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IRELAND: Diageo scraps Arthur's Day, but Paloma Faith upset

2014-07-07 14:40:14| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

British musician Paloma Faith has reportedly voiced her disappointment after news that Diageo has cancelled its annual Arthur's Day celebrations for its Guinness brand.

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Wizz Air scraps flotation plans

2014-06-16 10:45:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Hungarian low cost airline Wizz Air cancels plans to list on the London stock market citing "market volatility in the airline sector".

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EU proposal scraps mandatory 'dirty' label for tar sands

2014-06-05 14:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: European Union policymakers propose to scrap a mandatory requirement to label oil from tar sands as more polluting than other forms of crude following years of lobbying from top producer Canada, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. The change removes one obstacle to Canada shipping crude from tar sands to Europe, but will be criticised by environmental campaigners. The clay-like sands have to be dug up in open-pit mines with massive shovels, or blasted with steam and pumped to the...

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Senator scraps legislation targeting patent trolls

2014-05-22 13:03:58| InfoWorld: Top News

Legislation aimed at curbing so-called patent trolls may be dead until 2015 after the chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee pulled the bill off the committee's agenda, citing a lack of consensus.

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