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Russian car sales fall 20% in September as Ukraine crisis hits demand
2014-10-10 01:49:51| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
New-car sales in Russia continued their freefall in September with a drop of 20 percent, following a 26 percent fall in the previous month, the Association of European Businesses lobby group said in a statement . Car sales have dropped this year as Russia's weak economy has been hit by western sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine and people have delayed making large purchases.
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As Energy Boom Ends, Political Identity Crisis in Alaska
2014-10-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: data-para-count="346" data-total-count="346" itemprop="articleBody" id="story-continues-1">FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A gleaming $23 million complex of office buildings, dormitories and workshops has risen from the boreal forest just outside town over the last decade, aimed at training workers for a natural gas pipeline that was supposed to snake from the Arctic to serve energy markets around the world and make Alaska rich all over again. But the pipeline was never built, the victim of a worldwide glut...
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Bank Liquidity: Think About It Now, Not In Crisis
2014-10-06 00:23:50| Paper - Topix.net
Word that U.S. banking regulators are planning to force the biggest banks to carry yet more capital - more than agreed upon by international regulators - was great news for those already invested in the highest-quality bank stocks, namely Wells Fargo . The new capital action is tied to bank liquidity, specifically to how reliant the biggest banks are on short-term funding acquired from wholesale sources, rather than deposits taken from customers.
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Air France KLM -- Pilot Strike Over For Now, Crisis Remains
2014-10-05 17:16:35| Airlines - Topix.net
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'I'm on the front lines of this crisis'
2014-09-20 23:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: On Friday morning, I boarded a leaky oyster boat in Connecticut with a captain who can't swim. Our destination: Manhattan, 84 miles down the coast. Mission: don't drown get world leaders to act on climate change. If anyone can accomplish that herculean task it should be Bren Smith, a 42-year-old oysterman off the coast of Branford, Connecticut, who has become a sort of reluctant poster boy for doing something about the crisis instead of just talking about it. Bren's oyster beds were wiped out...
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