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United Kingdom: Dark Christmas ahead nearly 1,000 axed staff solar panel company
2015-12-20 18:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Christmas tree in the reception of what used to be Mark Group, an energy company with more than 1,000 staff, looks jaunty enough but underneath it there are barely a handful of presents. Theyre fake, confides one of the few remaining staff. It is a grim reminder of the hardship being faced by hundreds of people who lost their jobs when the company went into administration in October. George Baker, 27, a thermographer, was part of a team analysing thermal images of homes to see how much...
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'OK Google' Voice Search on Chrome Axed
2015-10-17 19:01:45| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Like the desktop notification center, not enough people used "OK Google" on Chrome, Google said.
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Verizon Sony Xperia Z4v Axed, Extending Sony's U.S. Failures
2015-10-06 02:02:29| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Sony and Verizon cancelled the company's latest U.S. flagship, and there are no plans for the Z5 series in the U.S., either.
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United Kingdom: 250 onshore windfarms will be scrapped as taxpayer subsidies axed
2015-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: She said about 2,500 proposed turbines in 250 projects are now unlikely to be built. The Renewables Obligation subsidy for new onshore wind farms is being scrapped a year early from April next year. Ms Rudd said this would save consumers cash by avoiding a surplus of state-funded windfarms and by helping newer green technologies compete. Ms Rudd, who has also announced plans to give local communities the final say over windfarms, said: We are reaching the limits of what is affordable, and what...
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U.S. steel companies want Russian trade deal axed
2015-05-06 07:13:36| Steel - Topix.net
U.S. steel producers on Tuesday demanded the Department of Commerce scrap a trade deal sparing Russian producers of carbon steel plate from import duties. Nucor Corp, SSAB Enterprises LLC and Arcelor Mittal USA said a flood of cheap cut-to-length carbon steel plate was hurting the local industry.
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