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VIDEO: Brazil's construction sector crisis
2015-04-10 11:34:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A huge corruption scandal in Brazil is threatening many key infrastructure projects that the economy badly needs.
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Beneath California Crops, Groundwater Crisis Grows
2015-04-06 08:06:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of pounds of thirsty crops like oranges, tomatoes and almonds continue to stream out of the state and onto the nations grocery shelves. But the way that California farmers have pulled off that feat is a case study in the unwise use of natural resources, many experts say. Farmers are drilling wells at a feverish pace and pumping billions of gallons of water from the ground, depleting...
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Deforestation in the Amazon Aggravates Brazils Energy Crisis
2015-04-03 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: In Brazil water and electricity go together, and two years of scant rainfall have left tens of millions of people on the verge of water and power rationing, boosting arguments for the need to fight deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Two-thirds of Brazil's electricity comes from dammed rivers, whose water levels have dropped alarmingly. The crisis has triggered renewed concern over climate change and the need to reforest river banks, and has given rise to new debate about the country's energy...
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Amid losses, UTi Worldwide gets lift from West Coast port crisis
2015-04-02 10:09:09| Logistics - Topix.net
Although its last fiscal year was ugly, UTi Worldwide is optimistic about the year ahead, and expects to grow its freight forwarding and logistics businesses.
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Sugar industry in crisis\': Govt mulls levying entry tax on outside sugar
2015-03-31 08:18:24| Sugar Industry News
The Punjab government is planning to impose entry tax on sugar coming from other states. A bill was to be moved on the last day of the budget session on Wednesday, but it was deferred so that the issue could be discussed threadbare and the interests of all stakeholders sugar manufacturers, sugarcane farmers and consumers are protected.
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