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Wolverine World Wide Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Analysts
2014-11-14 16:10:44| Footwear - Topix.net
Shares of Wolverine World Wide have been given a consensus rating of "Hold" by the seventeen analysts that are presently covering the stock, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports . Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have issued a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company.
Tallest Man Meets Smallest Man on Guinness World Records Day
2014-11-14 07:55:17| IT Services - Topix.net
The world's tallest man and the shortest man met Thursday on Guinness Book of World Records Day, reaching to shake hands over the 83.5 inches that separate them. Sultan Kosen, from Turkey, is an 8-foot, 9-inch tall farmer; Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, stands 21.5 inches tall, Agence France-Presse reported .
Warming world means a hike in US lightning strikes
2014-11-13 20:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Golfers beware. Expect more lightning bolts as the world warms up. We already know that climate change is increasing the likelihood of storms, tornadoes and heatwaves. Now, a model of how climate change will affect lightning patterns in the US predicts that for every 1°C of global warming, lightning strikes will increase by 12 per cent. Currently, there are about 25 million lightning strikes each year in the US. These ignite half of the wildfires that break out and kill approximately 100 people...
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Lightning strikes 'more as world warms'
2014-11-13 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Global warming will significantly increase the frequency of lightning strikes, according to US research. The research, published in Science, was carried out with the help of data from a US network of lightning detectors. The teams says they have calculated how much each extra degree in temperature will raise the frequency of lightning. "For every two lightning strikes in 2000, there will be three lightning strikes in 2100," said David Romps, at the University of California, Berkeley. As well...
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SA firms accused of World Cup fixing
2014-11-13 18:43:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Some of South Africa's top construction firms are being investigated for colluding on contracts in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup
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