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How Sports Direct beat the opposition

2013-09-11 14:37:59| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

How Sports Direct beat the opposition

Large-scale opposition among Borneo villagers to deforestation

2013-09-10 07:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Nearly two-thirds of villagers surveyed across rainforests in Indonesian and Malaysian Borneo are against large-scale deforestation due to the adverse impacts on livelihoods and the environment, finds a comprehensive new study across 185 communities. The research, conducted over a one-year period by an international team of scientists, is published in this week's issue of the journal PLOS ONE. The study found that people who live near forests place the greatest value on the benefits they afford,...

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Icahn drops opposition to Dell sale

2013-09-09 16:59:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn abandons his efforts to stop computer maker Dell being taken private.

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Australia: Opposition to Tony Abbott's key policies raises possibility of double dissolution

2013-08-27 06:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Tony Abbott's central policies, including the "direct action" climate plan and his paid parental leave scheme, are likely to face major problems in the upper house whichever way the unpredictable Senate ballot falls on 7 September, leaving open the possibility of a double dissolution election. If the Coalition wins government, as all major polls are predicting, it is unlikely to win control of the Senate in its own right. Abbott would prefer to deal with a Senate where the balance of power...

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