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New IPCC report shows world unprepared for dangers of climate change: 
Greenpeace urges swift transition to renewable energy to disarm threat

Yokohama, Japan, March 31 2014 – Greenpeace urged world leaders to accelerate the transition to clean and safe energy as the UN climate panel issued on Monday a new warning on the looming climate chaos. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said climate change impacts are already widespread across all continents and oceans and …

OUTOKUMPU SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDES THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH IG METALL ON THE INDUSTRIAL PLAN

Outokumpu announced today that the negotiations regarding the industrial plan have been successfully concluded with the employee representatives and unions in Germany. The industrial plan for Business Area EMEA Stainless was originally announced in October 2013, with a target of EUR 100 million annual savings, contributing to the overall annual synergy and cost savings of …

BASELWORLD 2014 : the countdown has begun XI

LOUIS MOINET | Mecanograph A true precision instrument with COSC chronometer certification, the Mecanograph puts its entire regulating organ on view, together with its escapement and openworked gear train. This mechanical choreography vibrating at 8 beats a second is a truly mesmerising sight! This brilliantly engineered Manufacture movement, which is visible beneath half the dial, …

BASELWORLD 2014 : the countdown has begun X

HERMES | Dressage L’heure masquée Time affords a permanent opportunity to make the”great escape” and to seize only the moments that truly count. The hour hand remains hidden beneath the constantly moving minute hand, solely deigning to appear at a deliberate press on a crown-integrated pushbutton. This fleeting apparition captures exclusively the moment in hand …

Free Tax Software Kiosks & In-Person Help Available at Locations Across the Country Through Partnership between IRS & Free File Alliance

Tax Software Available at ‘Volunteer Income Tax Assistance’ Sites in 14 States & Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 26, 2014) – The Free File Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of industry-leading tax software companies partnered with the Internal Revenue Service, today announced that free tax software is now available at self-assist computer kiosks across 14 states …

Policymakers to Meet in Kigali on Getting Nutritious Foods to People

Washington D.C., March 27, 2014. On March 31, more than 275 high-level stakeholders from government, business and civil society will converge in Kigali, Rwanda, for a three-day consultation on ‘Getting Nutritious Foods to People.’ Nearly one in three people globally suffers from a lack of essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A, zinc and …