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Tales from an oil-sands slide: angst amid bravado in Alberta
2015-02-25 08:14:00| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
In the midst of the price swoon, many executives and workers remain confident the oil-sands industry will pull through. Photo / Thinkstock The pain of crude's collapse is beginning to bite in Alberta, from the oil-sands boomtown of Fort McMurray to the corporate boardrooms of Calgary.
Wobbly global economy adds some angst to the U.S. cattle market
2015-01-20 23:22:00| Beef
"Tight supplies will continue to pressure (support) cattle and beef supplies and may well lead yet to new record prices, but markets in 2015 are more likely to be more about maintaining current price levels than trending up, says Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist. BEEF Editors' Blog read more
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Climate angst rises in Australia with record temperatures
2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: It`s official Just after midday on Saturday, the mercury reached 23 degrees - 25 is forecast - as Sydney posted its longest warm spell in records going back to 1910, says Sarah Perkins, a leading heatwave expert at the University of NSW. Sydney's 25.1 degrees on Friday matched the previous longest heatwave - defined as at least three consecutive days in the warmest 10 per cent for each date - of seven days set in August 1995. Including Saturday, that burst could stretch to at least 14 days....
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Security Pros Struggle With Cyberthreat Angst
2014-05-05 19:02:12| TechNewsWorld
As the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks increase, system defenders in the trenches are losing confidence in their ability to protect their organizations' information assets, suggests a survey released last week. The survey of almost 5,000 global IT security pros found that 57 percent felt their organizations were unprotected from sophisticated cyberattacks.
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Fun and Angst With Google Glass
2014-04-15 22:50:42| TechNewsWorld
Google Glass, which has been the focus of considerable controversy, went on sale Tuesday -- for one day only -- at $1,500, with Android KitKat and new features that include improved battery life, photo bundles, photo replies and voice command sorting. However, one feature -- video calling -- has been eliminated because fewer than 10 percent of Explorer beta users employed it.