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US and Honduras sign landmark labour rights deal
2015-12-11 14:20:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The US and Honduras have signed a landmark agreement on labour rights aimed at addressing gaps in the enforcement of Honduran labour laws identified in a US labour report earlier this year.
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Dow, DuPont to merge in deal valuing chemical giants at $130 billion
2015-12-11 14:14:38| Chemicals - Topix.net
U.S. chemical giants DuPont and Dow Chemical Co agreed to merge in an all-stock deal valuing the combined company at $130 billion, with plans to eventually split into three. The deal, which is likely to face intense regulatory scrutiny, allows the new company - to be called DowDuPont - to rejig assets based on their diverging fortunes.
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World Leaders Scramble to Finalize Historic Climate Change Deal
2015-12-11 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: World leaders are meeting in Paris to finalize a historic climate deal that calls on industrialized nations to cut emissions in an effort to slow the effects of climate change. Government officials are now scrambling to get a deal done after Friday's original deadline passed. Who are the players? The number of countries participating in talks totals 186. The worlds biggest offenders if carbon emissions China, the United States, the European Union and India -- are working on the draft deal....
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China 'confident' of a UN climate deal Saturday
2015-12-11 11:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: China, the world's biggest polluter of greenhouse gases, is "quite confident" that a historic universal accord will be struck Saturday to rein in climate change, senior envoy Liu Zhenmin said. "We are quite confident, I think with joint efforts by tomorrow we shall have a Paris agreement," said Liu, the deputy head of the Chinese delegation to the 195-nation UN talks in Paris, which have run past a Friday deadline for a deal.
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General Electric: Why The Electrolux Deal Collapse Doesn't Really Matter
2015-12-11 05:26:17| Appliances - Topix.net
General Electric has been busy over the last 12 months getting in shape, returning to its industrial roots, and ridding itself of non-core businesses. The company also announced a major restructuring program in April of this year that would see the conglomerate sell down its financial assets held within GE Capital and return boatloads of cash to shareholders.
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