Recent Environment Articles page 4

International Herald Tribune - In Hong Kong, heavyweight China Mobile dropped 2.6 percent to HK$135.00 on concerns it may soon face a more competitive environment following a potential restructuring of China's telecom sector. "In light of more frequent regulatory news flow recently ...

New York Post - ... five entertainment conglomerates - CBS, Disney, News Corp., Time Warner and Viacom - only Viacom managed to post a share price increase this year, as uncertainty over the impact of digital delivery of content and a weakened advertising environment ...

Forbes - The government spokesman said the outlook for the external environment is subject to greater uncertainty than before. 'Much will depend on whether the US economy will slow down sharply in the coming quarters and whether the on-going global credit ...

Bloomberg - The environment is not good'' for consumers, said Dominique Barbet, an economist at BNP Paribas SA in Paris. ``The positive element is the labor market, the very negative element is the price increases.'' Inflation in the euro region ...

Boston Globe - SINCE THIS is the list-making time of year, allow me to add a tiny trophy to Al Gore's very full shelf: the prize for the most elegant speech of 2007. I wasn't sure how the politician-turned-environmentalist fit the profile for a Nobel Peace Prize ...

Newsday - Others say an open campus teaches high school students responsibility and prepares them for the less structured environment of college. Practical considerations also come into play. Several high schools in more rural settings -- without shopping ...

CNBC - This is expected to show another modest decline, due to the less favourable lending environment following this summer's credit crunch. Economists polled by Thomson expect the index to drop to 54.0, compared with the previous reading of 54.8. On ...

Reuters - The interim government's priority is to maintain a peaceful, safe and secure environment for everyone in the country." Fiji Police Commissioner Esala Teleni said more arrests were possible and that police had asked for military assistance. Continued

Bloomberg - Japan emitted 1.341 billion metric tons of gases including carbon dioxide and methane in fiscal 2006, according to a preliminary report today by the environment ministry. While the figure was 1.3 percent lower than a year earlier, it fell behind the ...

CNBC - Connie Hedegaard, Denmark's minister for the environment, said at the Davos forum in Dalian earlier this year that although developed countries should take the lead, "developing countries should bear some burden, but not the same burden." david ...