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Turchin says warfare exerted a selection pressure on early groups of people, forcing them to work together to form a society — or be wiped from the map.

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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.

A massive terror attack in Paris carried out by militants associated with the Islamic State earlier this month prompted France to ramp up its campaign against the group in Syria and enlist the US's help in identifying ISIS targets on the ground in Syria.

According to Ed Quattlebaum, founding partner at Polaris - Crux Group, a strategic advisement firm that focuses on helping early - stage innovation companies with capital raising and commercial scaling, one of the most effective strategies to better position you and your startup during negotiation is to acknowledge and address one anxiety that all investors loathe: risk.

The White House opioid group laid out the dire stakes early on in an interim report released Monday.

A group of web companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter signed an EU hate speech accord earlier this year that requires them to respond within 24 hours to notifications about hate speech on their services.

Construction has commenced on the $ 440 million redevelopment of Perth's waterfront, with Georgiou Group picking up a $ 50 million contract for early works.

Although Ottawa and industry associations continue supporting it, a consortium of activist groups called the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability has begun campaigning for an ombudsman reminiscent of that proposed by Mackay years earlier.

Founded only in 2008 but measured earlier this year as the third-most valuable venture capital - backed group in the world at over $ 25 billion, Airbnb also said it would help prevent its service from causing housing shortages by «ensuring hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short - term basis».

On the creation side, GoPro's media group manager, Bradford Schmidt, persuaded Woodman to acquire a leading digital - video software company, CineForm, in early 2011, right around the time GoPro released a rig that allows users to shoot in 3 - D by calibrating two cameras to shoot simultaneously and create layered 3 - D files.

«I think it's too early to make any judgments on what I would call the very short opening statement, and we'll see what happens as we go forward,» Gerard told reporters at a conference of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of large labor unions and environmental groups.

Trading on all TMX Group exchanges, including the Toronto Stock Exchange, was shut down early on Friday following widespread technical issues.

Members from nearly every corner of the US appeared to be on it when I browsed the group earlier this week.

But I spoke earlier today with a top member of the New Media Investment Group team who, speaking on the condition of anonymity, acknowledged that he too had little more than strong suspicions.

Earlier announcements by the Shi'ite militias that they will be involved in the offensive on Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, triggered warnings from human rights groups of sectarian violence in the mainly Sunni province.

If we find ourselves in the «early adopters» group, we generally feel awesome about ourselves as being on the cutting edge.

Early on, identify your children's interests and encourage their participation in group activities.

In early January, Ant Financial, the electronics payment affiliate of China's Alibaba Group, and MoneyGram, a Texas - based money transfer company, announced that it had been forced to abandon a proposed deal after failing to win approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a congressional panel that reviews foreign purchases of American companies.

The latest calculations were based on an earlier finding by the groups that earnings for CEOs in the U.K.'s benchmark FTSE 100 dropped by a fifth in 2016 to 4.5 million pounds ($ 5.4 million) annually and another showing a CEO - to - worker pay ratio of 120 to 1.

The shake - up at South Korea's biggest company is designed to ease investors» concerns about a leadership vacuum following the arrest and conviction of group scion Jay Y. Lee on bribery charges earlier this year.

Altadis (up 16.89 %) Shares in the Franco - Spanish tobacco group resumed trading higher on Thursday, above the level of Britain's Imperial Tobacco's bid approach made earlier.

«People like to touch and feel their fresh foods,» David Portalatin, national analyst for the NPD Group on food and beverage consumption, told Fortune earlier on Friday, and the ability to see where their groceries are coming could make a difference.

This classic disturbing thriller, which highlights a group of circus sideshow acts who take vengeance on their leader when a beautiful trapeze artist does him wrong, was banned in the UK for 30 years and wasn't available in the country until a home - video version was approved in the early 1990s.

The bank has a strong track record on semiconductor deals, advising NXP on the sale of its standard - products business to a group of Chinese investors for $ 2.75 billion earlier this year.

In addition to ads, Julep regularly taps customers for input, including polling its Idea Lab, a group of 5,000 customers who weigh in on early prototypes.

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FRANKFURT, April 20 - PSA Group wants 3,700 job cuts at Opel in Germany by 2020 and a process of contract buyouts and early retirement has already resulted in a reduction of about 2,000 positions, Opel's works council chief said on Friday.

The hurricane might have helped put climate change back on the White House agenda, and once the Keystone debate resumed earlier this year it didn't take long for environmentalist groups to link Canada's planned pipeline to the devastating storm.

The group is still not naming which wineries have been impacted yet and says it's too early to estimate the economic impact of the fires on Napa's wine industry.

A group linked to the conservative billionaire Koch Brothers, owners of an energy and trading conglomerate who are reviled by unions and Democrats, held three conferences in Michigan in early 2012 on right - to - work featuring renowned conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart.

Another great group of candidates to consider are former startup founders who have moved on from their earlier ventures.

Match Group reports $ 85 million of net income on $ 753 million in revenue for the first nine months of 2015, compared to $ 100 million of net income on $ 649 million in revenue for the year - earlier period.

«Some Amplify partnerships will result in TV - related ad revenue flowing to Twitter (albeit modest amounts in total),» Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research Group, wrote in a research note earlier this week on the CBS deal.

Protesters were also arrested in Minnesota and North Dakota, the activist group said, after the action early on Tuesday.

L'Oreal, the world's biggest cosmetics firm, said group sales grew 6.8 percent from a year earlier on a like - for - like basis, which removes the effect of currency swings and acquisitions or disposals.

The group acquired Misfit in November of last year for $ 260 million in a bid to get the company back on track after slow earnings earlier in 2015.

The Giacomini Group's Federico Fioroni told CNBC that the company's work on hydrogen dates back to the early 2000s, as part of a wider project looking at different sustainable sources of energy.

The group wrote in an email to Nextdoor earlier this week that the changes gave them «a sense of encouragement that you are committed to checking the negative impacts of your platform» but «we are doubtful that these changes alone will reduce racial profiling on Nextdoor or impact the incessant harm inflicted on peoples of color.»

The Alaska measure led by about 52 - 48 percent with all precincts reporting preliminary results early on Wednesday, and groups for and against the initiative said it had passed.

Their software addresses the group buying dysfunction problem by delivering a custom video demo to each stakeholder in the buying group early in the sales process, then delivers analytics on how how the buying group engages with it.

Earlier on Monday, a British theater chain Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group said that it experienced record demand for online ticket sales for the movie.

Earlier this week, they announced a new Series A round of funding (with investors including the aforementioned CEB Ventures, the company that literally wrote the book on group buying dysfunction, The Challenger Customer).

If you fall into the group that's tired all day, on the other hand, it might be nice to know it really is a thing, so you can tell all those annoying early risers and Energizer bunnies constantly urging you to buck up and stop hitting snooze that there is a biological basis for your permanent exhaustion.

Social media ambassadorships, influencer campaigns and virtual focus groups not only make Gen Z feel invested in your company and secure their loyalty early on, but also helps them boost their own online presence.

Indeed, those stocks had been on a tear earlier this year, with Facebook shares up as much as 25 % a couple of weeks before the election — but then the FANG stocks suddenly «rolled over,» Gundlach said, falling 10 % as a group as the vote approached and the presidential race got narrower.

Research firm NPD Group earlier this month warned much of the same would continue in 2017: it sees stalled growth and says those cutting back on restaurant visits are doing so because they think prices are too high.

Earlier this month, a group of merchants appealed a lawsuit against Yelp that asserted it manipulated business ratings and removed positive reviews after businesses stopped paying for additional advertising on the site.

During a fundraiser in early 2012, Romney told a group of wealthy donors behind closed doors that 47 percent of the nation is willingly dependent on the government.

Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco said California drivers could sue as a group on the question of whether they are employees or contractors, and over their demand for payment of tips that were not passed on to them.

Trump has also bounced from blaming Democrats for not doing enough to act on gun control, to telling a bipartisan group of lawmakers, «I like taking the guns early,» and pivoting away from Republicans on how to limit access to guns when mental illness is a factor.