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Lured by marriage promises, climate victims fall into trafficking trap
2015-03-08 01:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When the handsome young man came courting her, Sunetra could not believe her luck. Born into a desperately poor family in India's southern Sundarbans region -- one of the parts of the world hardest hit by climate change -- the lanky 18-year-old had few prospects. A flood the previous year had destroyed her home and left her family struggling financially. A new start was what she needed, and her out-of-town suitor's offer of marriage seemed ideal. He was content to wed without her family providing...
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Investor promises proxy fight for control of Ciber Inc.'s board
2015-03-07 01:59:03| IT Services - Topix.net
Upset with the direction of Ciber Inc., Lone Star Value Management told the Greenwood Village IT consultancy it plans to nominate three new directors to the board at the upcoming shareholder meeting. Lone Star, which owns 2.7 million shares of Ciber's common stock, said that Ciber's stock is "deeply undervalued due in large part to failures of oversight by the incumbent board and poor corporate governance," according to the Feb. 27 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing .
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Lenovo promises bloatware-free PCs, free McAfee subscriptions for Superfish victims
2015-02-27 20:56:19| Extremetech
Lenovo has released its plans for how it will make amends to the consumers whose data it exposed. How about a six month subscription to McAfee?
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European Commissioner Promises to Simplify CAP
2015-02-26 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) provides the agricultural sector a massive boost to economic growth and jobs in rural areas and all the way up and down the food supply chain. Chris Harris reports from the NFU conference.
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Immuno-Oncology Promises Continued Wealth and Health: LifeTech Capital's Stephen Dunn
2015-02-20 23:54:20| Logistics - Topix.net
February 20, 2015 Immuno-oncology -- disabling cancer's defenses so that a patient's own immune system can seek it out and destroy it--took center stage in the drug development world in 2014. Stephen Dunn of LifeTech Capital believes that preeminence will continue in 2015, bolstered by new drug approvals, new targets and new combination immunotherapies that increase potency.
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