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West Coast mayors will form consortium to build highway for electric vehicles

The mayors of five West Coast cities held a summit in Portland last week to discuss the ideas to reduce carbon emissions in the cities. The mayors commit to forming a consortium for electric vehicles, to increase the use of EVs in the cities.

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Cotton piles up at warehouses globally

The increasing volumes of global inventories are giving lesser chances for price rise on cotton. However, the cotton output in the US, China and India is expected to be lower this season. Hedge funds are bullish on cotton prices. Cotton has been doing well this year among other commodities. India is expected to be world's largest cotton producer during 2015-16 replacing China.

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Taylor Swift’s World Concert Documentary Launch on Apple Music Exclusively on 20th December, 2015

Taylor Swift gave an excellent gift to her fans by announcing the launch of the Concert documentary on her birthday. She will launch it on Apple Music before Christmas on 20th December 2015.

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The Plan to File a Lawsuit Against Amazon by the NJ Mayor has been Abandoned

People from all over the world were contemplating if filing a lawsuit against Amazon is justified by NJ Mayor over traffic issues. Surprisingly, within a couple of weeks, NJ Mayor has withdrawn his decision to sue Amazon and clarifies the reason behind his sudden decision change.

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Combating Pollution in China with Smartphone App

Smartphone applications and devices can now be utilized allowing citizens in China in monitoring pollution.

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Jia Yueting's Faraday Future to Build $1 Billion Electric Car Factory in Nevada

Faraday Futures, Tesla strongest competitor will establish its $1 billion plant in Las Vegas. Backed by Chinese media mogul Jia Yueting, the company will reveal its car in CES electronic trade show in January.

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Alibaba Ventures into the Print Media Business Buying The South China Morning Post For Around $262 million

Alibaba buys The South China Morning Post for approximately US$262 million. It is being said that that the business skill of Jack Ma, the founder of the internet giant Alibaba can surely help SCMP grow.

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Australia To Fund Wind Power Again; Turnbull Lifts Abbot's Ban

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has lifted former PM Tony Abbott's ban on government investment on wind power.

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Chemical titans DuPont and Dow Chemical agree $130bn merger

Chemical titans DuPont and Dow Chemical Co agreed to merge in a deal that would value the two companies at $130 billion, leading to more savings and more consolidations.

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BNP Report: Alibaba Can Expand Operations with $38B in 2016

A report from BNP Paribas estimates that Alibaba will have $38 billion to expand their operations next year.

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Wealthy Chinese men are getting rid of their yuan despite IMF's endorsement

Despite the International Monetary Fund endorsement, Rich Chinese men are selling their yuan or Renminbi for other currencies, because they know that the country's economy continues to slow down.

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Women of Color Facing the Worst: Will the Challenges of Retirement Haunt Till Death?

The Women of Color are facing retirement challenges. The measures are being taken to educate them about the financial issues. But the policymakers and researchers must be more active in finding a permanent solution.

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Drone to manned aircraft near-collisions encounter reaches 241 cases

There is an increase of drone to manned aircraft near-collision encounters with 241 new cases according to new study released Friday.

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A Rare Find: 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 found in junkyard

Keith Clark found a very rare real 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 back in a junkyard back in 1975 and bought it for just two grand.

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Blackberry Backs to Tracks: Forefronts Secured Androids

Blackberry possesses 1% chunk of global smartphone market, but still manages to generate $192 million revenue or 41% of global sales from selling 8,00,000 units in Q2 of FY 2016. Blackberry eyes hefty profits by Q4 of FY16 through its unique security features and those include seeking information on developer’s certificate from the apps to be run in the device, which has recognized Blackberry as the forefront in ensuring secured phones that over rides price competitiveness.
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