AOL Time Warner merger expands reach with safeguards
AOL and Time Warner plan to merge in a 106 billion deal to broaden access to Internet, entertainment, and communications. Regulators impose conditions, including ensuring AOL instant messaging interoperability, to prevent market dominance while executives promise new digital music, high speed Internet, and interactive TV advances. President FCC chair Kennard overseeing terms, signaling balance between growth and competition.
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Environment in turmoil prompts Worldwatch warning
The Worldwatch Institute reports growing ecological decline with melting Arctic ice and widespread amphibian and coral reef losses. It links political momentum losses to stalled global warming talks and cautions that rollback of environmental protections could undo decades of progress unless leaders take decisive action.
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