je.st
news
Tag: percent
Oceans 30 percent more acidic? Mostly true
2013-07-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PolitiFact: Most people have heard about what will happen if humans keep pumping large amounts of carbon dioxide into the air as we burn more fossil fuels, including warmer temperatures, melting polar caps, rising sea levels, stronger storms and big changes in the types of plants and animals that can survive and thrive in particular regions of the world. "But wait," as an evil TV pitchman might gleefully declare, "there's more." On June 12, 2013, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island,...
Tags: true
percent
mostly
oceans
Hub Group Profit Jumps 10 Percent
2013-07-19 13:24:11| Logistics - Topix.net
Hub Group reported net income in the second quarter of 2013 totaling $18.6 million, up 10 percent from $17 million in the second quarter of 2012.
Tags: group
percent
profit
hub
EastGroup notes 28 percent rise in ongoing profit
2013-07-19 06:00:12| Real Estate - Topix.net
The industrial landlord said Thursday that quarterly profit fell 4 percent to $7.6 million, or 25 cents per share, in the three months that ended June 30. That's down from $8 million, or 28 cents per share, in 2012's second quarter.
Tags: notes
percent
rise
profit
United Kingdom: Millions told to ration water as heatwave sends demand up by 50 percent
2013-07-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Four of Britain's biggest water companies Severn Trent, Affinity, South East and Yorkshire told customers to cut back and use water "wisely" as temperatures hit a record 32 degrees centigrade. The Met Office issued a "level three heat health watch" for London and the south-east amid predictions that July could be the driest since records began 247 years ago. Affinity, a water company that supplies three-and-a-half million homes across north London and the home counties, issued an alert admitting...
Chipmaker TSMC posts 24 percent rise in 2Q profit
2013-07-18 14:31:49| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, reported a 24 percent jump in second quarter profit Thursday, driven by sales growth in smartphones and tablet computers that it warned is likely to fade in coming quarters.
Tags: posts
percent
rise
profit
Sites : [295] [296] [297] [298] [299] [300] [301] [302] [303] [304] [305] [306] [307] [308] [309] [310] [311] [312] [313] [314] next »