangladesh or Florida under water. "Burning the currently attainable...

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Exxon poised to raise output at Torrance refinery

2015-09-11 15:39:19| Chemicals - Topix.net

Exxon Mobil's plan to increase production at its Torrance, Calif., refinery appears on track for approval , according to the LA Times . XOM is now scheduled to meet the South Coast Air Quality Management District next Thursday, seeking permission to use an old pollution control system to replace one destroyed in an explosion at the Torrance plant in February.

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