Archive for ‘economy’
Rainy season brings death in Bolivia
January 9th, 2008
Last year, flooding killed thirty-five people and tens of thousands of cattle. The damage was so severe that Bolivia was forced to cut its economic growth forecasts.
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German car sales slump, but exports hit record high
January 3rd, 2008
German car sales slumped 9 per cent in 2007 to their lowest level since the nation’s historic unification more than 17 years ago, data released Thursday showed, as soaring energy prices and an unpopular tax rise hit the auto sector.
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2007 - when oil prices hit a record high
December 26th, 2007
The oil price came within a whisker of the 100-dollar mark per barrel in 2007, a record never broken. While high prices benefit some — oil majors and some oil producers — those on the receiving end of expensive petroleum felt the squeeze, which could get even tighter in 2008. An AFPTV year-ender.
Popularity: 3%
Expert says German carmakers cannot afford CO2 cuts
December 19th, 2007
Luxury automakers cannot afford to use emissions-cutting technology because their powerful cars would become impossibly expensive, an industry expert warned Wednesday.
Popularity: 4%
Money & Politics: UN Climate Change Conference
December 12th, 2007
Bali Summit: Participants call for changes in Global Carbon Market
Popularity: 4%
Money And Politics: Bali Climate Change Conference
December 11th, 2007
No unity yet at UN Climate Talks
Popularity: 2%
Money, poor nations in climate conference spotlight
December 11th, 2007
Money was the focus Tuesday at a UN climate conference after warnings about how much global warming would cost and how poor nations would bear the brunt of climate change.
Popularity: 4%
Finance ministers in Bali count climate costs
December 10th, 2007
Forty nations held unprecedented talks about ways to slow global warming without derailing world economic growth on the margins of U.N. climate talks in Bali on Monday.
Popularity: 6%
Activists urge rich to pay up to help poor adapt to climate change
December 4th, 2007
Environmental groups attending a UN climate change conference said Tuesday that rich countries pay little to help poor nations adapt to climate change and described such aid as an “insult.”
Popularity: 5%
Business Debates Climate
November 26th, 2007
The CBI calls for a partnership with govt to tackle climate change.
Popularity: 6%
Business Chiefs Meet To Discuss Economy
November 26th, 2007
Climate change at CBI conference.
Popularity: 4%
Climate change not priority for India firms-survey
November 22nd, 2007
Most firms in India, one of the world’s worst polluters, are yet to plan for the impact of climate change on their businesses, do not measure emissions or have deadlines to curb them, a study said on Thursday.
Popularity: 11%
Crude Oil Rises Above $99 As Dollar’s Decline Boosts Appeal of Commodities
November 21st, 2007
Global climate change plan
Popularity: 3%
Ridiculous Consumption
November 16th, 2007
Homes at $150 million, private jets, 500-foot yachts, and $250 for a 30-minute bath. Jeff Glor explores playtime for the extremely rich.
Popularity: 4%
Outlook for Commodities: Gold vs. Oil, Alternate Energy Plays
November 9th, 2007
Analysis and Discussion with Featured Guest Tom Sowanick of Clearbook Financial.
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