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New York defends its "Amazon tax" in court
2013-02-07 10:00:14| Apparel - Topix.net
Major online retailers Amazon.com Inc and Overstock.com on Wednesday told a New York state court that they should be allowed to not charge state sales tax.
Study Downplays Risk of Catastrophic Amazon Dieback
2013-02-06 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In a warming world, tropical forests may be hardier than previously thought. For scientists who study the Amazon, the worst-case scenario has long been clear. As the planet warms, some models suggest, the rainforest will dry and die, sending a massive shot of carbon into the atmosphere to further warm the planet. That risk now appears to be smaller than researchers feared, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature. It estimates that for every degree Celsius of warming, the Amazon and...
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Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared - study
2013-02-06 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Amazon rainforest is less vulnerable to die off because of global warming than widely believed because the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide also acts as an airborne fertilizer, a study showed on Wednesday. The boost to growth from CO2, the main gas from burning fossil fuels blamed for causing climate change, was likely to exceed damaging effects of rising temperatures this century such as drought, it said. "I am no longer so worried about a catastrophic die-back due to CO2-induced climate...
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Dell Goes Private; Amazon Launches Coins; Instagram's Web-Based Photo Feeds
2013-02-06 18:35:25| PC Magazine Notebooks Product Guide
Topping tech headlines Tuesday, Dell is going private, Amazon launches virtual currency, and Instagram introduces Web-based photo feeds.
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Dell Goes Private; Amazon Launches Coins; Instagram's Web-Based Photo Feeds
2013-02-06 18:35:24| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Topping tech headlines Tuesday, Dell is going private, Amazon launches virtual currency, and Instagram introduces Web-based photo feeds.
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