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Skepticism Moves Over For Solid Investment Opportunity In Bassett
2014-11-26 18:17:28| Furniture - Topix.net
Sometimes the most successful investments are longstanding historical companies that have been content with plodding along for decades before waking up. They rarely have any believers when they do begin to show signs of life.
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Merchants of Doubt Author Slams "Corrosive" Climate Change Skepticism
2014-10-06 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Historian of science Naomi Oreskes, now at Harvard, first came to my attention 20 years ago, when she and two co-authors argued in Science that "verification and validation of numerical models of natural systems is impossible." In The End of Science, I cited the Oreskes et al. paper when I challenged the claim that computers will revolutionize research into so-called complex systems. "The tobacco industry was way ahead of the postmodernists," says Naomi Oreskes, co-author of Merchants of Doubt,...
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Bobby Jindal's Soft Climate Change Skepticism
2014-09-16 21:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: If Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to be the next president, he faces a delicate political task in articulating his position on climate change. On one end, endorsing the scientific consensus that human activity is the main driver of recent climate change would be a hazardous move if he intends to navigate a Republican presidential primary. But rejecting any connection between the two would pose its own challenges if he tries to win over moderates in a nationwide election, handing his opponents...
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European E&Ps Face Skepticism From Investors
2014-07-30 17:24:00| OGI
'The market here needs something to get it excited. Its just kind of bored, there has been no real activity,' said Tullow's CEO Aidan Heavey, Bloomberg reported.
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Rupert Murdoch Says Climate Change Should Be Approached W/ Great Skepticism
2014-07-13 17:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Rupert Murdoch is chairman and CEO of News Corporation, one of the world`s largest media conglomerates, which includes Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. Since launching The Australian newspaper 50 years ago he has also become one of the richest people in the world. In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday in Australia to mark this 50-year anniversary, Murdoch reflected candidly on climate change, saying he thought it should be approached with great skepticism. At the moment the north pole...