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In an effort to head off hearing loss – particularly among young people -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a quarter-million dollar effort to warn of the dangers of using personal listening devices (PLDs) at high volumes.

Semperit AG Holding (“Semperit”), (Bloomberg ticker: SEM:AV, Reuters: SMPV.VI) a joint venture partner of Sempermed USA Inc., announced a takeover offer for Malaysian Latexx Partners Berhad (“Latexx Partners”) (Bloomberg ticker: LTX:MK,Reuters: LATX.KL) via its wholly-owned subsidiary, Semperit Investments Asia.

A partnership between the Sierra Club and Bloomberg Philanthropies attempting to retire a third of the 500 coal-fired power plants in the U.S. by 2020 says it is well on its way.

There are still too many regulatory loopholes that allow labour abuses in big brand supply chains, argues Jon Entine.