The News Review:
- BLM speaks up
- Wild horse roundup plans in Nevada criticized
- China Eastern Airlines in management reshuffle
- Singapore’s star rises as Switzerland stumbles
BLM speaks up
Salt Lake Tribune United States
19 sale of oil and gas leases ignores the fact that the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 as amended in 1987 requires each BLM state to hold quarterly lease sales where there is an interest in such sales (“Halt lease sale: Sensitive lands on BLM hit list” Our View Dec. Moreover contrary to what The Tribune editorial argues the parcels to be sold have been carefully vetted for environmental impacts and the new land-use plans authorizing leasing substantially increase resource protections by tightening oil and gas leasing stipulations and by limiting off-highway vehicle use. The BLM carries out a complex and challenging multiple-use mission one that inevitably leads to controversy because some members of the public value certain land uses over others or in some cases strongly take issue with certain uses even though they are authorized by law.
Wild horse roundup plans in Nevada criticized
The Associated Press
17 2008 file photo wild horses roam around the Bureau of Land Management National Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Center in Palomino Valley Nev. Wild horse advocates are up in arms over new plans federal land managers announced Friday Dec. 12 2008 to conduct emergency roundups of nearly 2000 more mustangs from the range in Nevada at a time when government holding pens are already overflowing. (AP) — Wild horse advocates are up in arms over new plans announced by federal land managers to conduct emergency roundups of nearly 2000 more mustangs from the range in Nevada at a time when government holding pens are already overflowing.
China Eastern Airlines in management reshuffle
The Associated Press
A competing plan to sell shares to China National Aviation Holdings also failed. More recently the airline was the subject of speculation that it might combine with local rival Shanghai Airlines but China Eastern denied that. The management reshuffle is expected to facilitate a merger with Shanghai Airlines the financial magazine Caijing and other state media reports said. China Southern and China Eastern each are in the midst of receiving 3 billion yuan ($440 million) capital injections from the government intended to tide them through financial crises. Both airlines have been hammered by swings in currency values and oil prices amid weakening passenger and freight demand. State-owned carriers tallied losses of 4. 2 billion yuan ($613 million) in January-October.
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Singapore’s star rises as Switzerland stumbles
Reuters
The sun-drenched Asian city-state with the highest density of millionaires in the world is seeing wealth management prosper as the U. and Europe grapple with the worst slump in a generation. Singapore’s strict bank secrecy rules seem likely to be spared an assault similar to the one that Berne is defending now following the charging of UBS’s wealth management chief for helping Americans hide money. With close ties to powerful Asia Singapore is in a stronger position to resist pressure from the U.