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Obama White House says carbon emissions cuts legal under Clean Air Act
2015-08-03 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The White House insisted on Sunday it was on strong legal footing as it unveiled details of ambitious carbon-reduction plans that are likely to be fiercely opposed by coal-burning Republican states. Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), told reporters the Obama administrations goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from US power plants by 32% between 2005 and 2030 kept squarely within the four corners of the Clean Air Act. The US supreme court determined...
White House axes efficiency from state clean power targets
2015-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: U.S. EPA's final Clean Power Plan will no longer base state targets, in part, on estimates about how much they could boost energy efficiency, an administration official said. President Obama on Monday will release the final rule for existing-power-plant carbon emissions that does not include the draft version's "building block 4," the official said, reconfiguring the way states are assigned emissions reduction responsibilities. The change will not limit states' ability to tap energy efficiency...
Phone House Portugal to be sold to Digital Place
2015-08-02 14:47:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Dixons Carphone has agreed to sell The Phone House Portugal to Digital Place, a company owned by the shareholders of regional telecoms retailer and wholesaler TLCI. The Phone House Portugal operates 130 stores and for the 13 months to 2 May 2015 reported losses after restructuring costs of GBP 8 million. The UK-based retailer also recognised an impairment of GBP 13 million on the Portuguese operations. The sale is part of Dixons Carphone's strategy to exit poorly performing markets in order to focus on countries where it has a leading position. Following completion, expected by the end of August, Dixons Carphone said it will receive a small cash consideration. A deferred cash consideration based on profitability will be payable over five years. Further financial details of the sale were not disclosed. Dixons Carphone will continue to provide insurance services to The Phone House Portugal through its Connected World Services division.
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DOGBERRY: Two months in the dog house for Ivan Menezes of Diageo
2015-08-01 03:23:24| Beverages - Topix.net
Constable Dogberry in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing mangles every word he utters - and so do many business leaders. : Menezes is trying to create what he calls a 'sell out culture' to boost sales worldwide.
Poll: Trump could send Clinton to White House, just like a 92
2015-07-31 12:45:36| IT Services - Topix.net
Donald Trump could do to the 2016 general election exactly what Ross Perot did a generation ago - with a Clinton pulling away from a Bush and a wealthy business mogul drawing a surprisingly large share of the vote. A new McClatchy-Marist poll finds Clinton leading every potential Republican rival one on one.
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