If this year's holiday period is anything like the last, seniors should be advised that, along with seasonal elevations of joy and good cheer, the risk of falling victim to elder financial abuse is also increasing. Older ...
Economics & Business
Dec 14, 2011
0
0
By invading new environments, some alien species have caused disastrous consequences for local species and ecosystems, as well as for human activities—damage to infrastructure, crops, forest plantations, fishing yields, ...
Ecology
Apr 18, 2023
0
30
Oil platforms, pipelines, coal power plants and other fossil fuel assets could lose trillions of dollars in the battle against climate change in the coming decades, experts say.
Environment
Apr 5, 2022
0
25
Financial losses from natural catastrophes totalled $90 billion in 2015, the lowest level since 2009, German reinsurer Munich Re said on Monday.
Business
Jan 4, 2016
0
10
The yeast Dekkera bruxellensis plays an important role in the production of wine, as it can have either a positive or a negative impact on the taste. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, among others, have analyzed the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 4, 2012
0
0
Troubled German semiconductor maker Infineon has asked the government for around 500 million euros (690 million dollars) in loan guarantees, a press report said on Thursday.
Business
May 28, 2009
0
0
Financial compensation should be paid by rich nations for the loss and damage of biodiversity disproportionately affecting the Global South, argue Dilys Roe and co-authors in a Comment piece in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Environment
May 30, 2023
0
13
A team of researchers at Delft University has found that while the number of floods across Europe over the past century and a half has increased, the number of resulting deaths has decreased, as have financial losses. In ...
Japan's Sony on Tuesday said it would book a net loss of about $6.4 billion in the year to March, more than double its previous forecast amid sweeping changes at the struggling electronics giant.
Business
Apr 10, 2012
0
0
Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world's poorest nations to combat biodiversity loss, an alliance of environment groups said Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 1, 2022
0
2
