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World Bank approves $140 million for Myanmar electricity
2013-09-25 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The World Bank's board on Tuesday approved a $140 million interest-free loan to fund a more efficient power plant in Myanmar, as the bank seeks to support reforms in the Southeast Asian country. The World Bank has stepped up its engagement with Myanmar, which is rich in resources but underdeveloped after decades of isolation under military rule. The quasi-civilian government that came to power in 2011 re-engaged with lenders and has started implementing political and economic reforms. Myanmar...
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOOTER MCCORMICK -- SLEEPY MONKEY HOLLOW
2013-09-24 23:45:42| Cattle Today
Lightening flashed and thunder crashed. Hooter jumped.
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WORLD: Sourcing costs and Bangladesh top buyers' concerns
2013-09-24 17:01:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new survey of chief purchasing officers (CPOs) in 29 European and US apparel companies indicates that years of apparel price deflation are over, and that sourcing costs are set to rise further in the next 12 months.
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Shale gas, oil reshape world energy landscape
2013-09-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: After unleashing an energy revolution in the United States, shale gas and oil are now becoming energy game-changers worldwide, a break with the past whose ramifications are still unclear. Thanks to the advent of hydraulic fracturing technology -- used to extract oil and gas locked in sedimentary shale rock -- the United States is on track to become the world-number-one oil producer by 2017 and a net exporter by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Besides radically changing...
WORLD: C&A tops organic cotton charts
2013-09-24 15:23:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Fashion retailer C&A leads two top 10 lists charting organic cotton use, drawn up by non-for-profit organisation Textile Exchange in its 2012 Market Report.
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