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Companies around the globe are investing billions of dollars in lithium ion battery manufacturing facilities Last year the top 13 battery makers boasted annual production capacity of 29 gigawatt hours GWh of energy storage products By 2020 those same companies are expected to
June 13, 2017 at 10:27PM
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) appears to be well on its way to becoming the first trillion dollar company in terms of valuation, but at least one member of the investment community expects Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) to overtake it down the stretch and claim the title. On a recent episode of…
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June 12, 2017 at 10:50PM
from Tim Frederick
There’s a big chance that the food in your refrigerator, cupboard, or table came from at least one of the companies that we consider the 11 best food company stocks to buy now. When it comes to stock investment, it’s easy to defend building a portfolio based at least somewhat heavily around food…
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June 12, 2017 at 10:50PM
from Miko Ilas
The 11 best growth company stocks to buy now are often characterized by strong sales growth, solid management team, attractive valuations, and a growing market for their products and services. These stocks tend to do well during periods of improving economic conditions and increased consumer…
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June 12, 2017 at 10:50PM
from Sneha Shah
Investing in dividend stocks can be a profitable strategy to build wealth, and especially, to build a decent portfolio for retirement. Because of the stability of most dividend stocks, an investor can estimate the cash flow that a portfolio will generate, which is helpful once dividend payments…
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June 12, 2017 at 10:50PM
from Alexandr Oleinic
Each year on June 8 we celebrate World Oceans Day, a date designated by the United Nations to recognize our relationship with the ocean through many different ways of global connection. Around the world, through the World Ocean Network, The Ocean Project, and many other organizations with ocean interests, events will take place to highlight the value of ocean resources. There will be maritime festivals and beach clean-ups, school projects and environmental presentations the world over – in Africa and Asia, Europe and the Americas. What was once a bright idea is now an international event that for one brief moment focuses some part of ephemeral world interest on the ocean and its benefit for all mankind.
Of course, every day is ocean day. We can claim that with the authority of the headlines that every day point to some ocean issue of import: the crisis of plastic pollution and growing, swirling gyres around the world, the catastrophic disaster of a failed drilling rig or shipping accident, piracy in Arabian waters, the trade impacts of an expanded Panama Canal, the security implications of melting sea ice and the opening of Northern Arctic passages, the decline of fisheries across the world economy, relaxed ocean regulations and increased drilling and mining, and the continuing, growing evidence of the negative impact of climate change on the ocean and its capacity for supporting all aspects of human survival.
What is World Oceans Day meant to do? If all those concerned with ocean issues were to shout at once, there would be a compelling noise, enough to let us know that others around the world also care, enough to give us confidence that our whole is greater by the sum of our individual voices, and perhaps enough to penetrate the consciousness of a political structure that for the most part continues to ignore ocean issues, willfully waiting until it is too late. Sadly, if we hear anything at all, it is either the silence of indifference, or the shrill pitch of denial, or occasionally, the clear prescient voice of science and reality, there, but apparently not yet loud enough to make the necessary difference for the deciders.
What was once a bright idea is now an international event that for one brief moment focuses some part of ephemeral world interest on the ocean and its benefit for all mankind.
A 2012 survey conducted by The Ocean Project indicates that public awareness of ocean issues in the United States has not advanced at all over a ten-year period: no progress despite consistent and continuing efforts by conservation, ocean, and other environmental organizations to inform and educate. What, then, does it take for the will of the people to coalesce around a single issue, to be informed and changed into a voice for change, and to counter the lassitude and cynicism? The analogy that occurs, of course, is the ocean itself, believed to be infinite in its capacity to dissolve the toxins, absorb the oil, sequester the CO2, cleanse the waste, circulate the protein and fresh water, heal itself along with the poisons of others. Cleaning the beaches on Oceans Day is a reminder of what the ocean cannot assimilate – poly nets and fishing lines, plastic bags and containers, and congealed residue of too much oil spilled or chemicals deposited, fish and birds struggling to recover from polluted, de-oxygenated waters, and disrupted lives of so many worldwide who have for generations made their living from the sea. This detritus, both natural and social, is ample evidence that the ocean has reached its limit and that, if we continue to despoil it, we risk a vast, terrible, irretrievable loss.
When we stand by the sea, or when we imagine it in our minds, we perceive Nature in the reality of its movement, shifting light, and sense of life. When we study the ocean, we understand its contribution to our health and well-being through water, food, energy, and economic, cultural, and spiritual connection. Why would we put such a valuable thing at risk? Why would we subvert a national policy to protect it? Why would we ignore a system of governance and law for the sea to manage it? Why, deliberately, through acts of commission and omission, would we allow such a vital, fecund thing to be compromised, poisoned, and killed? Surely, if on this Ocean Day we can come to the realization that such acts are truly self-destructive, we can then use every other day to spread the word, to act in some overt way to change our behaviors, and to otherwise transform the will of one Citizen of the Ocean to become thousands, to become millions, who demand that the ocean be returned from scarcity to abundance, from conflict to accommodation, from exploitation to sustainability, from ignorance to intelligent action for our future.
The ocean will serve us well, forever, if only we demand, now, to serve it better.
Take the Citizens of the Ocean* Pledge today.
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June 08, 2017 at 10:52PM
from Peter Neill
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from Christopher Williams
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from Jillian Ambrose
June 06, 2017 at 10:46PM
from Bradley Gerrard
The stock market could face its most turbulent week of trading so far this year, with a trio of potentially destabilizing events on deck. Read Full Story
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June 04, 2017 at 09:53PM
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Case Studies on Business Ethics, Sustainability, Policy, CorpGov, SRI, Circular Economy in this Springer Nature publ…lnkd.in/dmiBxaB
May 28, 2017 at 10:49PM
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Diane Hockin retweeted:
A different perspective from three members of @SMEAllianceLtd . We focus on real life effects of failure of #corpgov in #banking system https://t.co/QtO8F3xpu5
May 28, 2017 at 10:49PM
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CPMA announces new board of directors
The Produce News The Canadian Produce Marketing Association has announced its new board of directors, which was elected at the Annual General Meeting, held during CPMA’s 92nd Annual Convention & Trade Show, May 9-11 in Toronto. The Executive Committee … |
May 25, 2017 at 10:53PM
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If you want to buy a home, it will cost you.
Mortgage site HSH.com has updated its estimate of how much annual income a household would need to buy a home in major metropolitan areas in the US, according to first-quarter 2016 data.
In Q1, the site found that the prices of sold homes in the majority of the markets it examined dropped from Q4 2016, but an increase in 30-year mortgage rates more than countered that drop. Between the mortgage rates and the prices — which may have been less than Q4 but were still more than a year prior — the average home price increased by about 9% across all markets.
HSH.com looked at median home prices from the National Association of Realtors. It took into account interest rates for common 30-year fixed-rate mortgages and property taxes and insurance costs to figure out how much money it would take to pay a median-priced home’s mortgage, taxes, and insurance in each city, and how much you’d have to earn to afford it.
HSH.com emphasizes that this is only the base cost of owning a home, without taking into account maintenance and other incidentals.
The site also calculated how it would change the salary needed to buy a home if a buyer were to put 10% down instead of the recommended 20%. No matter where you are, putting down less makes things more expensive — you can visit HSH.com to see both numbers.
Salaries are listed from lowest to highest needed and are rounded to the nearest $500.
SEE ALSO: Here’s how much you need to earn to live comfortably in 15 major US cities while still saving money
Population: 1,409,000
Median home price: $202,600
Monthly mortgage payment: $1,186
Salary needed to buy: $51,000
Population: 1,517,628
Median home price: $209,000
Monthly mortgage payment: $1,221
Salary needed to buy: $52,500
Population: 255,483
Median home price: $230,000
Monthly mortgage payment: $1,229
Salary needed to buy: $52,500
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May 24, 2017 at 10:54PM
from Libby Kane
