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German economy slows in third quarter
2015-11-13 08:59:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The rate of growth in the German economy slowed in the third quarter of the year, but the French economy picked up.
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Texas Jobs, Consumer Economy Feel The Low Price of Crude Oil
2015-11-12 02:24:16| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Lower oil prices and the loss of thousands of jobs in energy hubs such as Houston and Lubbock are pinching consumer discretionary spending in Texas, with weakness being noted in the third-quarter earnings of companies in such areas as hotels, restaurants and auto sales. Trends also highlight how the statewide economic outlook is taking a turn for the worse.
Why We Must Ban Plastic Bags and Support a Circular Economy
2015-11-11 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: "There`s your product. It`s all plastic bags," I said to Phil Rozenski, director of sustainability and marketing for Novalex, a plastic bag manufacturer. We were on stage debating the efficacy of plastic bags at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina in early October. The object I was referring to was a 45-pound mass of tangled plastic bags found in the stomach of a dead camel in the desert of Dubai. The intention was to point out that in a circular...
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Economic Bellweather CSX On The State Of The Global Economy
2015-11-11 07:19:29| Railroads - Topix.net
I'm a big fan of following macro rail trends around the world, so I am fortunate to be in touch on occasion with executives at CSX Corp. , one of the world's largest rail firms. I reached out to Frank Lonegro, CFO at CSX, to ask him about his opinion on the US and global economy.
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Climate awareness and the economy influenced Obama's rejection of Keystone XL pipeline
2015-11-07 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: When a Canadian company first proposed building the Keystone XL oil pipeline in 2008, Barack Obama was a presidential candidate running to end wars, climate change was a fringe issue to many people and the nation was entering a devastating recession that would send the unemployment rate soaring to 10%. But the politics of climate and oil shifted dramatically in the intervening years, and President Obama's announcement Friday that the controversial pipeline through the U.S. heartland "would not...
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