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FRANCE: Vivarte chief plays down significance of debt ceiling overshoot
2013-07-19 16:35:20| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The chairman and CEO of French retail group Vivarte, Marc Lelandais, has played down the significance of the French retail group breaching its debt ceiling.
Senate approves Gina McCarthy as EPA chief despite Republican protests
2013-07-18 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Senate gave grudging approval on Thursday to the key executor of Barack Obama's sweeping new climate change plan, voting to confirm Gina McCarthy as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The 59-40 vote, after a four-month standoff by Republicans, puts McCarthy in direct charge of implementing Obama's strategy of using the agency's powers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. The prospect centred on plans to cut emissions from existing power plants ...
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Senate confirms Gina McCarthy as chief environmental regulator
2013-07-18 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Senate confirmed Gina McCarthy on Thursday to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a long-awaited move that could help President Barack Obama revive his plans to fight climate change. The Senate voted 59 to 40 for McCarthy, who oversaw rules on mercury and soot pollution from power plants in her prior job as the EPA's top air official, a position she has held since 2009. Obama nominated McCarthy in early March, but her confirmation had been held up by a partisan battle over his nominees...
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New Intel chief sees $150 Atom tablets this year
2013-07-18 18:26:43| InfoWorld: Top News
Upcoming Atom chips from Intel will appear in tablets priced as low as $150, the company's CEO said Wednesday, vowing that Intel will not get caught flat footed again by "the next big thing." Intel's low-power Atom chips are vital to its plans to recover ground in the mobile PC market, where sales of traditional laptops are falling and Intel has largely ceded the tablet space to rivals like Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm.
Alibaba Chief Advocates Tough Love - Like Tiananmen Square
2013-07-18 18:03:47| TechNewsWorld
Jack Ma, the billionaire founder and executive chairman of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group, said that China's move to violently squelch Tiananmen Square protesters in 1989 was "the most correct decision," adding that "a leader needs to make this kind of decision." The remarks -- made in May and posted online over the weekend -- have drawn criticism from Chinese netizens.
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