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In Myanmar, Cheap SIM Card Draw May Herald Telecoms Revolution
Introduced a decade and a half ago under Myanmar's former military rulers, SIM cards sold for as much as $7,000 apiece. Today, they still cost more than $200. From Thursday, lucky winners of a ...U.S. Can Sue BNY Mellon Over Currency Trades; Mortgage Cases To Test Same Law
A federal judge said on Wednesday the U.S. government can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Bank of New York Mellon Corp of overcharging clients for trading currencies, a case brought under a ...
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U.S. Seeks Voluntary Limits On Car Touch Screens
The government is asking automakers to put stronger limits on drivers' interaction with in-car touch screens in an effort to curb distracted driving. U.S. traffic safety regulators unveiled ...
U.S. Should Do More On Climate Change: UN’s Figueres
The United States should do more to fight climate change and help industry catch up on missed economic opportunities in clean energies, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on ...Scientists Urge UN Action On Chemicals In Consumer Products, Pesticides
On Tuesday, a group of influential scientists called for swift action by the UN system to prevent harm from a wide variety of synthetic chemicals in consumer products and pesticides that play a role ...Travelers Q1 Profit Up 11% to $896M; CEO Says ‘We Will Keep Going’ on Rate Hikes
The Travelers Companies Inc. on Tuesday reported $896 million net income for its 2013 first quarter, an increase of 11 percent compared to $806 million income reported during the first quarter of ...Bangladesh Factory Building Collapse Kills Nearly 100
An eight-story block housing garment factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds more, ...