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In Recession, Americans Doing More, Buying Less |
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 03:49 |
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 MIAMI — Rosario and Igor Montoya used to buy, buy, buy for themselves and their two children without a second thought. Expensive sneakers, a new laptop, Legos — they all got what they wanted. But with the recession slashing the Montoyas’ workload and income by more than half, their priorities have shifted from products to activities. After school and on weekends, the family now hops into a pink canoe they bought secondhand. They paddle though Biscayne Bay to nearby islands, naming each, sometimes making boats out of sticks and leaves. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 03:55 |
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Give tax perks for R&D on green tech |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Thursday, 31 December 2009 04:08 |
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 Wednesday December 30, 2009 I REFER to Datuk Halim Man’s article “Energy solution is right here” (The Star, Dec 25). Achieving “grid parity” will take Malaysia perhaps another 10 to 15 years. This is the estimation if foreign technologies are used as generating input into current development of renewable energy in the Malaysian context. |
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Health Ministry to control promotion, marketing of fast food |
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Friday, 25 December 2009 00:53 |
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2009/12/21
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will control the promotion and marketing of fast food services in the country to educate the people of healthy diets, the Dewan Negara heard today.
Its Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said among steps taken was to tighten the control on promotion and advertisement of fast food on TV stations and increasing programmes involving healthy diets on radio, TV, newspapers and magazines. |
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WHO: Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic not over yet |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Thursday, 31 December 2009 03:57 |
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GENEVA: The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Margaret Chan warned on Tuesday that the A/H1N1 pandemic influenza is not over yet and the world needs to continue monitoring the evolution of the disease in 2010, reported China’s Xinhua news agency. “It’s too premature, too early for us to say we have come to an end of the pandemic influenza worldwide,” Dr Margaret Chan told a news conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. |
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Ecosystems strain to keep pace with climate - study |
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Friday, 25 December 2009 00:28 |
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Thursday December 24, 2009 By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Earth's various ecosystems, with all their plants and animals, will need to shift about a quarter-mile (.42 km) per year on average to keep pace with global climate change, scientists said in a study released on Wednesday. How well particular species can survive rising worldwide temperatures attributed to excess levels of heat-trapping "greenhouse" gases emitted by human activity hinges on those species' ability to migrate or adapt in place. |
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