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AT&T and Google Fiber are fighting over poles
2016-02-27 04:27:59| Telecom - Topix.net
On Friday, Google took the battle to the court of public opinion, publishing a blog post criticizing AT&T for stifling Louisville's efforts to promote broadband and video competition. " ordinance, which aims to reduce the cost and speed of deploying fiber-optics networks by allowing companies like Google to install equipment on utility poles and move preexisting equipment in one fell swoop.
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Why a Rockefeller Donated $400,000 in Exxon Shares to Nonprofits Fighting Climate Denial
2016-02-26 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: Divesting shares from companies or even nations involved in reprehensible practices has a long history. In the 1960s, a divestment movement emerged to protest South Africa, ultimately playing a key role in the ultimate dismantling of the country`s apartheid system. Today, nations such as Iran, Israel, Northern Ireland, Myanmar and Sudan are targets of similar divestment campaigns. In the corporate world, no other sector has been targeted so heavily by an international divestment campaign as the...
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Pennsylvania UPS Shipping Facility Fighting Teamsters Unionization
2016-02-22 23:12:35| Auto Parts - Topix.net
UPS Ground Freight is fighting a bid by the Teamsters to unionize about 30 truck drivers at a Kutztown distribution center that services Advance Auto Parts stores. Workers voted by mail to join the Allentown-based Teamsters Local 773 by a vote of 27-1, union President Dennis Hower said .
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Ad blockers: How online publishing is fighting back
2016-02-19 01:16:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
How online publishing is fighting the ad killers
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Why fighting anti-vaxxers and climate change deniers often backfires
2016-02-14 00:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: If theres a war on science, its not just one war. And branding people who disagree with you about vaccines, climate change, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as the enemy may be unwittingly fueling the conflicts. Those were some of the arguments made at a session here today at the annual meeting of AAAS (which publishes Science). The presenters included a philosopher, a medical historian, a plant scientist, and a technology historian. Their talks underscored that the people who worry...
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