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Poor Gap performance will hit margins in Q3

2014-10-10 16:46:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

US clothing retailer Gap Inc has warned that an underperformance by its namesake brand in the third quarter will likely narrow its gross margin.

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Barriers to Sustainable Farming Put Burden on Worlds Poor

2014-10-09 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The conflict between free trade and food rights came to the fore again at the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in September, when India did not back down from its stance that a permanent solution be found for food security issues before signing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The TFA is designed to push free trade further, with heavy losses to Indias food security. The U.S. had challenged India at the WTOs Bali Ministerial in 2013, on the ground that the Food Security Act...

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Academic energy research neglects needs of the poor

2014-10-04 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: Energy research in academic journals is skewed towards big, pricey tech projects and Western scientists' agendas, researchers have said. This means that simpler technologies and social research into behaviour that could empower the poor and address their challenges are being overlooked. This follows a recent ongoing debate on the pages of Nature after Benjamin Sovacool, director of the Centre for Energy Technologies at Aarhus University, Denmark, wrote in July about the results of his study on...

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Dont base precision ag decisions on old maps, poor soil testing

2014-09-25 20:55:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Soil map drives data success Each level of information gathering is an opportunity for fuzzy data. Soil sampling, field mapping, yield monitoring and personal recollection are key building blocks, but they are also potential pillars of error for your precision-ag program, says independent agronomist Shannon Gomes. read more

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Obama cant do a lot to help poor countries deal with climate change, but hes doing a little

2014-09-25 18:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The world was hoping for something grand from President Obama at Tuesdays U.N. Climate Summit. He offered grand words. But because his hands are tied by a recalcitrant Congress, he couldnt offer grand action. So he offered modest action instead. On Tuesday, to coincide with the summit, the Obama administration announced an executive order pertaining to climate change. Obama promoted it in his lofty speech in the U.N.s General Assembly Hall, saying, Im directing our federal agencies to begin...

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