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Risk Is Back for Hedge Funds Chasing Glut of Mergers: Real M&A
2014-12-15 11:16:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Companies announced $2.8 trillion of acquisitions, making 2014 the busiest year since before the financial crisis. Unprecedented amounts of money were spent in some industries, such as pharmaceuticals, and the transactions skewed larger than at any other time this century, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Warming climate puts wetlands more at risk to invasive species
2014-12-13 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: In the battle between native and invasive wetland plants, a new Duke University study finds climate change may tip the scales in favor of the invaders -- but it's going to be more a war of attrition than a frontal assault. "Changing surface-water temperatures, rainfall patterns and river flows will likely give Japanese knotweed, hydrilla, honeysuckle, privet and other noxious invasive species an edge over less adaptable native species," said Neal E. Flanagan, visiting assistant professor at the...
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VIDEO: Millions of homes 'at risk' of floods
2014-12-13 10:59:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Almost one year on from the wettest winter on record, millions of UK homes are still not adequately prepared for possible flooding.
Himalayas tune in radio shows to reduce climate disaster risk
2014-12-13 08:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: "You know, humans do not understand that unless I am there to hold on to the soil, you will not be there either," the tree tells the mountain. "Yes, but ... villagers demand a road, the politician pushes for it and they cut parts of me and cut you and your folks too, and then there is a landslide!" replies the mountain. This unusual dialogue is heard by several thousand people tuned to Venval Vani, a community radio station based in Chamba in Uttarakhand, which was devastated by severe flooding...
International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 153: Moderate Alcohol Intake may Lower the Risk of Developing Diabetes among Obese Subjects
2014-12-11 12:11:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
A recent case-control study compared the risk of having a high level of haemoglobin A1c, a measure of hyperglycemia, and of the waist/height ratio, a measure of obesity, according to reported alcohol consumption.
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