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Bombardier contracted to maintain NJ Transits River Line light rail system
2014-10-06 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Rail manufacturer Bombardier Transportation has been contracted by New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) in the US to deliver operations and maintenance services for its River Line light rail system.
EU gives green light to Facebook takeover of WhatsApp
2014-10-03 14:58:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The European Commission has cleared Facebook's proposed USD 19 billion takeover of mobile messaging provider WhatsApp, confirming the deal would not hurt competition. "We have carefully reviewed this proposed acquisition and come to the conclusion that it would not hamper competition in this dynamic and growing market," said outgoing EC competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia. The EC's statement explained that Facebook users must set up a profile and typically use the whole social networking site, whereas WhatsApp users only use the app on a mobile. In addition, consumers will continue to have a wide choice of consumer communications apps, said the EC, going to on to list alternatives such as Line, Viber, iMessage, Telegram, WeChat and Google Hangouts. US regulators gave the green light for the deal in April, telling WhatsApp to stick to its current privacy practices after the merger, including a commitment not to use personal data for targeted ads.
Facebook's WhatsApp deal green light
2014-10-03 13:00:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
EU regulators have given the go-ahead for the social networking site Facebook to buy the mobile messenger service WhatsApp.
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Greenland Sediment Sheds Light on Sea Level Rise
2014-10-01 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The planets largest island is mostly covered in ice up to 2 miles deep. And what happens to that ice has major implications for sea level rise: Greenlands ice would raise sea levels up to 24 feet higher if it all melted. While the prospects of it all melting are extremely slim and certainly not for centuries and centuries warmer air and water temperatures have pushed enough ice to melt from Greenland each year to account for about 30 percent of recently observed sea level rise. Ice reaches...
a Rise of the Jack Oa Lanternsa to light up Descanso Gardens in West Coast debut
2014-09-30 00:37:07| Real Estate - Topix.net
No matter how you cut it, the West Coast premiere of “Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns” is a lesson in just how spooky pumpkins can be when carved and illuminated. The walk-through Halloween attraction features more than 5,000 jack-o'-lanterns created by professional artists artfully displayed in the Rose Garden at Descanso Gardens , after-hours from Oct. 3 through Nov. 2. Along the scenic trail, all-ages visitors can see everything from intricately carved classic movie monsters to characters from AMC's “ The Walking Dead ,” Disney princesses to large-scale dinosaurs, sports figures to iconic Halloween images and even the Kardashians.
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