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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The main reason is because the E.U. million people.

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Volkswagen Group invested €11.5B (US$12.9B) in R&D in 2014; ongoing focus on electromobility and digitalization of vehicles

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Oil will not be as cheap as it is at the moment for ever. This means the Group is already well below the legal limit for 2015. Winterkorn also emphasized that Volkswagen remains committed to its environmental goals, and noted that the present low level of oil prices would not change that.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. The thumb drive was all that—and more. Somewhat less credibly, inventors in Malaysia and China have also claimed to be the first to come up with the thumb drive.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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This will put unprecedented pressure on all players to pick the right business models, the right legal and capital structures, and the right partners. million units in 2011 (10% above its pre-crisis level), and sees that number at 96 million units in 2015—signifying, among other things, that autos is a true growth industry.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. nationals and legal residents. Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Gases: All 6 Kyoto gases. Flexible Debt Capital.

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