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Treasury Wine Gets Strategic Boost

2015-02-27 10:26:21| Beverages - Topix.net

It is unusual for a seller of premium wine to throw in discounts on goods such as refrigerators and televisions. For Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd., however, this marketing strategy appears to be working.

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Former Treasury Secretary Rubin says US underestimates the cost of climate risks

2015-02-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: Robert Rubin, a former U.S. Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, said yesterday that climate change is particularly pernicious because it affects so many distinct economic sectors, from budgetary planning and labor relations to agriculture production. "I believe, as all of you do, that climate change is the existential threat of our time," Rubin said, addressing the Climate Leadership Conference in Arlington, Va. "The scientific community has long been unanimous." Yet on Capitol Hill,...

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