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Porsche's success looms over Maserati sales push

2014-04-14 23:51:13| Automakers - Topix.net

As Fiat Chrysler moves to reinvent its small Maserati brand as a serious rival to the world's luxury car makers, the pressure to succeed is all the greater for the startling success of Germany's Porsche.

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Telekom Austria CFO quits as Slim control bid looms

2014-04-08 20:38:48| Telecom - Topix.net

Telekom Austria Chief Financial Officer Hans Tschuden will leave the company at the end of May, paving the way for major investor Carlos Slim to help choose a successor.

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Oil Vote Deadline Looms for Ecuadors Yasuní National Park

2014-04-08 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: In 2007, for the meager sum of US$3.6 billion, Ecuadors President Rafael Correa offered the world a chance to buy into a conservation plan, called the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, to save his countrys easternmost sector from oil extraction. The ITT concession area, named for three sites within its boundaries Ishpingo, Tambococha and Tiputini makes up about 1/12th of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. It represents an opportunity to conserve up to 10 percent of all species on the planet. This Initiative...

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Soaring death toll looms in U.S. mudslide with 90 still missing

2014-03-29 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The death toll from a mudslide that has left 90 people missing in Washington state appeared certain to climb nearly a week after the disaster, as anguished relatives turned to the Internet and word of mouth for scarce scraps of new information. At least 26 people were killed when a rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning last Saturday, unleashing a towering wall of mud that flattened dozens of homes in a river valley near the rural town of Oso, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. While...

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