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Climate emerges as hot issue in Columbia River Treaty talks with Canada
2013-03-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: When President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Columbia River Treaty with Canada as one of his last official acts in January of 1961, global warming did not rank as a public concern. Fifty-two years later, it's a far different story: Scientific models predict that rising temperatures will reduce the snowpack and glacier mass in nearby mountains, resulting in less water during seasonal runoffs for the 1,243-mile-long Columbia River, the longest in the Pacific Northwest. The treaty created a massive...
Advanced talks over Hearts takeover
2013-03-17 12:03:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Talks are at an advanced stage between Supporters Direct and representatives of Vladimir Romanov on transferring the ownership of Hearts.
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NPPC Welcomes Japan Into Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks
2013-03-16 12:24:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Producers Council The National Pork Producers Council welcomed Japan's request to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and urged the United States and other TPP countries to swiftly accept the Asian nation into the regional trade talks. Japan is the top-value export market for U.S. pork, accounting for almost $2 billion in 2012 sales. read more
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Anheuser-Busch: Progress in talks with government
2013-03-16 00:07:13| Beverages - Topix.net
Beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev says there has been substantial progress toward a resolution of the Justice Department's legal challenge to the company's $20.1 billion deal to buy Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo.
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Japan seeks to join TPP trade talks
2013-03-15 10:57:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japan says it wants to join the talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement currently being negotiated among 11 countries.
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