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Is there an economic case for tackling climate change?
2015-11-28 03:35:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Is there an economic case for tackling climate change?
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Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica win victory in German music copyrights case
2015-11-28 03:11:02| Telecom - Topix.net
Germany's Supreme Court handed a victory to Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica in a rights case, but left the door open for holding Internet service providers responsible for blocking sites offering illegal music downloads. The court dismissed a pair of cases -- one brought by musical-rights society GEMA against Deutsche Telekom, the other brought by music companies against Telefonica's German unit O2 Deutschland -- saying the plaintiffs hadn't done enough to halt copyright violations in the first place.
Pakistan to argue its case at Paris summit
2015-11-27 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tribune: Pakistan will argue its precarious situation and risks to its economy owing to fast changing climate at next weeks global summit in Paris, vowed Federal Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid on Friday. The case for Pakistans exposure to the climate change risks and prevailing opportunities would be compellingly presented at the climate change conference, Hamid told a news conference in Islamabad. Hamid, who will be leading a 27-member Pakistan delegation at the two-week moot in Paris from...
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VimpelCom close to US settlement of Uzbek case - report
2015-11-26 09:01:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) VimpelCom is in talks to pay about USD 775 million to settle US allegations it paid bribes in Uzbekistan to win business, three people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The resolution with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission could be announced in January, the report said. Vimpelcom took a charge of USD 900 million in the third quarter to cover any eventual costs from the Uzbekistan investigation, which is also underway in Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The Justice Department, in a civil forfeiture complaint filed earlier this year in New York, alleged VimpelCom, which is traded on the Nasdaq exchange, and a rival company made more than USD 500 million in corrupt payments in order to obtain a licence in Uzbekistan. No company or person has been publicly charged as part of the US and European investigations. A spokesman for VimpelCom declined to comment on the potential settlement.
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Never been a reported case of deadly 'kissing bug' disease in Georgia: CDC
2015-11-25 11:07:51| Biotech - Topix.net
The deadly "kissing bugs" that have been making headlines are actually nothing new . In fact, the first such bug reported in the United States was found in Georgia, in 1855, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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