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Amazon beats earnings expectations
2016-07-28 22:52:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Amazon reports better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter off the back of growth in its cloud computing unit and Prime membership.
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Amazon to trial delivery by drone in the UK
2016-07-26 13:32:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Online retail giant Amazon has been granted permission by the UK Government to explore the possibility of delivery by drone.
Amazon to enter student loan business
2016-07-21 23:57:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
E-commerce giant Amazon has entered the student loan business, teaming up with US bank Wells Fargo to offer lower interest rates to subscribers of its "Prime Student" services.
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Study: Drought impedes tree growth, shuts down Amazon carbon sink
2016-07-21 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Amazon rainforest is popularly known as the the planets lungs absorbing and storing 100 billion tons of carbon and preventing it from entering the atmosphere. Maintaining that vast carbon sink is seen as vital to limiting climate change impacts. Now, new research published in the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal shows that droughts can bring this crucial ecosystem service to a grinding halt. University of Exeter scientist Dr. Ted Feldpausch and an international team of researchers...
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Cattle Grazing Is Now Causing Massive Deforestation Hotspots In The Peruvian Amazon
2016-07-19 23:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Deforestation in the Amazon has been a growing problem over the past five decades, with ranchers leading the way in clearing rainforest for cattle and cultivation. But while Brazil, the largest country in South America, seems on track to reduce deforestation, other major Amazonian countries like Peru are increasingly struggling to protect their share of the world`s largest rainforest. In fact, a new wave of deforestation is underway in the Huanuco region of central Peru, which now has the highest...
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