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VIDEO: Wonga 'perception customers are poor'
2013-11-05 01:29:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Niall Wass, Chief Operating Officer at Wonga told the BBC "The perception is that Wonga customers are poor and vulnerable but there are a silent majority of customers out there who are not."
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Damage to poor countries from climate change goes beyond money: Report
2013-11-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Most of the ancient ruins that Moses Ittu, 67, a resident of Lelu Island in the Federated State of Micronesia, visited and played around during his childhood have since disappeared into the ocean. In the last few decades, residents of the island have increasingly used the ancient stones to build walls to shield their homes and livelihoods from pounding waves and creeping sea water. "The sea keeps on rising, and the people need to protect themselves," Ittu told researchers who studied adaptation...
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Nintendo hit by poor Wii U sales
2013-10-30 12:55:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Nintendo says the cost of producing its Wii U console is partly behind its weak profits, which came in at 600m yen for the first six months of the year.
Doubling of pipeline leaks due to poor construction, whistleblower says
2013-10-29 06:40:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
An engineer who used to work for TransCanada says the doubling in the past 13 years of pipeline leaks is attributable to sub-par construction practices.
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UK agricultural research aid should do more for poor farmers, says watchdog
2013-10-25 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Department for International Development (DfID) has an effective agricultural research programme, but would have greater impact if it focused more on the needs of poorer farmers, especially women, an aid watchdog has said. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (Icai) gave DfID's agricultural research programme a green-amber rating in its traffic light system, which means it performs relatively well against Icai's criteria for effectiveness and value for money, but improvements should be...
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