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2016-06-20 01:02:40| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
How former actor Daniel Percival raised the money he needed to launch a yoga studio by successfully spread betting on the financial markets.
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Crib notes: UN chief raises climate deal approval stakes
2016-06-12 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Ban Ki-moon will host an event at the September UN general assembly meeting for more countries to deposit their ratification documents for the Paris Agreement. In a press briefing dominated by controversy over Saudi Arabian suppression of a UN report condemning its child rights abuses, the UN chief kept the climate pact on the agenda. He praised G7 leaders for committing to bring it into force this year and welcomed India PM Narendra Modi`s support of that goal. Ban Ki-moon: "We need to...
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Chronic Houston flooding raises the stakes in U.S. 'energy capital
2016-04-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: Louis Marquez carries his dog, Chocolate, through floodwaters after his apartment flooded Tuesday in Houston. This week's storms dumped more than a foot of rain in and around Houston, flooding large areas and cutting off power to thousands working in the "energy capital of the world." Photo by David J. Phillip, courtesy of AP Images. HOUSTON -- This "energy capital of the world" for years has been staring the threat of a man-made disaster in the face, and city leaders are only now beginning to...
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How Earth itself has dramatically upped the stakes
2016-04-21 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Representatives from more than 150 countries will gather at the United Nations on Friday to officially sign a global accord aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions and slowing climate change. But in the four months since that historic pact was negotiated in Paris, a drumbeat of grim scientific findings has underscored that staving off the worst consequences of global warming may take far more aggressive actions. The first three months of 2016 were the warmest on record in 136 years -- by large...
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Exclusive: Chevron puts Myanmar gas block stakes worth $1.3 billion up for sale - sources
2016-04-18 09:56:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
U.S. oil and gas major Chevron Corp has put all of its Myanmar gas block stakes up for sale, which at a combined likely valuation of $1.3 billion, would be the biggest deal involving Myanmar assets to date, financial sources familiar with the matter said. The sale, part of Chevron's efforts to preserve cash and retreat from non-core assets in the wake of sliding oil prices, is seen as setting the tone for future deals in a country that is opening up for business after historic elections last year.
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