Technology/Science
Warming Happening Faster In High Latitude Coastal Waters: University Research
Locally, changes in coastal ocean temperatures may be much more extreme than global averages imply. New research published in the June 18 edition of Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE) entitled ...Accenture Cuts Full-Year Outlook As Consulting Slows Further
Outsourcing and consulting services provider Accenture Plc cut its full-year outlook last week, citing a pullback in spending by its consulting business clients. Clients are slowing the pace and ...
Progressive, USAA Enter License Agreement for Usage-Based Insurance
Progressive Insurance announced Friday that it is entering into a licensing agreement with United Services Automobile Association for intellectual property related to usage-based car insurance ...
U.S. Regulator Tells Web Search Firms To Label Ads Better
U.S. regulators warned leading Internet firms including Google Inc. to better identify paid ads in search results, particularly as new technology such as mobile services and voice-based online ...
Google Vindicated By EU Court Opinion On Search Results
Google must respect EU privacy law but is not obliged to delete sensitive information from its search index, an adviser to the highest European Union court said, in a case that tests whether people ...
Obama Takes On Power Plants As Part Of New Climate Plan
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants and other domestic actions including support ...
Supreme Court Extends Ban on Suits Against Generic Drugs
The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced its bar on lawsuits by patients against generic-drug makers, overturning a $21 million award to a woman who suffered debilitating injuries after taking a generic ...
Study Opens New Cracks In Scientific Front On Climate Change: Opinion
A major recent study has put the cat among the pigeons on climate change, challenging the size of the problem in the near-term and the role of a recent slowdown in warming. The paper, published in ...