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July 1, 2009 -- HONOLULU – Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle vetoed HB 1405 today because this legislation has immediate and adverse consequences for residents and businesses of Hawaii. This legislation would place Hawaii companies at a competitive disadvantage. As a consequence of this bill, Hawaii businesses would no longer be able to receive commissions for advertisements on their website that link to numerous national and international firms that offer goods and services to Hawaii residents.    » read more »

24 January 2008 -- The Brazilian government says deforestation of the Amazon surged during the last five months of 2007.

The report, issued Wednesday, says that between August and December of last year more than 3,000 square kilometers of the world's largest rain forest were cleared. Environment ministry officials say that number may be higher after they analyze satellite images with a higher resolution.

Brazil's environment minister, Marina Silva, and other ministers are meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Thursday to discuss how to curb deforestation.    » read more »

Customers can now choose from more than 2.9 million MP3 songs on Amazon MP3, including music from Warner Music’s renowned catalog of artists

12 December 2007 -- Researchers in the Amazon, attending the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Bali, say a vicious cycle of climate change and deforestation could destroy the world's largest tropical rain forest more quickly than expected. Trish Anderton explains, in a background report.

Researchers say vicious cycle of climate change, deforestation could destroy world's largest tropical rain forest more quickly than expected    » read more »

Hollywood, California, October 25, 2007 – Apple Corps Ltd.’s eagerly anticipated DVD release of The Beatles’ second feature film Help! on November 6 (November 5 ROW) will be accompanied by several high-profile television, radio and online promotions. AOL Music, Yahoo! Music, MSN.com, Clear Channel Online, Amazon.com, Sundance Channel, QVC, and public television affiliates are among the DVD’s major promotional partners.

Saturday, October 27: Sundance Channel exclusively premieres Help! at 10pm ET/PT, with repeated airings scheduled through November.    » read more »

Amazon.com launches public beta of Amazon MP3, a digital music store offering customers earth's biggest selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads

03 July 2007 -- The seventh and final book in J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series has become Amazon.com's most popular pre-ordered product.

The Internet retailer claims customers have ordered nearly 1.6 million copies ahead of the book's release on July 21. Amazon said on July 2 that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows surpassed the previous record of 1.5 million orders set by its predecessor, Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince.

The retailer predicted that orders would continue to rise by "many more hundreds of thousands of copies."    » read more »

Washington, DC (May 14, 2007) – Members of Congress and the Bush administration reached a deal late last week on labor and environmental provisions to be incorporated in trade agreements with Peru and Panama, including key measures to address the imports of illegally logged timber from Peru’s Amazon rainforest. Environmental groups’ experts working on logging issues say that these measures could signal a new zero-tolerance policy from Congress towards the illegal timber trade and a first step to address the problems of illegal logging in Peru that were highlighted in a letter to U.S.    » read more »