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Threat of global economic collapse over for now: International Monetary Fund

2013-01-18 19:33:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines

Manufacturers might want to breathe a small sigh of relief: according to International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, the threat of financial collapse in the global economy appears to have eased.

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Amazon Rainforest Under Threat From Climate Change

2013-01-18 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: A megadrought that started in 2005 is still affecting a portion of the Amazon Rainforest twice the size of California, a new study led by NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) finds. The results of this study, combined with the observed recurrences of droughts every few years and associated damage to forests in both the southern and western Amazon over the past decade, reveal that the rainforest might be showing the initial signs of potential large-scale degradation due to climate change. An...

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Why the Java threat rang every alarm

2013-01-18 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News

If the IT industry had a color-coded threat-level advisory system, the alerts would have spiked to red this week -- and in a way they did when the Department of Homeland Security, no less, urged users to disable

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US: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Modelo deal under threat - analyst

2013-01-16 16:12:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Anheuser-Busch InBev's bid to acquire the rest of Grupo Modelo could collapse due to "draconian" measures that US regulators are insisting on, according to an analyst.

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