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Judge nixes class action suit in employee poaching case for now
2013-04-05 18:12:08| CNET News.com
Judge Lucy Koh is not yet sold on the idea of a class action lawsuit in a poaching case involving Google, Intuit, Apple, and other tech players. [Read more]
Famine forecasting systems still failing to spur action
2013-04-05 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Further scientific improvements to famine forecasting will do little to save more lives without reforms to the way in which the humanitarian community uses them, according to a report published today (5 April). Despite being preventable because of sophisticated early warning systems, famine crises continue to be deadly. This is because warnings are systematically ignored by donor governments, agencies and governments in affected countries, says the report, published by Chatham House, an independent...
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US: Vodka producer faces legal action over machine gun bottles
2013-04-05 15:58:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
A company that produces vodka bottles in the shape of machine guns has been hit with a lawsuit by a gun manufacturer over alleged trademark infringement.
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World Bank chief: global poverty bigger challenge than action on HIV
2013-04-04 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The president of the World Bank has warned that ending the worst of global poverty within a generation would prove a tougher challenge than tackling Aids, as he urged direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth. Jim Yong Kim, the former health activist chosen by Barack Obama to lead the Washington-based institution, said the goal of reducing the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day from 21% to 3% by 2030 was achievable but "extraordinarily difficult". Interviewed...
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2013 Offers Best Opening for Broad Climate Action, British Economist Says
2013-04-04 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Global political leaders have the best opportunity yet in 2013 to adopt bold solutions that globally address climate change, a leading British economist said April 2. Lord Nicholas Stern, chairman of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and lead author of a 2006 report on the economic impacts of climate change, said technical progress at addressing the impacts of climate change has come faster than anticipated, but global political will for addressing the problem...
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