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Air France to cut 2,800 more jobs amid weak demand
2013-09-18 17:27:25| Airlines - Topix.net
The French airline, which is part of the loss-making Franco-Dutch group Air France-KLM, said Wednesday that it will offer buyout plans in order to cut about 5 percent of its workforce.
FedEx Profit Beats Estimates Amid Shift to Ground Shipments
2013-09-18 16:00:25| Air Courier - Topix.net
FedEx Corp. reported first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates, bolstered by demand for ground shipping and lower maintenance expenses for new planes at the world's largest air-cargo fleet.
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Amid drought, a water fight spills into legal territory
2013-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As Texas' rivers run dry and lakes fall to record low levels, part of the fight over water supplies is moving underground. Neighbors who pump water from the same formations beneath their land have long argued over that water. But the stakes are rising as cities and industries see groundwater as a solution to the demands of explosive population growth. But Texas law governing groundwater is murky, and a recent state appeals court decision signals that only years of expensive legal battles will...
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Amid 'uncertainty', scientists blame mankind for global warming
2013-09-18 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Top climate scientists will blame mankind more clearly than ever for global warming next week but may struggle to drive home the message in a report that uses the term "uncertainty" 42 times. The 'language gap' between scientists and the policy makers, public and media they seek to alert is proving hard to bridge. Scientists say uncertainty is inevitable at the frontiers of knowledge - in, for instance, calculating how much of Greenland will thaw or how fast temperatures will rise by 2100 - but...
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Japan turns off last nuclear reactor amid fears of surge in gas prices
2013-09-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Japan will switch off its last nuclear reactor on Monday, amid fears that a growing dependence on gas imports there could push up electricity bills in the UK. Kansai Electric Power's only functioning reactor was scheduled to be disconnected from the power grid and then shut for planned maintenance, ending hopes that an industry that until three years ago provided 30% of the electricity to power the world's third largest economy would stage a quick recovery. Continuing problems at the Fukushima...
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