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Giant Antarctic iceberg could pose hazard to shipping lanes, scientists warn
2013-11-13 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A giant Antarctic iceberg has broken free of the continent and could be about to drift into busy international shipping lanes, a team of British scientists has warned. The Government has awarded experts with an emergency grant of 50,000 to fund a six-month project in which they will try to track the progress of the ice and predict its movements. The University of Sheffields Professor Grant Bigg, a leading authority on modelling the dynamics of icebergs, is heading up the investigation that...
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Mitel, Aastra form outsourcing giant
2013-11-12 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Cloud tie-up in bid to become Canada's answer to Oracle, Google.
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Microsoft Latest Tech Giant to Buy Wind Power
2013-11-08 18:57:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Microsoft Corp. this week announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement for all of the energy coming from RES Americas Keechi Wind facility. read more
Indonesia: Palm oil giant to forgo development New Guinea rainforest
2013-11-07 00:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Palm oil giant Golden-Agri Resources (GAR) will forgo development of an oil palm plantation in an area of rainforest in Indonesian New Guinea in order to comply with its forest conservation policy. The decision by GAR - which is the parent company for PT SMART, one of Indonesia's largest private palm oil companies - was disclosed in a report on its high carbon stock pilot project, which is a key component of the company's forest conservation policy (FCP). GAR made the commitment in 2011 after...
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Global Shipping Giant UPS to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
2013-11-06 13:21:11| Trucking - Topix.net
United Parcel Service, Inc. , the world's largest package delivery company, agreed to pay $70,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to settle a religious accommodation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , the agency announced today.
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