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VIDEO: Green criticised following BHS collapse

2016-06-03 14:57:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A business leader has accused the former owners of the collapsed retail chain BHS of "lamentable failures".

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Austin Reed collapse to cost 1,000 jobs

2016-05-31 14:53:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Administrators of the menswear retailer Austin Reed say all 120 stores are to close, affecting 1,000 jobs.

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'Climate change probably not responsible for Harappan civilisation collapse'

2016-05-30 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Zee: Climate change was probably not the sole cause for the collapse of the Harappan civilisation in the Indus-Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys, say Indian scientists in a breakthrough study, highlighting that the the Harappans "did not give up" despite the decline in the monsoon. The recent research by a team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur, Institute of Archaeology, Deccan College Pune, Physical Research Laboratory and Archaeological survey of India (ASI) also shows that the civilization itself was...

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Petro Countries on the Brink of Collapse as Oil Prices Remain at Ruinously Low Levels

2016-05-27 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Alternet: Pity the poor petro-states. Once so wealthy from oil sales that they could finance wars, mega-projects, and domestic social peace simultaneously, some of them are now beset by internal strife or are on the brink of collapse as oil prices remain at ruinously low levels. Unlike other countries, which largely finance their governments through taxation, petro-states rely on their oil and natural gas revenues. Russia, for example, obtains about 50% of government income that way; Nigeria, 60%; and Saudi...

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