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Typhoon Yolanda spurs passion for poor at climate talks

2013-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) rarely show on the public's radar, except perhaps in the scenes of bickering over who's to blame for global warming and who will foot the bill for it. The talks are as complex as they are important, involving technical issues that lack color and emotion and for many ordinary people, bewildering or mightily tedious. But this year's round in Warsaw has been jolted into life by the catastrophe that has struck the Philippines,...

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Heard Off the Street: Shareholder prodding spurs Calgon response

2013-11-10 09:06:55| Chemicals - Topix.net

Starboard Value, which won two board seats at Calgon Carbon this year, continues to prod the Robinson environmental products and services firm about how to improve its performance.

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Strong appetite for luxury spurs Michael Kors sales

2013-11-05 17:15:36| Apparel - Topix.net

Signs of economic recovery in the United States and Europe have increased demand for affordable luxury items.

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Dearth of Farm Hands Spurs Demand for Tractors: Corporate India

2013-10-27 22:01:39| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. , India 's biggest tractor maker, forecasts it will outperform the industry this fiscal year as a shortage of farm hands, rising labor costs and the best monsoon rains in six years drives demand.

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