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Australia carbon tax to cost $3.5bn
2013-07-16 04:52:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australian PM Kevin Rudd says plans to scrap an unpopular carbon tax will cost A$3.8bn ($3.5bn; 2.3bn), but says families will be better off.
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Investors launch 3.5bn RBS claim
2013-04-03 11:43:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Thousands of investors launch a joint compensation claim for more than 3.5bn against Royal Bank of Scotland.
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EU tariffs on Chinese solar goods could cost UK 3.5bn
2013-02-20 05:38:03| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Imposing additional trade duties on Chinese solar products could cost the UK economy up to 3.5bn and 38,600 jobs, a new industry-backed report has warned. The country would be the hardest hit if the EU goes ahead with threatened anti-dumping or countervailing levies designed to block cheap imported solar panels from China, according to a paper published by a group of 160 companies called the Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy (AFASE). Brussels has opened two investigations into Chinese solar...
Vietnam and Cambodia tell Laos to stop $3.5bn Mekong river dam project
2013-01-18 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Vietnam urged Laos to halt construction of a $3.5bn (2.2bn) hydropower dam on Mekong River pending further study, environmental activists said on Friday. Cambodia, downriver from the Xayaburi dam, accused Laos of failing to consult on the project, activists said. The Mekong River commission (MRC), made up of member states Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, held a three-day meeting in northern Laos to discuss river development projects. The dam in northern Laos, the first of 11 planned for the...
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