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The 2015 Paris Agreement marked the first truly global accord on the need for a lower - carbon world, and reinforces the importance of various investment implications.

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Environmentalists have long scrutinized Exxon Mobil for giving money «to dozens of right - leaning interest groups whose main purpose was to cast doubt on that very science» despite understanding the link between global warming and the burning of fossil fuels as early as the 1970s, according to the New York Times.

For now, they will focus on covering League of Legends, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Heroes of the Storm, and Street Fighter V, with additional video game titles added over time, according to Yahoo.

According to a leaked memo obtained by BuzzFeed, an Australian agency owned by the global advertising giant Omnicom — which handles advertising and marketing campaigns for all of the major Fortune 500 brands including McDonalds and Apple — has advised its staff that many of the firm's clients are asking that their ads not appear on Breitbart.

Since the industrial revolution, global temperatures on average have risen 0.99 degrees Celsius, according to NASA.

Up 5.6 % over the same period, the S&P 500 also set a new record high on Friday, but only for the seventh time since the election, according to S&P Global — half as many times as the Dow.

According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), global debt levels rose by a further $ 21 trillion last year (US dollars), leaving total outstanding debt at $ US237 trillion, the highest level on record.

The idea, according to SBA chief Karen Mills, is to support small business participation in regional clusters, «which are enhancing the ability to create jobs locally and compete on a national and global scale.»

That calorie count is representative of a striking global inequity, with some 800 million people in the world, according to the FAO, not getting enough calories on a daily basis to be properly nourished.

The order «hinders the ability of American companies to attract talented employees, increases costs imposed on business, makes it more difficult for American firms to compete in the international marketplace, and gives global enterprises a new, significant incentive to build operations — and hire new employees — outside the United States,» according to the brief.

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

According to Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical analyst with Stratfor Global Intelligence, the imposition of Germany's will on France could signify a political takeover of Brussels by German interests.

According to Industry Canada, Big Pharma spends more than $ 1.3 billion a year on R&D — and many global drug makers are increasingly looking at Canada for top talent and a cost - competitive advantage over the United States.

Small businesses generally make the switch from DIY to travel pro when they reach 25 to 50 employees and spend $ 50,000 to $ 100,000 annually on airfare, according to Anita Salvatore, executive vice president of global account services for Travizon.

Over the coming decade, the 600 largest and best - connected cities on the planet will contain a fifth of the world's population, capture almost two - thirds of its economic growth, and encompass more than half of global GDP, according to the McKinsey Global Instglobal GDP, according to the McKinsey Global InstGlobal Institute.

«That would be the equivalent of adding a country with an output larger than Germany to the global economy,» Lagarde said at a panel in Brussels on Wednesday, according to prepared remarks.

Investor sentiment shifted dramatically in the fourth quarter of last year, according to venture capital researcher CB Insights, which released its fourth - quarter report on global venture capital financing on Tuesday.

According to the WEF's most recent Global Gender Gap report on economic opportunity for women, Saudi Arabia ranks 137th of 142 countries — despite all that recent progress.

Businesspeople from the U.S. spend more on work - related travel than corporate travelers from any other country in the world, but Chinese business - travel spending is expected to overtake the U.S. in the near future, according to a new report from the Global Business Travel Association.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nolan says he was only aware of Styles thanks to his kids, but had no idea of the sort of global appeal the singer - whose about to embark on a solo tour across the world - had with pop music fans.

At the State Department, the division that has been tasked with addressing Russian social media influence, the Global Engagement Center, has yet to take on the issue, and is still currently focusing on counter jihadist and terrorist propaganda, according to The Times.

According to Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro for Fidelity Investments, the possibility of higher trade tariffs could put pressure on valuations.

According to SalesCycle's report, based on data from more than 500 global brands such as Hewlett Packard, Iberia and Ralph Loren, they found that cart abandonment rates dropped to 74.32 % in Q1 2016 from 76.6 % in Q3 2015 and 75.45 % in Q4 2015.

Even if the ambitious targets of the world's biggest economies are met, and internal combustion engines give way to electric or other zero - emission vehicles by 2040, the total impact on global carbon dioxide emissions will be minimal, according to a new study released Tuesday.

More than one - quarter of a worker's day on average is spent answering and reading emails, according to research released in 2012 by the McKinsey Global Institute.

According to a report on disruptive technologies from the McKinsey Global Institute, advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and user interfaces like voice recognition are automating knowledge - worker tasks once deemed impossible for machines to tackle.

A global shift towards diets that are heavily based on plants is the fourth-most effective manner of reducing GHG emissions, according to Drawdown.

Berners - Lee's comments came at a Global Finance Summit on Monday, according to a TechWorld report.

In 2015, customers spent $ 107 billion on online courses, according to Global Industry Analysts.

The price discipline relied on by the global duopoly of BPC and Canpotex (Saskatchewan's potash international shipping agency) has — at least for the time being — ended, but according to analysts it's the big players who are really going to be able to weather the industry's current troubles.

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, an annual entrepreneurship activity research project, the vast majority of entrepreneurs around the world rely on these sources of capital, and the repayment expectations of these «informal investors» are more flexible and long - term.

Immigrant founders play a vital role as connectors to global markets — both abroad and here in the U.S. Immigrant businesses are 60 percent more likely to export than native - owned companies, and more than 2.5 times as likely to rely on exports for a large part of their sales, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy.

Mainly because industry consolidation has worsened banks» customer service on small accounts, small businesses left their banks in record numbers last year, according to PSI Global, a financial - services - marketing group in Tampa.

Singapore is the safest nation to do business, according to global risk management company Pinkerton's new tool to help corporate clients assess threats on a country - by - country basis.

The Obama Foundation, created in 2014 to work on President Obama's presidential library, as well as global initiatives, had contributions and net assets of just over $ 2 million, according to its Dec. 2015 fiscal disclosures (released in May 2016).

The firm's likely hoping to capitalize on a significant opportunity — the global direct - to - consumer genetic testing market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20 %, from $ 117 million in 2017 $ 611 million by 2026, according to Credence Research.

On a global scale, women are 32 % more successful than their male counterparts, according to the study, which analyzed more than 450,000 seed crowdfunding campaigns across the globe.

Despite the recession, more than 90 % of interactive marketers plan this year to maintain or increase spending on reaching consumers through Facebook, Twitter and the like, according to a global survey by Forrester Research.

It's worth noting that another Fox Searchlight film, Birdman, was among the lowest - grossing Best Picture Oscar winners of all - time, but it went on to gross more than $ 100 million worldwide, while 12 Years a Slave (another slavery - themed period drama) grossed $ 187 million in global ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo.

The BStrong Delivering Good fund has raised more than $ 800,000 for cash cards since the initiative was launched on Sept. 29, according to BStrong and the Global Empowerment Mission.

According to Great Place to Work, the global authority on building, sustaining and recognizing high - trust organizational cultures, investing in diverse talent inherently equates to lower attrition.

According to tax partners at PwC and EY with knowledge of the consultation, the proposal would require multinationals to submit three sets of tax filings: one revealing transactions with affiliated companies, a second on how these transfers occurred within the group's global operations, and a third detailing shared financial or manufacturing costs.

The country is now responsible for 46 % of global steel overcapacity, according to Duke University's Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness.

That's not to say that it is, at least by some metrics — according to market researcher Global Web Index, Tumblr is among the fastest - growing social media outlets on the Internet, with an uptick of 94 % in active users over the last year.

Beyoncé 105 - minute set on Saturday attracted 458,000 simultaneous global viewers at its peak, ranking it as most viewed Coachella performance ever, according to a YouTube spokeswoman.

Still - muted inflation and uncertain developments ahead «counsels prudence in the removal of policy accommodation,» Brainard said, according to prepared remarks she was to deliver to The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

According to the terms of the deal, Sprout's shareholders would drop the pending lawsuit and Valeant would get a 6 % royalty on global sales of Addyi.

That's according to a speech Keith Weed, the global consumer goods giant's chief marketing officer, is set to give at the annual Interactive Advertising Bureau conference in Palm Desert, Calif., on Monday.

According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development, global foreign direct investment flows recovered last year to US$ 1.5 trillion, higher than before the financial crisis.

According to Lou Shachter and Rich Cheatham of BTS, a global professional services firm who has worked with companies like AT&T and Chevron, collaboration means «leveraging internal resources on behalf of the customers» as a means of execution and «ensuring successful achievement of each element of the account plan.»