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AUDIO: Businesses face 'political uncertainty'

2014-05-12 11:53:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

"Political uncertainty" is the biggest risk facing businesses, CBI director-general John Cridland tells the BBC's Simon Jack.

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Thai auto sector slams on brakes as political crisis rumbles on

2014-05-09 21:40:12| Automakers - Topix.net

Thailand's auto sector, Southeast Asia's biggest, has fired more than 30,000 subcontracted workers this year and slashed production, as sales plunge after months of political unrest that threatens to drive some manufacturers offshore.

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Indian political parties gloss over environment

2014-05-09 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: As India faces certain water scarcity and ecological decline, the country's main political parties campaigning for elections have all but ignored environmental issues seen as crucial to India's vast rural majority, policy analysts say. Environmentalists say the omission is alarming given the problems India faces. The World Bank estimates that environmental degradation costs India 5.7 percent of its annual gross domestic product, and causes a quarter of the country's 1.6 million deaths among children...

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