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Governments to raise $22 billion from carbon pricing in 2015: report
2015-10-28 13:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments around the world will this year raise around $22 billion from schemes putting a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions such as taxes or emissions trading systems, a report on Wednesday showed. The role of carbon pricing, in efforts to curb rising emissions blamed for global warming, has gained prominence this year after several multinational companies including oil majors said such a price is needed to spur investment in low-carbon energy. [nL1N0YN08L] The figure is up 46 percent from...
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Bernanke: governments 'too focussed on budget cuts'
2015-10-26 19:28:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve during the crash and Great Recession, tells BBC that governments in US, UK and Europe have "been too focussed on near-term budget cuts"
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VIDEO: Bernanke: governments 'too focussed on budget cuts'
2015-10-26 19:27:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
BBC economics editor Robert Peston interviews former chair of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke.
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Other Voices: Another urgent to-do for VW - pay governments back
2015-10-12 22:11:51| Automakers - Topix.net
Volkswagen A.G. has a long list of things to do after admitting it systematically cheated on emissions testing on 11 million diesel vehicles. But Volkswagen has a third challenge to address quickly, while it can exert some control.
Verizon likely frontrunner for government's FirstNet project
2015-10-12 21:52:29| IT Services - Topix.net
Evercore adds its voice to the chorus that says Verizon has the lead on AT&T to build out FirstNet, the government's planned public-safety wireless broadband network. FirstNet's board is reportedly looking at only "national deployment" offers from companies that respond to a request for proposals due out by year-end -- which means it likely won't be split among the big four wireless firms.
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