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AUDIO: The 'risks' of frontier markets
2013-12-11 16:42:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Christopher Torrens, Director of Global Risk Analysis at Control Risk, looks into the risks of doing business in unfamiliar countries.
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Palm oil IPO presents environmental, financial risks
2013-12-10 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: An Indonesian palm oil company has failed to disclose all the financial and environmental risks to investors ahead of its December 12 initial public offering (IPO), alleges a new report from environmental groups. PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana (SSMS), a palm oil company that runs plantations operated by PT Kalimantan Sawit Abadi, PT Mitra Mendawai Sejati (MMS), PT Ahmad Saleh Perkasa (ASP), and PT Sawit Mandiri Lestari (SML) in Indonesian Borneo, aims to raise a trillion ($88 million) in this week's...
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Florida researcher to study high-altitude dust for health risks
2013-12-06 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Florida researcher is preparing to test massive dust storms in the upper atmosphere that roll in from Africa to see whether pathogens raining down on the state could be responsible for plant, animal or human disease. University of Florida aerobiologist Andrew Schuerger said his air sampling device mounted under the wing of an F-104 Starfighter jet is the first capable of capturing particles directly from the clouds which drop 50 million metric tons of dust a year on U.S. soil. "It's plausible...
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Qantas Risks Credit Rating Cut as Virgin Fight Drains Cash
2013-12-06 03:59:38| Airlines - Topix.net
Qantas Airways Ltd., one of just two airlines globally to be judged investment-grade by more than one ratings company, risks losing that status as losses mount amid a market share battle with Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. Moody's Investors Service yesterday said it may reduce its Baa3 rating on Qantas after Australia's largest carrier forecast a ... (more)
Panel Says Global Warming Risks Sudden, Deep Changes
2013-12-04 01:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Continued global warming poses a risk of rapid, drastic changes in some human and natural systems, a scientific panel warned Tuesday, citing the possible collapse of polar sea ice, the potential for a mass extinction of plant and animal life and the threat of immense dead zones in the ocean. At the same time, some worst-case fears about climate change that have entered the popular imagination can be ruled out as unlikely, at least over the next century, the panel found. These include a sudden...
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