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Attention investors: Climate policy could knock off half the value of fossil fuel companies
2013-02-08 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A recent (subscriber-only) report from HSBC Global Research helps shed some light on what`s at stake in the fight over climate policy. Short answer: a hell of a lot, especially if you`re invested in fossil fuels. The International Energy Agency says that, to have a 50 percent chance of limiting global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, we can only afford to burn about a third of known fossil-fuel reserves between now and 2050. That means leaving around $20 trillion worth of assets...
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9 stocks punished by investors
2013-02-07 23:33:04| Logistics - Topix.net
From earnings misses and lowered guidance to civil charges from the Department of Justice; from weaker demand for cable services to reduced attendance at health clubs; from slower growth in Internet search in China to reduced eating of what should be yummy chicken in China; and, from reduced demand for transportation logistics to the possibility ... (more)
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Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in 'financial damage' and human rights violations
2013-02-07 19:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Investing in companies that flout local community rights in developing countries often leads to severe economic losses, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). A rising trend in "land grabbing" from Africa to South America by corporations and even foreign governments results in social instability, which can lead to large-scale protests, violence, and even murder, delaying and sometimes derailing projects. Such instability poses massive risk to any investor, not to...
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European Stocks Are Little Changed as Investors Watch Earnings
2013-02-06 11:56:57| Chemicals - Topix.net
European stocks were little changed, following the Stoxx Europe 600 Index's biggest gain in almost four weeks, as companies from Vinci SA to Syngenta AG reported earnings.
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Investors pile back into ASX
2013-02-06 10:09:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
Investors paid no heed to the growth alarm bells from weak December retail sales as they dived back into the Australian sharemarket in search of yields.
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