Great Barrier Reef A $42 Billion Asset 'Too Big To Fail': Study NDTV Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is "too big to fail", a study said Monday. ... ...
On PM Modi's Portugal stopover, a Gujarati lunch and a bilateral boost for startups The Times Of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Portugal, the first bilateral visit by any Indian PM to the country, saw him and his counterpart, Antonio Costa, launching a unique startup portal called the India-Portugal International StartUp Hub (IPISH) in Lisbon. | The portal is expected to tap into the s...
SAIC Motor announces set up of first car manufacturing facility in DNA India SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Wednesday announced its plan to enter the Indian automobile market through a fully-owned car manufacturing facility in the country. | The largest automobile giant in China, SAIC is ranked 46th in the Fortune Global 500 ...
Volkswagen Upgrades Cloud Foundry Foundation Membership to Gold Market Watch SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Volkswagen Group today announced it has upgraded its membership status in Cloud Foundry Foundation, home of the industry-standard platform for cloud applications, from Silver to Gold. Volkswage...
Catalysing MSME entrepreneurship in India: A KPMG-IMC Report Moneycontrol The whitepaper examines how several policy interventions along with technology and innovation will continue to play a pivotal role in creating a business-friendly atmosphere for the MSMEs. | Different sources of capital are used by MSMEs across their...
SES and MDA Announce First Satellite Life Extension Agreement Market Watch LUXEMBOURG, Jun 28, 2017 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SES (euronext paris:SESG) (luxx:SESG) and MDA, a global communications and information company, announced today an agreement for an initial satellite life extension mission using an on-orbit refuelling vehi...
Utah officials blame lack of logging for major wildfire Star Advertiser SALT LAKE CITY >> Insisting that logging could have cleaned up dead, bug-infested trees that are fueling a Utah wildfire, a Republican state lawmaker blamed federal mismanagement and lawsuits by “tree hugger” environmentalists for the bla...
Trade is essential The Miami Herald As Congress and the Trump administration consider the future of trade, the Florida Chamber of Commerce encourages leaders to consider the important role trade plays in Florida’s economy. | From its discovery, Florida has been global. Much of what m...
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We Can’t Fight Climate Change if We Keep Lying to Ourselves Truth Dig By Chris Hedges | We must embrace a despair that unflinchingly acknowledges the bleak future that will be created by climate change. We must see in any act of resistance, even if i...
Assessing Apple's Prospects In India Seeking Alpha The global smartphone market is expected to slow considerably over the next few years as a result of market saturation in key markets such as the United States and Europe. The numb...
Panel approves bill privatizing air traffic control Rocky Mount Telegram WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel approved legislation Tuesday that would split off management of the nation’s skies from the Federal Aviation Administration and give that responsibility to an independent, nonprofit company. | The Republican-led co...
Utah officials blame lack of logging for major wildfire Rocky Mount Telegram SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Insisting that logging could have cleaned up dead, bug-infested trees that are fueling a Utah wildfire, a Republican state lawmaker blamed federal mismanagement and lawsuits by “tree hugger” environmentalists for the blaze...
Greenland now a major driver of rising seas: study The Jakarta Post Ocean levels rose 50 percent faster in 2014 than in 1993, with meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet now supplying 25 percent of total sea level increase compared with just five percent 20 years earlier, researchers reported Monday. | The findings add to growing concern among scientists that the global watermark is climbing more rapidly than forec...
These are the 10 hottest places on earth The Independent As we all sit in our own sweat, wondering when this hell will end, spare a thought for the places that have really got it bad. Here are the 10 hottest places on earth. 1. Death Valley, California, USA | This currently holds the record for hottest air temperature ever recorded. The desert valley reached highs of 56.7 degrees in the summer of 1913, ...
