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Number of PPI disputes halves
2015-05-19 12:17:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Disputes over the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) have nearly halved in a year, but the scandal is expected to rumble on.
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Case against FirstEnergy Solutions disputes cold weather fee for fixed-price customers
2015-05-19 09:20:41| Energy - Topix.net
Sixteen months after a wave of bitterly cold weather contributed to an epic spike in monthly electric bills, a record number of consumer complaints have been working toward a resolution. But for a diverse group of 14 large commercial and industrial customers - including the likes of the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Glass Works, Indiana Regional Medical Center and Sheetz Corp. - the real fight has just begun.
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Economist disputes rising grain demand predictions
2015-05-01 02:35:37| Agriculture - Topix.net
Farmers have been told repeatedly that the rapidly expanding global middle class will generate unrelenting demand for their products, but that may not be the case.a © "When it comes to agriculture, we don't see much growth in demand," John Baffes, senior economist with the World Bank, told delegates at-tending the Feeding the Global Middle Class conference.a © That flies in the face of the mantra trotted out at hundreds of other conferences that says people are going to eat more meat as they enter the middle class, resulting in greater grain consumption because it takes 6.5 kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of meat.a © Agriculture industry officials are excited because the global middle class is expected to grow by three billion people between 1990 and 2025.
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Sheriff disputes utility account of what caused explosion
2015-04-21 07:29:46| Energy - Topix.net
Pacific Gas & Electric crews are seen in the distance along N. Weber Avenue after a gas line was ruptured on Friday in Fresno, Calif. FRESNO, Calif.>> A California sheriff is disputing an account that suggests a county worker using heavy equipment ruptured a gas pipeline that runs through a gun range, triggering an explosion last week that injured 11 people.
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Barrington mayor disputes opponents' claims
2015-04-18 13:03:54| Railroads - Topix.net
Barrington Village President Karen Darch this week called out unnamed political opponents for spreading what she called "lies" during the recent municipal election campaign. Speaking during the Village President's Report portion of Monday's village board meeting, Darch said political opponents made false statements about the Barrington White House Project and her husband's role in the village's litigation with the Canadian National Railway.
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