Hippos and humans learning to live in peace in DR Congo
Just how do you calm down a rampaging hippopotamus? Or even a herd of angry hippos.
Ecology
Feb 4, 2022
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News tagged with job creation
Proposed pipeline could cost jobs, not create them
(PhysOrg.com) -- Claims of job creation by the TransCanada Corp. Keystone XL Pipeline are inflated at best and misleading at worst, according to a new report by the ILR Global Labor Institute (GLI) posted on its website.
Economics & Business
Oct 3, 2011
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US incomes, poverty rate fall in 2011: official
US households saw incomes shrink for a second straight year in 2011 as the economy struggles to recover from the Great Recession, but the poverty rate also edged lower, official data showed Wednesday.
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2012
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California adopts extensive 'cap-and-trade' plan
(AP) -- California formally adopted the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system Thursday, an experiment by the world's eighth-largest economy that is designed to provide financial incentives for polluters ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2011
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Calif poised to finalize 'cap-and-trade' plan
(AP) -- California is poised to formally adopt the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system, designed to provide a financial incentive for polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Oct 20, 2011
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FCC and the Internet
The U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia recently ruled that the Federal Communications Commission has no authority to tell Internet service providers how to manage their networks.
Internet
Apr 27, 2010
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Small firms driving job creation
Britain's small businesses are likely to create almost two thirds of the country's jobs in an average year, a major new study has revealed.
Economics & Business
Mar 31, 2010
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Channeling corporate cash and asset reserves into job creation
U.S. commercial banks and large nonfinancial corporations have been carrying huge cash hoards and other liquid assets, totaling $1.4 trillion. At the same time, small businesses have been locked out of credit markets, preventing ...
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2011
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Green jobs debate should look beyond short-term benefits, says UKERC report
A new study by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) suggests that renewable energy and energy efficiency create up to ten times more jobs per unit of electricity generated or saved than fossil fuels. However, in itself labour ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 5, 2014
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Accenture vows big workforce boost in US
Technology consulting and services company Accenture on Friday announced plans to boost its US workforce by 30 percent in the coming three years.
Business
Feb 18, 2017
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