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Social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses
2013-05-15 13:23:07| InfoWorld: Top News
New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or those in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses. While the laws generally limit companies from asking job seekers and employees for access to their social media accounts under most circumstances, they do provide some rules for when they can do so legally.
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Study finds mixed views on use of aerosols to limit climate change
2013-05-14 12:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PlanetEarth: People voiced concerns that this type of approach fails to address the basic problem of increasing greenhouse gas emissions. They are also nervous about any unintended consequences of such an action. But most significantly, they say that injecting aerosols into the Earth's atmosphere raises problems of international governance and control: who would ultimately be responsible? The findings are the result of the first UK public engagement study to explore the ethics and acceptability of so-called...
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Gas boom may be mixed blessing for climate change
2013-05-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South China Morning Post: Thanks to its controversial nature, most people have some knowledge of shale gas and fracking, the method used to extract it. As fracking has boomed in recent years, energy experts have woken up to another unconventional source of natural gas. It is methane hydrate, and its potential reserves are huge. Methane hydrate is formed naturally when methane gas, produced by microbial action or the effects of earth's heat and pressure on buried organic matter, combines with water at moderate pressures...
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Sprint’s bid for Clearwire gets mixed reviews
2013-05-11 05:18:01| IT Services - Topix.net
Sprint Nextel's takeover bid for Clearwire, scheduled for an investor vote May 21, received mixed reactions from the two biggest shareholder-advisory firms, with Institutional Shareholder Services endorsing the deal and Glass, Lewis & Co.
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TSX, U.S. markets open with mixed results on low commodities, positive earnings
2013-05-07 20:10:20| Grocery - Topix.net
The Toronto Stock Market had a mixed opening Tuesday, dragged down by dropping commodity prices amid earnings reports from a number of big-name companies, including food distributor George Weston Limited and airline WestJet .
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