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Analysis - China's Cognac slowdown hits Rémy Cointreau's margins

2013-06-11 14:18:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

A slowdown at the top end of China's Cognac market has knocked back Rémy Cointreau's margins in the second half of the year despite greater profits, an analyst has said.

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Today's oil prices drop on increasing supply, slowdown in China

2013-06-11 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Oil prices declined today after the US announced its shale oil reserves have nearly doubled, while prices also came under pressure due to the possibility of a slowdown in Chinese demand.

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South Africa in growth slowdown

2013-05-28 14:08:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

South Africa's economic growth slowed sharply in the first three months of the year to 0.9%, official figures show.

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Climate slowdown means extreme rates of warming 'not as likely'

2013-05-19 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term. Since 1998, there has been an unexplained "standstill" in the heating of the Earth's atmosphere. Writing in Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this will reduce predicted warming in the coming decades. But long-term, the expected temperature rises will not alter significantly. The slowdown in the expected rate of global warming has been studied for several years...

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