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New signs of China economic slowdown

2015-09-13 12:53:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Growth in China's investment and factory output in August has come in below forecasts, in a further indication that the world's second-largest economy is losing steam.

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Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

2015-09-11 15:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: One of the most under-appreciated aspects of the climate change problem is the so-called "fat tail" of risk. In short, the likelihood of very large impacts is greater than we would expect under typical statistical assumptions. We are used to thinking about likelihoods and probabilities in terms of the familiar "normal" distribution--otherwise known as the "bell curve." It looks like this: Roughly 68 percent of the area falls within the region bounded by 1 standard deviation below (-1 sigma)...

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Oil prices remain steady over strong economic data in Germany

2015-09-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Oil prices have steadied due to strong economic data from Germany, as well as a rise in Chinese crude imports year-on-year offseting concerns over Asia's economic growth and the global oversupply.

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Nativism And Economic Anxiety Fuel Trump's Populist Appeal

2015-09-04 20:31:46| IT Services - Topix.net

Trump speaks to an audience during his trip to the U.S.-Mexico border in July. He has called for a wall on the border and mass deportation.

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U.N. Climate Chief: China Economic Slowdown Needn't Hamper Climate Deal

2015-09-04 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A slowdown in the Chinese economy that has alarmed global stock markets won't cast a "dark cloud" over U.N. efforts to reach an accord to slow global warming by December, the United Nations' climate chief predicted on Thursday. Christiana Figueres also told Reuters that investments in renewable energies were rising despite some worries that a fall in oil prices, to about $50 a barrel, could brake a shift to cleaner sources of power. "I dont hear (of) any overall dark cloud ... being imposed...

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