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Gold plunges to five-year low

2015-07-20 06:57:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The price of gold falls 4% to its lowest in more than five years as talk of a rise in US interest rates this year led investors to sell the precious metal.

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Ashtead: can it keep up with 897% five-year share gain?

2015-07-06 15:14:21| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

Equipment rental specialist Ashtead is one of a select group of British businesses that has established a market-leading presence across the Atlantic. Worth A 5.5 billion, it may be one of the biggest companies on the London stock market unfamiliar to most people.

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Five G7 nations increased their coal use over a five-year period, research shows

2015-06-08 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Five of the worlds seven richest countries have increased their coal use in the last five years despite demanding that poor countries slash their carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change, new research shows. Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and France together burned 16% more coal in 2013 than 2009 and are planning to further increase construction of coal-fired power stations. Only the US and Canada of the G7 countries meeting on Monday in Berlin have reduced coal consumption since...

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