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• Sports Ministry to provide allowance to touring athletes

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Sports Ministry has decided to pay $25 per day as out-of-pocket allowance to players representing India in international tournaments abroad.The decision was taken keeping in view the long standing demand of the sportspersons, Sports Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.“The Ministry ...
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• Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: An incentive-compatible experiment

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/17107/ Abstract: In this paper Yael Meroz, Andrea Morone, and Piergiuseppe Morone aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help ... assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods. The methodology employed ...
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• Bolt of Insight May Flash in Pan at Supreme Court

  
  Blawgletter — Authority: 127
  Flyswatter by Rube Goldberg. Youve heard about the genius whose incandescent idea for a new contraption wakes him in the hours before sunup.  Youll also recall Edison s cutesy statement that "[g]enius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." Both the insight that disturbs the inventors ...
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• Which renewable energy policy is a venture capitalists best friend? Empirical evidence from a survey of international cleantech investors

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.071 Abstract: Governments around the world have adopted ambitious targets to increase the share of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They pursue a variety of policy approaches to achieve these targets. It has been a popular theme for contributions in ...
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• Measuring the environmental costs of tidal power plant construction: A choice experiment study

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.015 Abstract: Korea is considering the construction of a tidal power plant (TPP) at Garolim Bay. However, as the construction of the Garolim TPP (GTPP) is expected to entail some environmental damage, it has become an increasingly important topic for public debate. Using a ...
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• India go down to Saudi Arabia in Asian under-19 qualifiers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) India went down to Saudi Arabia 1-3 in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championship qualifier at Arbil, Iraq.According to information received here, India led 1-0 till the half-time but then conceded three goals in the second half for their second successive defeat Saturday night at ...
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• British PM revives global tax idea at G20 meet

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  London, Nov 7 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Saturday resurrected the idea of the international community imposing a global tax on banks as a repayment for the billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money they have received from governments.The idea is said to mimic the so-called “Tobin tax” - a 0.1 ...
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• Terengganu Floods: 235 families evacuated

  
  Voice of Malaysian — Authority: 131
  KUALA TERENGGANU: Four days of continuous rain finally took its toll when several low lying areas in Terengganu were hit by floods, forcing some 235 families to be evacuated in three districts. A spokesperson from the State National Security Council, when contacted, said up to 12.30pm, 24 families in Dungun district ...
  5 days ago

• Power to Veto Doesnt Equal Power to Pick Under PSLRA, Ninth Circuit Says

  
  Blawgletter — Authority: 127
    The case involved NVIDIA stock, which didnt do too well. The Ninth Circuit chided a district court today for usurping a right that the panel held belongs to the "lead plaintiff" in cases under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 -- the right to choose counsel for the putative class. The ...
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• The Yankees Win! New York Defeats Philadelphia for its 27th World Championship

  
  The Starting Five — Authority: 421
  (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Hideki Matsui has no knees left. He’s been relegated to a designated hitter which isn’t easy for a former full time player. Sometimes it’s just your time and Godzilla came through tonight like the champion he now is. For the series he was 8-13 with 3 homers and 8 runs ...
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• Valuation of Marine Ecosystem Threshold Effects: Application of Choice Experiments to Value Algal Bloom in the Black Sea Coast of Bulgaria

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://opus.bath.ac.uk/15971/1/0709.pdf Abstract: Algal bloom arises in part from anthropogenic emissions of nutrients into the coastal zone. Increased interest in water quality in coastal and marine areas stemming from the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive leads to important ...
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• Survey: Seasonal Work is Top Reason for Hiring Contingents

  
  Work Exposed the Blog — Authority: 119
  The most-cited reason for using contingent labor by companies around the world is to complete work during peak seasonal periods, according to a survey released by Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN). Nineteen percent of firms surveyed cited it as the primary reason they use contingent labor. The next-most cited reason was as ...
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• Clients Must Pay Full Contingent Fee, En Banc Ninth Circuit Holds

  
  Blawgletter — Authority: 127
    Richard Burton, as Hamlet, fussed about "the laws delay".   The Ninth Circuit spans a vastness on our spinning globe -- from Window Rock, AZ, to Merizo, GM; from Border Field State Park, CA, to Barrow, AK; plus a lot in between.  The biggest U.S. court of appeals also claims, oh, nearly 30 circuit judges. ...
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• Mavericks "Surfonomics" Study Released

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://www.savethewaves.org/news/view/102 On October 29, 2009, the Save The Waves Coalition announced the preliminary results from its second “Surfonomics” study, a measure of the economic value of the world-famous big-wave break at Mavericks in Half Moon Bay, California. The study found that the surfing site ...
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• Supremes Listen to Fee Fight

  
  Blawgletter — Authority: 127
  The U.S. Supreme Court today heard what "fiduciary" means for an investment adviser when it charges mutual funds more than institutional investors pay for similar services.  See Transcript , Jones v. Harris Assocs. L.P. , No 08-586 (U.S. Nov. 2, 2009).  Briefs here . Blawgletter predicts a close decision -- ...
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• The value of recreational fishing in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: A pooled revealed preference and contingent behaviour model

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.07.002 Abstract: Given the focus on protecting natural assets in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia, it is important for managers and policy makers to understand the value of recreational fishing in the area, and how changes in management may affect those ...
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• The Value of Reducing Cancer Risks at Contaminated Sites: Are More Heavily Exposed People Willing to Pay More?

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://www.feem.it/Feem/Pub/Publications/WPapers/WP2009-060.htm Summary: Anna Alberini, Stefania Tonin, Margherita Turvani use conjoint choice questions to investigate peoples tastes for cancer risk reductions and income in the context of public programs that would provide for remediation at abandoned industrial ...
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• More from Spain on Contingent Fees, Plus Word on a Spanish Law Website and Blog Regarding Spanish Law Issues

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 128
  You may recall this prior post regarding Spains high court striking down a statute prohibiting contingent fees. A friend and Spanish law school instructor, Albert Azagra, was kind enough to to provide the following additional specifics on the ruling. I posed the questions and Albert provided the answers, with a caveat ...
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• Willingness-to-sell conservation easements: A case study

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2009.02.001 Abstract: A contingent valuation survey of forest landowners in Southern Vermont and Western Massachusetts suggests that it would cost about $700 per acre to entice about one-half of Massachusetts and 33% of Vermont respondents to permanently conserve their forestland. ...
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• Bridging the gap between the field and the lab: Environmental goods, policy maker input, and consequentiality

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 484
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2009.04.007 Abstract: This paper explores the criterion validity of stated preference methods through experimental referenda that capture key characteristics of a stated preference survey for a proposed environmental program. In particular, Christian A. Vossler and Mary F. Evans ...
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