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As Ballot Deadline Looms, A Muddied Debate Over Colo. Fracking

2014-08-04 09:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: "Hello. Are you registered to vote in Colorado?" It's a refrain many in the state have grown to loathe this summer - heard outside their favorite grocery store or shopping mall as signature gatherers race toward an August 4 deadline to put four energy-related measures on the November ballot. With two of those measures backed by environmentalists, and the other two by industry-supported groups, all of the energy talk is leading to confusion among potential voters. Among the hassled Colorado...

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Pfizer's need for deal looms larger with earnings report

2014-07-28 09:27:51| Biotech - Topix.net

While many industry watchers expect Pfizer to re-engage with Britain's AstraZeneca in coming months, some say the U.S. drugmaker should consider targets more focussed on biotechnology, a strategy that has paid off for Merck & Co Although Pfizer is conducting trials of promising products - including breast cancer drug palbociclib and vaccines ... (more)

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Negotiations move forward as NY rail strike looms

2014-07-17 07:55:53| Railroads - Topix.net

A conductor punches tickets aboard the Long Island Rail Road, in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

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Deadline looms in Newark airport wage hike flap

2014-07-12 18:20:31| Airlines - Topix.net

United Airlines, the airport's primary carrier, said in an email Friday to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the airport's operator, that it still questions whether the agency has the legal power to impose a wage hike.

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