06-16-2014, 07:07 AM
“Successive governments knew more than 10 years ago that diesel was producing all these harmful pollutants, but they myopically plowed on with their anti-CO2 agenda,” says Simon Birkett, founder of Clean Air in London, a nonprofit. “It’s been a catastrophe for air pollution, and that’s not too strong a word.”
In addition to NO2, diesel combustion also generates easily inhaled fine particulate matter, which probably killed 3,389 people in London in 2010, the government agency Public Health England said in April
London Leads EU in Car Pollution; Diesel Fuel Blamed - Businessweek
According to data from the WHO’s Global Burden of Disease project, air pollution was responsible for 3.2 million deaths worldwide in 2010, and 223,000 specifically from lung cancer.
Air Pollution Is More Harmful Than Passive Smoking, Two Reports Find - Businessweek
A new study concludes that under Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve’s extraordinary measures to fight the financial crisis cut the unemployment rate by about 1 percentage point from what it would otherwise have been.
Study: Bernanke's Fed Lowered the Jobless Rate by One Percentage Point - Businessweek
A trend change is at hand for the euro-dollar after the European Central Bank exceeded the market's easing expectations last week by imposing a negative interest rate on banks for their deposits and cutting its main interest rate from 0.25 percent to 0.15 percent.
As the ECB delivers a euro trend change is at hand
The "smart" in Smartisan OS is all about how it solves the many pain points that we come across while using our smartphones. You can check out a detailed list of features in our previous article, so we'll focus on the new ones introduced at this launch event, as well as some of our favorites here.
Meet the Smartisan T1, a surprisingly unique Android phone from China
What's the holy grail of tech? That's when Intel (INTC) lifts sales, earnings and gross margins because of enterprise demand. Anyone who has followed Intel as long as I have knows that when you get that mid-60s gross margin and more orders than you can handle, then the leverage is monstrous and the guidance conservative, simply because they can't keep up with the momentum. Yep, it's happening, and it is happening just in time, because the downward pressure from Iraq threatens to take out the entire consumer and transport leadership and this market is desperate for a leader.
Iraq could be a real monkey wrench in this market- MSN Money
Within a few years, the Internet of Things is going to be worth trillions of dollars
The Internet of Things: it's a really big deal | Technology | The Observer
Cantor's campaign spent more at steakhouses than his challenger, economics professor Dave Brat, spent on his entire campaign
Eric Cantor Loss: Steakhouse Spending - Business Insider
The liberalisation of labour market institutions has made labour markets more flexible and created many jobs. But beyond a certain point, the net effect of further liberalisation might be negative for society.