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California to Face Mega-Drought of 35 Years from 20150, Warn Climate Scientists
2015-02-14 19:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MF Monitor: Last year was the warmest on record in California, its driest spell for more than 400 years but a new study says thats nothing compared to whats in store. In a paper, published by the journal Science Advances, researchers from Nasa and Columbia and Cornell universities warn that a vast swathe of the US, including the south-west states and the central plains, may face unprecedented drought conditions, unseen in the past 1,000 years. In about 35 years, the regions millennia-long natural cycle...
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Exxon Mobil Still Resilient In The Face Of Adversity
2015-02-14 15:03:24| Chemicals - Topix.net
Exxon Mobil is taking the collapse of crude oil prices in stride. The firm continues to reign atop the major oil and gas space and while its peers are scrambling to cut spending, Exxon continues to survey the landscape, seemingly just waiting to put its credit capacity to work.
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HP moves annual meeting online-only as CEO face time fades
2015-02-12 22:35:03| Telecom - Topix.net
Hewlett-Packard Co will become the largest company to hold an online-only annual shareholder meeting this March, joining a trend toward virtual conferences that some activists worry keeps CEOs off the hotseat. The Silicon Valley technology giant announced in a Feb. 2 securities filing that its March 18 shareholder meeting will be online only, a move that follows in the footsteps of dozens of other companies including Sprint Corp and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. HP spokeswoman Sarah Pompei said the new format is cheaper, and will allow for "increased stockholder attendance and participation."
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HP moves annual meeting online-only as CEO face time fades
2015-02-12 22:23:01| IT Services - Topix.net
Hewlett-Packard Co will become the largest company to hold an online-only annual shareholder meeting this March, joining a trend toward virtual conferences that some activists worry keeps CEOs off the hotseat. The Silicon Valley technology giant announced in a Feb. 2 securities filing that its March 18 shareholder meeting will be online only, a move that follows in the footsteps of dozens of other companies including Sprint Corp and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. HP spokeswoman Sarah Pompei said the new format is cheaper, and will allow for "increased stockholder attendance and participation."
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U.S. Central Plains and Southwest will likely face apocalyptic drought
2015-02-12 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Dust storm in Texas during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. New research finds that the American West is set to face a megadrought, worst than the Dust Bowl, in the next century due to climate change. Photo by: Public Domain. In the recent film Interstellar, a mysterious phenomenon known as "the blight" is wiping out agriculture around the world until only corn-for some reason-survives. Humanity is on the brink of starvation. While the blight may be science fiction, global warming is not, and a new...
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