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Senate takes up Keystone XL bill as showdown with Obama looms

2015-01-13 00:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.S. Senate advanced a bill on Monday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline as Republicans, who have made the project their first priority of the year, try to line up enough votes to overcome a potential veto by President Barack Obama. The Senate voted 63-32 on a measure to allow debate and the offering of amendments on the bill. "This evening's vote means it will now advance to the floor for open debate and every member will have an opportunity to offer amendments they believe will strengthen...

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Portugal Telecom shares suspended as shareholder vote looms

2015-01-09 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Telco fails to provide information that will enable shareholders to make informed decision on Altice deal, regulator says.

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New mobile payment contender looms as Rocket and PLDT team up

2015-01-06 12:41:04| IT Services - Topix.net

A few months before its lukewarm IPO late last year, Germany's Rocket Internet took a $446 million investment from the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company , the largest telecoms operator in the Philippines. At the time, Rocket and PLDT said they were going to work together on mobile and online payment technologies - and now we know more about that arrangement.

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'Berlin Wall' climate divide looms over Lima

2014-12-11 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: As UN climate talks enter their final days, the "Berlin Wall" that has for years divided rich and poor countries once again looms large as negotiators race to write a draft of a global deal that is meant to tear it down. At the root of the problem is a 1992 U.N. climate Convention splits the world into rich and poor nations and obliges only the rich to cut emissions. Since then, however, nations such as Singapore or Mexico have grown rich but are still deemed "poor". In Lima, representatives...

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