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UN report: Humans are dominant cause of global warming
2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A United Nations climate science panel has concluded theres at least a 95 percent chance human activities are the main driver of global warming over the last six decades. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia, states Fridays report from the UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in...
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IPCC climate report: humans 'dominant cause' of warming
2013-09-27 10:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A landmark report says scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming since the 1950s. The report by the UN's climate panel details the physical evidence behind climate change. On the ground, in the air, in the oceans, global warming is "unequivocal", it explained. It adds that a pause in warming over the past 15 years is too short to reflect long-term trends. The panel warns that continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and...
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Vodafone sues Telecom Italia for abuse of dominant position
2013-08-05 09:15:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Vodafone Group is suing Telecom Italia for abuse of its dominant position in Italy, seeking damages of over EUR 1 billion, reports Reuters. A Vodafone spokesperson said the civil action in a Milan court stated that Telecom Italia committed a series of abuses in the period 2008-2013, "with the intention and effect of impeding growth in competition in the Italian fixed-line market". As a consequence, Telecom Italia caused a loss of customers to Vodafone Italia, restricted the operator's ability to grow its fixed-line business, and forced it to pay artificially high costs to compete in the market.
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General Motors Hoping to Gain Market Share On Dominant Toyota in Indonesia
2013-07-01 00:15:59| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Every day, a story comes out about growth of car sales in emerging markets. From ultra-luxury brands to entry-level basic transportation, the potential upside growth in emerging economies has brought these former sales backwaters to the forefront of industry attention.
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Trucking Continues as Dominant Freight Mode, ATA Report Says
2013-05-30 02:30:06| Trucking - Topix.net
Trucking continues to be the dominant U.S. mode of freight transportation, hauling 68.5% of freight last year, according to an American Trucking Associations report released Wednesday.
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