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Will Climate Change Denialism Help the Russian Economy?
2014-08-30 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The recent call from Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev for "tightening belts" has convinced even optimists that something is deeply wrong with the Russian economy. No doubt the planned tax increases (introduction of a sales tax and increases in VAT and income tax) will inflict severe damage on most businesses and their employees, if last year's example of what happened when taxes were raised for individual entrepreneurs is anything to go by - 650,000 of them were forced to close their businesses....
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Brazil's economy enters recession
2014-08-29 15:54:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A contraction of 0.6% in Brazil's economy between April and June, and a revision of the first quarter, has pushed the country into recession, latest figures show.
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Japan's economy signals weakness
2014-08-29 06:11:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japan's economy shows signs of stagnation and weakness as households spent less and factory output stays flat in July.
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weakness
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Independent contractor ruling on FedEx drivers could affect "Sharing Economy"
2014-08-29 01:26:19| Air Courier - Topix.net
Beth Ross of the San Francisco-Oakland law firm Leonard Carter says that a federal court panel's decision this week finding that FedEx drivers were not independent contractors could apply to "sharing economy" tech companies that use independent contractors to provide various services.
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sharing
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Philippines sees economy pick up
2014-08-28 08:31:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Philippine economy grew faster than expected in the three months to June, expanding by 6.4% from a year earlier.
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