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Beyond less-bad to 100 percent fabulous
2013-04-09 14:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In 2002, architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart shook up the world of sustainability with their book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. It proposed a radical rethinking, not just of human manufacturing, but of the way humans relate to the earth. Rather than simply reducing the harm we do, humans could become a source of health, a positive force in the world. The iconic example was a tree. A tree is not "efficient," it is abundant, generative, sustaining its own...
App downloads grow 11 percent in 3 months - Canalys
2013-04-09 10:24:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Over 13.4 billion apps were downloaded from the four leading stores in the first quarter, 11 percent more than in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Canalys. Direct revenue from paid-for apps, subscriptions and in-app purchases grew by 9 percent sequentially to USD 2.2 billion. Strong growth was seen in mature and emerging markets alike. Apple's App Store accounted for around 74 percent of revenue and Google Play for about 51 percent of downloads.
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Stage Stores boosts dividend by 25 percent
2013-04-08 15:24:45| IT Services - Topix.net
Stage Stores is raising its quarterly dividend by 25 percent to 12.5 cents per share from 10 cents per share.
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Compass Minerals falls nearly 2 percent, DST and Waddell & Reed also fall slightly
2013-04-06 04:34:34| Auto Parts - Topix.net
Blame it on the spring weather. Shares in Compass Minerals, the Overland Park-based producer and distributor of highway de-icing products, fell nearly 2 percent Friday, as did most other regional stocks.
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CEVA profits drop 22 percent, company restructures debt
2013-04-05 17:56:27| Logistics - Topix.net
CEVA Logistics , a global firm that manages other companies' freight transportation, withdrew its initial public offering on Tuesday in order to restructure its debt.
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