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Global Deforestation Slows But Forests Still Shrinking
2015-09-16 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Over the past 25 years the rate of global deforestation has slowed by more than 50 percent, even though the world`s forests continue to shrink as populations increase and forested land is developed, the UN`s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reports. Some 129 million hectares of forest -- an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa -- have been lost since 1990, according to FAO`s most comprehensive forest review to date, "The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015." "Forests play...
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GM, Ford open factories in China as growth slows
2015-09-10 03:27:38| Automakers - Topix.net
Auto sales in China are slowing and may fall for the first time in more than a decade, undercutting one of the few growth markets for carmakers like General Motors and Ford, according to consulting firm Alix Partners. The U.S. automakers expanded last year to capitalize on long-term growth and are now wrestling with a softer market, AlixPartners said in a study released Wednesday.
GM, Ford open factories in China as growth slows
2015-09-10 02:10:36| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Auto sales in China are slowing and may fall for the first time in more than a decade, undercutting one of the few growth markets for carmakers like General Motors and Ford, according to consulting firm Alix Partners. The U.S. automakers expanded last year to capitalize on long-term growth and are now wrestling with a softer market, AlixPartners said in a study released Wednesday.
Russian car-sale decline slows to 19% in August amid weak ruble
2015-09-08 15:56:27| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Russian new-car sales fell for an eighth month in August, underscoring a deepening slide into economic recession, even as a weakening currency encouraged some consumers to spend. Sales contracted 19 percent from a year earlier to 138,670 new cars and light commercial vehicles after a 28 percent decline in July, the Association of European Businesses in Russia said in a statement on Tuesday.
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UK service sector growth 'slows'
2015-09-03 12:22:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Growth in the UK service sector slowed to its weakest rate for more than two years in August, a survey indicates.
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