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PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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Central Valley residents (51%) are the most likely to say this, followed by those in the Inland Empire (44%), Orange/San Diego Counties (42%), Los Angeles (40%), and the San Francisco Bay Area (40%). Just 18% say the state should focus on building freeways and highways. The sampling error for all adults is ±2 percent.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. At IBM plants in San Diego, Endicott, N.Y, In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75 Palmisano wanted to expand IBM's IT services business to Chinese corporations and government agencies.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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July, 2009 : A NASA satellite study found that Arctic sea ice had thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record ( earlier post ). Earlier post.) ºC in 2020, and 2.3 ºC in 2050, as compared to 2000 temperatures.

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