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US 'in denial' over poor maths
2014-05-21 01:18:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US in 'denial' over second world maths standards
Climate change will hit poor nations' creditworthiness S&P
2014-05-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Global warming will pressure sovereign credit ratings throughout this century with poorer, lower-rated countries hardest hit, Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services said in a report. S&P said climate change will be the 21st Century's second global "mega-trend', after aging populations, to put downward pressure on sovereign ratings, which could harm economic growth and government coffers. The report said extreme weather events such as typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 5,000 people in the...
Judge orders New Mexico to speed up aid to poor
2014-05-17 06:03:03| Footwear - Topix.net
ALBUQUERQUE >> A federal judge in Albuquerque is ordering New Mexico state officials to immediately process a backlog of thousands of applications by poor people seeking benefits such as food aid.
Climate change has found another way to screw the poor
2014-05-16 22:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Standard & Poor`s (S&P) Ratings Services has found yet another way that fossil fuel burning by rich countries is going to screw over poor ones - by making it harder for them to borrow money. S&P analysts identified climate change as one of two "global mega-trends" that will shape countries` economic risks in the years to come (aging populations is the other trend). In a new report, the analysts said climate change would hurt nations` creditworthiness, with poor countries the worst affected. The...
UPDATE 1-GrainCorp H1 profit slides 43 percent on poor harvest
2014-05-15 06:41:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
Australia's largest listed agribusiness GrainCorp posted a sharp fall in profit on Thursday on lower east coast grain production and could also face difficult conditions this year with the expected onset of an El Nino weather pattern.
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