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Ashcroft's plans for online media empire

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First scooped by kaituhi 1 11 ago | Discuss
According to weekend reports, Lord Ashcroft, the billionaire Tory backer, will stand down as deputy chairman of the Tory party after the election and plans to turn his attention to building up an online media empire.

Although he is better known for his business interests in Belize and donations   More »

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Green opportunities far outweigh the costs

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First scooped by grubny 1 2 48 ago | Discuss
Phillip Mills looks at a low carbon future based on switching the dialogue from costs to opportunities. The opportunities are those inherent in the clean technology boom and they are huge.   More »

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John Key: Part 1, the attack on the NZ dollar in 1987

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First scooped by butterbird 1 10 ago | Discuss
John Key and the things he does not want you to know: Part 1, the attack on the NZ dollar in 1987   More »

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Iceland: 93% vote against debt repayment

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First scooped by Croesus.of.Lydia 3 ago | 2 Comments
Voters in Iceland have overwhelmingly rejected proposals to pay the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of collapse of the Icesave bank.

With a third of results counted, 93% of voters said "No" in a referendum.

Iceland's prime minister says her government will remain in office and continue   More »

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Saudi Aramco Drills Too Many Wells In Ghawar

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First scooped by Economic.Shock.Therapist 4 ago | 1 Comment
The Haradh III development at the southern tip of the Ghawar oil field in Saudi Arabia, completed in 2006, has been portrayed by the national oil company Saudi Aramco as the turning point in the battle between geological adversity and engineering prowess. The poorest reservoir rock in Ghawar has su   More »

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Past cattle breeds will be preferred tomorrow

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First scooped by no9wire 4 ago | Discuss
The cattle breeds from the past will be the breeds preferred tomorrow. The three cattle breeds featured in today's commentary are breeds which I have admired over time for the following reasons: * Miniature cattle are practical and efficient and perfect for the rapidly growing number of sma   More »

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Arctic Shelf Leaking Potent Greenhouse Gas

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First scooped by transient.lifeform 3 ago | Discuss
The frozen cap trapping billions of tonnes of methane under the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean is leaking and venting the powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, new research shows.

It is not known if this may be one of the first indicators of a feedback loop accelerating global warming.
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GR: Fears of A Second Financial Crash Are Real

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First scooped by John.Law 4 ago | Discuss
What will it take? What are they waiting for? What part of the reality of a systemic crisis that will get worse don’t they get?



How is it possible that after near three years of economic turmoil, with possibly hundreds of TRILLIONs down the rabbit hole—not that anyone is counting or ap   More »

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Auck Mortgagee Sales Rise - graphic

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First scooped by Diogenes 6 ago | 1 Comment
the number of mortgagee sales – where a borrower’s property is sold by the [bank] – reached the highest levels since records began

They’ve only been keeping records since 1994 though :)

At the end of the article there are some numbers, which I made a graph of

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Manukau (o   More »

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Republic Debate Goes Public

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First scooped by Res.Publica 7 ago | Discuss
University debating societies up and down the country are holding debates with the Republican Movement in March, taking Keith Locke's Head of State Referenda Bill to the public.

"The Prime Minister does not want to give the public a say on whether to have a referendum this time round, so we'r   More »

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Loewenstein: Secrets and lies between friends

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First scooped by Austral.Asian 9 ago | Discuss
Israel is a protected species in the international arena. Many Western states, including Australia, have long tolerated behaviour by the Jewish state that is condemned if committed by any other democracy.

This reality makes the current scandal over the alleged Mossad hit last month in Dubai of a   More »

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Ashcroft affair: Tory leader, tax exile, the peerage ..

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First scooped by citizen.journalist 7 ago | 1 Comment
In 2003, the wealthy Tory donor Michael Ashcroft was locked in a typically belligerent piece of litigation. The Belize-based entrepreneur was determined to force disclosure of Whitehall files which he hoped might prove that Labour "dirty tricks" had hampered him in his quest for a British peerage   More »

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Ashcroft: new demands for a full tax inquiry

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First scooped by citizen.journalist 7 ago | 1 Comment
Revenue investigators were last night facing demands to launch an inquiry into the tax status of Lord Ashcroft, the billionaire businessman bankrolling the Consevative party, amid new questions about how he was allowed to break a promise to permanently base himself in the UK to secure a seat in the   More »

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Palestine Human Rights Campaign - Aotearoa New Zealand

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First scooped by stolen.generation 7 ago | 1 Comment
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Gaza Freedom March: Why I went to Cairo

“As Jews, we have to recognise that we are not going to be the ones who determine the direction of the Palestinian non-violent struggle for freedom. What we can and should do, is find way   More »

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The Tyranny of Positive Thinking

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First scooped by zeno 4 ago | 5 Comments
Could it be that “thinking positively” is contributing to our blindness and inaction around energy issues, environmental degradation and economic devastation? I’ve hammered this point home in a number of posts, the most widely read being “Do You Have a Panglossian Disorder?.” Now, a trenc   More »

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