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• Ancient Mediterranean flood mystery solved

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 167
  Research has revealed details of the catastrophic Zanclean flood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea more than five million years ago.
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• The catastrophe bond market is heading to a surprisingly healthy 2009

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 787
  Filed under: Company News , Investing , Goldman Sachs , Marsh & McLennan Cos. , American International Group, INC. In an odd twist of logic, its looking like a good year to be in the catastrophe business. The business of insuring against catastrophes, that is. Industry insiders now expect that ...
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• Promises to cut pollution fall short of saving world: UN climate chief

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Joydeep GuptaCopenhagen, Dec 8 (IANS) None of the commitments made by rich countries or emerging countries are good enough to halt dangerous global warming, the UN climate chief said here Tuesday.As over 5,000 delegates from 192 governments started the business end of the Dec 7-18 climate summit, UN Framework ...
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• Youth get in bed together on Lennon anniversary

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  It was 29 years ago today that a lone gunman assassinated John Lennon and the anniversary was the spur behind a youth "bed in" at the COP15 conference center. Socres of young folks from around the world used the day to remember Lennons famous bed-in protest of the Vietnam War and to put their own spin on it. They ...
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• Thank you, EPA: U.S. solar companies

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Many businesses chafed on Monday at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s declaration that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. But executives at the two largest U.S. solar power companies took a shine to the statement, which clears the way for federal regulation and came as a global climate ...
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• Fossil of the Day Award: And the winner is…

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The UN Conference on Climate Change is a weighty gathering of serious folks looking for a way to cut carbon emissions. Its also a great place to bring some much-needed humor and along the way hammer a few perceived laggers in the fight against global warming. Enter the Fossil of the Day Awards, a tongue-in-cheek ...
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• Icebergs, Copenhagen hot topics in Southern Ocean

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The Southern Ocean is toying with us, like some killer whale tossing its prey before devouring it. The small French research ship l’Astrolabe is being battered by 55 kmh (35 mph) winds and tossed like a cork in icy, three metre (9 feet) waves. Many onboard have retreated to the safety of their bunks where, ...
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• Astrology of 2012 and Beyond, The

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 160
  Product DescriptionIn October 2007, a new phenomenon appeared in the sky, was named the Comet Holmes, and is being claimed and acclaimed by the Hopi Nation as the Blue Star of their prophecy. The Blue Star is the harbinger. Between now and somewhere in 2013-2014, when the Red Star appears, great shifts in human ...
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• Trading on disaster: Two new cat bonds come to market

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 674
  Filed under: International markets , Good news The catastrophe bond market is still running strong. This alternative to reinsurance, in which insurers can package up their risk and sell it to investors, may be a small part of the market, but carriers are clearly committing to it . Swiss Re ( SWCEY ) and Scor ( ...
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• US can ill afford to ignore terror safe havens in Pakistan: Clinton

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec.2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that it is imperative to demolish the syndicate of terrorism that operated out of the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and that Washington can ill afford to ignore the fact that Pakistan is a terror safe haven.Addressing American ...
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• Space insurance sends profits to the stars

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 674
  Filed under: Earnings reports , Good news , Competitive strategy Theres only one month left. If it can pass with no major catastrophic rocket failures, the space insurance sector will look back on a fantastic -- and profitable -- 2009. Insurance for this market can be a tough business, as failures are ...
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• Anxiety fear ‘puts above-average worriers at depression risk’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study by Penn State researchers has revealed that anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression. According to researchers, understanding how sensitivity to anxiety is a risk factor for depression may make ...
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• Catastrophic Insurance Coverage, Protecting Your Home And Your Health From Major Catastrophe

  
  Carrie and Danielle — Authority: 539
  Catastrophic coverage is a specific type of insurance policy that is designed specifically with the intent to cover a catastrophe.There are many types of catastrophic insurance coverage and this coverage is used as a supplement to the regular insurance coverage in instances; such as:FireEarthquakeFloodTornadoMajor ...
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• Catastrophic Insurance Coverage, Protecting Your Home And Your …

  
  Compare Home Insurance Rates — Authority: 156
  Catastrophic coverage is a specific type of insurance policy that is designed specifically with the intent to cover a catastrophe. There are many types of. More here: Catastrophic Insurance Coverage, Protecting Your Home And Your …
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• Accounting Standard for Contingencies [An Overview]

  
  Accounting-financial-tax.com offers bookkeeping journal entry basic accounting financial accounting management accounting tax accounting cash management accounting cost accounting financial ratio budget forecasting — Authority: 129
  I’ve listed almost all types of current liabilities on my previous post [All Types of Items shown as Current Liabilities]. Contingencies are part of current liabilities, but since it is a broad and controversy topic, I decide to emphasize contingencies discussion separately in this post. I am going to talk about it ...
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• Americans may have discovered Australia before Captain Cook

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Sydney, November 30 (ANI): An expedition is all set to go on a journey to find the remains of a shipwreck near the coast of Queensland that they believe may lead to the finding that American whalers may have discovered the nation of Australia before Captain Cook.According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, [...]
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• Co-workers donating PTO “gives me hope”

  
  Career Transition Services Blog, Corporate Outplacement, Job Search Services at RiseSmart — Authority: 113
  They say that time is the most precious gift you can give. And if that time is paid time off – and the recipient is truly in need – it is beyond precious. This deeply meaningful gift is being given not by friends, not by family… but by co-workers. I’m talking about a trend in generosity that should be quite ...
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• The Firebrand Discusses Catastrophic Care

  
  Deafening Silence — Authority: 115
  About ten years ago, the 21-year-old daughter of a coworker of mine was abruptly diagnosed with a late-stage, rare cancer.  Theirs was a middle-class family with two working parents and a small house.  Before the diagnosis they had been worrying about putting their other two children through college.  After the ...
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• Online Currency Trading - Forex Trading Strategies

  
  Currency Forex Trading Blog — Authority: 157
  Foreign Exchange Currency Trading Current monetary policy allows for free and open exchange of currencies at market rates for most US and European trading partners. In essence, by looking at the exchange rates, and by prognosticating on foreign and international news, foreign exchange traders are making gambles ...
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• Will Manmohan Singh influence Obama’s Afghan strategy? (News Analysis)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Mayank ChhayaWashington, Nov 27 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assertive counsel to stay the course in Afghanistan or risk “catastrophic consequences” under an emboldened Taliban could play a decisive role in President Barack Obama’s final determination about his new strategy in the region.It ...
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