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Swine Health Information Center begins tackling disease risks

2015-07-16 18:53:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: Swine Health Information Center Early reaction from pork producers and their veterinarians to the new Swine Health Information Center has been overwhelmingly positive. read more

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Hyperlocal Crowdfunding Lowers Risks for Investors

2015-07-16 14:00:00| National Real Estate Investor

Crowdfunding is steadily gaining a foothold within the commercial real estate investment landscape, with over 100 national platforms currently operating and new ones launching each month. Last week, SaundersDailey, a Minneapolis-St. Paul-based online investment marketplace, made its debut. Unlike most commercial real estate crowdfunding platforms, which offer opportunities with properties across the country, SaundersDailey is a co-invested fund that draws heavily on local expertise and matches community investors to local real estate investment opportunities; as such, it is designed to avoid the underwriting risks associated with crowdfunding on a national basis. Its founder, Marshall Saunders, is a 20-year commercial real estate veteran who formerly owned and ran the worlds largest RE/MAX office. NREI spoke with Saunders about how hyperlocal and national crowdfunding portals differ and how underwriting risks can be avoided. read more

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United Airlines awards hackers millions of miles for revealing risks

2015-07-16 08:07:40| Airlines - Topix.net

United Continental Holdings Inc has awarded millions of frequent flier miles to hackers who have uncovered gaps in the carrier's web security, in a first for the U.S. airline industry. United confirmed with Reuters that it has paid out two awards worth 1 million miles each, worth dozens of free domestic flights on the airline.

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Report: oil investments facing heightened risks

2015-07-09 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Price volatility, a changing financial environment and strengthening policy to mitigate climate change mans that there is a heightened risk for oil and gas investors, according to a report from thinktank Chatham House. The report argues that there is a current mismatch in Chinese demand of oil, which I currently static and expected to fall in the future, and growing US supply. Uncertainty on demand and prices, coupled with increasing climate regulation, could result in heightened commodity risks....

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