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Gartner: Worldwide IT spending to hit $3.8 trillion in 2013
2013-03-28 18:28:13| CNET News.com
A rise of 4.1 percent over last year will be driven in part by companies buying "premium smartphones" for employees, the research firm says. Spending on tablets is also expected to rise. [Read more]
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IMF Want to fight climate change? Get rid of $1.9 trillion in energy subsidies
2013-03-27 20:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: What`s the simplest way to tackle global warming? Make sure that fossil fuels are priced properly and not subsidized. Is it really that easy? That`s the core idea behind a large new report (pdf) from the International Monetary Fund, which argues that the world "misprices" fossil fuels to the tune of some $1.9 trillion per year. Eliminating these subsidies, the IMF argues, and replacing them with appropriate carbon taxes could cut global greenhouse-gas emissions by 13 percent, curtail air pollution,...
U.K. Sets Out Nuclear Strategy to Tap $1.8 Trillion Market
2013-03-26 08:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.K. set out a nuclear strategy today as it attempts to tap a global market the government estimates will be worth almost 1.2 trillion pounds ($1.8 trillion) over the next two decades. The strategy includes 45 million pounds in spending on atomic research and development, including a contribution to a French test facility, according to a statement today from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The government also said its keen to explore small modular reactors. The U.K....
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Cisco: 'Internet of Everything' to yield $14.4 trillion in value
2013-03-13 18:18:52| CNET News.com
Cisco is projecting that the "Internet of Everything" has the potential to grow global corporate profits by 21 percent in aggregate by 2022. [Read more]
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German energy reforms could cost 1 trillion euros: minister
2013-02-20 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's transition to renewable energy may cost up to 1 trillion euros ($1.34 trillion) in the next two decades, the environment minister said on Wednesday, piling pressure on his opponents to back plans to cap power price rises before the election. With an eye on the September vote, Peter Altmaier, one of conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's most trusted ministers, has outlined plans to rein in subsidies for renewable power which have pushed up consumers' electricity bills. However, his...
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