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EU economy set for 'modest' recovery
2015-11-05 12:58:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The economic recovery within the European Union and the eurozone should continue at "a modest pace" next year, the EU predicts.
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Music industry boosts economy by 4.1bn
2015-11-05 03:01:38| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Artists like Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Paloma Faith helped the UK music industry contribute 4.1bn to the economy in 2014, according to a report.
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OECD warns Brazil on environment, economy risks
2015-11-04 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Brazil is destroying an area of rainforest the size of Israel every four years despite major conservation progress, the OECD economic grouping said Wednesday. Biologically diverse Brazil will be a key player among the 195 countries at the UN climate conference in Paris in December, which will look to reach a global agreement on limiting climate change. In its first environmental survey of the country, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that Brazil must take further...
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EU plans to tackle throw-away economy: document
2015-11-04 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: EU regulators plan to make it easier to repair or re-use anything from electrical appliances to buildings, saying in a draft document that instruction manuals need to explain how to mend, rather than just throw away goods. The European Commission has said it is "a passionate believer" in the business argument to move from a throw-away economy to a circular one based on more recycling and less waste. It is expected to outline a strategy to make the European Union's economy more sustainable in December....
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UPDATE 2-Amid sour ag economy, Deere to buy Monsanto equipment maker unit
2015-11-04 15:01:02| Chemicals - Topix.net
Monsanto Co's Climate Corp will sell its Precision Planting farm equipment business to Deere & Co for an undisclosed sum, a move that underscores how turmoil in the agriculture sector has made it ripe for consolidation. For Climate, a unit of the world's largest seed company, the deal marks the latest push to shed businesses that are not focused on either software or services, Climate President Mike Stern said.
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