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Sony Corp (ADR) (SNE) Hacking Is Not An Act Of War But Cyber Vandalism: Barack Obama
2014-12-22 09:16:49| Electronics - Topix.net
U.S. President, Barack Obama, has quashed suggestions that the Sony Corp hacking episode was an act of war as investigations continue to indicate that North Korea might have some hand in it. Bloomberg 's Yvonne Man reports that North Korea continues to deny any involvement in the attack, going as far as showing its willingness to assist in the investigations.
Obama hits Keystone again but declines to threaten veto
2014-12-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama poured cold water once again on the alleged economic benefits of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Friday -- a theme he has sounded frequently in the past few months, increasing speculation that he will eventually kill the project. Obama said at his year-end news conference that the Alberta-to-Texas project would have "very little' effect on gasoline prices and do little to improve the economy. He acknowledged that building the pipeline would create a "couple thousand' temporary...
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Keystone 'not even nominal benefit' US consumers, Obama says
2014-12-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama on Friday said building the Keystone oil pipeline would not even have a nominal benefit to consumers, pushing back at claims it would lower gas prices further. Obama stressed that the issue at hand for Keystone is not American oil, it is Canadian oil. That oil currently is being shipped out through rail or trucks and it would save Canadian oil companies, and the Canadian oil industry enormous amounts of money if they could simply pipe it all the way down to the Gulf, Obama...
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Obama calls on only female reporters
2014-12-20 00:53:12| IT Services - Topix.net
It was an unusual and deliberate move, considering the White House press corps has been historically dominated by men. Indeed, the first woman to cover the president, United Press International journalist Helen Thomas, didn't join their ranks until 1960.
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Obama sounds like hes about to reject Keystone pipeline
2014-12-19 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Speaking at his end-of-the-year press conference on Friday afternoon, President Obama sounded very much like hes poised to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. He gave his sharpest assessment to date of its potential costs and benefits - lots of costs and few benefits. Climate hawks rejoiced, not only because of Obamas implied opposition to Keystone, but because he finally confronted American ignorance of how the oil market works, and attempted to reorient our energy policy around reality. At...
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