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Yellen defends Fed in Senate hearing

2013-11-14 18:14:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Janet Yellen, the woman the White House wants to run the Federal Reserve, defends its stimulus efforts at her confirmation hearing.

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Polish official defends coal conference amid criticism

2013-11-13 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

APA: A high-level conference for the coal industry scheduled in parallel to the annual United Nations climate talks in Warsaw could be "potentially interesting for developing countries," Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec said here on Tuesday amid rising criticism over the country's "hijacking" global climate negotiations, APA reports quoting AP. On the second day of the two-week-long 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

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Canegrowers defends sugar deal it knew nothing about

2013-11-12 07:28:28| Sugar Industry News

The transparency of the Australian export sugar pool is under scrutiny with questions about a deal between the single desk sugar marketer and an international trading company.

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Stephen Harper defends foreign investment takeover rules

2013-11-09 04:52:28| IT Services - Topix.net

The prime minister defended his government's prerogative to restrict which foreign state-owned companies can bring their business to Canada, saying Friday that it would be "foolish to provide absolute clarity" when it comes to investment guidelines.

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