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Gap Inc.'s key sales metric up 2 percent in March
2015-04-10 01:14:14| Apparel - Topix.net
Gap Inc. reported a 2 percent increase in a key revenue metric for March as surging business at Old Navy offset sales declines at its namesake division and its Banana Republic stores. The results, which were released after the regular markets closed on Thursday, beat estimates for a 0.6 percent increase in sales in stores open at least a year, according to Thompson Reuters.
Cato sales jump 15 percent in March, boosted by early Easter
2015-04-09 21:04:40| Apparel - Topix.net
The Cato Corp. says its sales jumped 15 percent to $117 million for the five-week period ending April 4. That's up from sales of $102 million for the corresponding period a year ago.
DEQ: Nearly 30 percent of water produced in Muskegon Heights a unaccounteda
2015-04-09 05:32:20| Waste Management - Topix.net
A report from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality obtained by FOX 17 through the Freedom of Information Act shows approximately 29 percent of water produced by the Muskegon Heights filtration plant is 'unaccounted' for in the city's system. In the past several months FOX 17 has been investigating claims made by several dozen residents living in Muskegon Heights who say they've received unusually high water bills from the city, with some bills in the thousands of dollars.
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Japan targets about 20 percent emissions cuts by 2030: media
2015-04-09 04:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan is considering reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by around 20 percent by 2030 as its contribution to a global summit on climate change in Paris later in the year, Japanese media reported on Thursday. The target is lower than that outlined by the United States, which says it will cut emissions by as much as 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025 and the European Union which is proposing at least a 40 percent cut from 1990 levels by 2030. Japan is the world's fifth-biggest emitter of...
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Study forecasts 70 percent loss of West Canada's glaciers
2015-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The glaciers of the Canadian West could shrink by 70 percent by 2100, according to new research that has implications for predicting glacier loss around the world. The loss of mountain glaciers contributes to the rise in sea levels. As glaciers dwindle there could be also be pronounced effects on availability of water for aquatic creatures and for agriculture as well as water quality issues. The report, published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, combines scientific disciplines to develop...
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