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Retailers Five-Day Holiday Scramble Divides Haves and Have-Nots
2017-11-29 18:17:18| National Real Estate Investor
Even with deep discounts, brick-and-mortar stores failed to boost customer traffic on Black Friday.
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#boycottbyron divides social media
2016-07-28 22:57:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Dozens of workers at burger chain Byron have been arrested in raids by immigration officials, dividing social media users.
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Pig & Poultry Fair: Brexit Debate Divides Farmers
2016-05-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - At a debate on Brexit at the British Pig & Poultry Fair on Wednesday, farmers got fired up over what an exit from the EU would mean for pig and poultry farmers in the UK.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres to step down: A legacy of bridging divides
2016-02-20 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monitor: Christina Figueres, the tireless shepherd behind last year's landmark climate agreement forged in Paris, is stepping down after six terms as the United Nations' climate chief. Ms. Figueres took her current post in 2010, after a climate summit in Copenhagen failed to produce legally binding action on climate change, devolving instead into an argument between developed and developing nations. The UNs top climate official has accomplished much in her six terms in office, from building bridges...
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Coal-shipping plan divides Oakland over health, jobs issues
2015-10-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: Oaklands City Council has until early December to make a costly choice: agree to move millions of tons of potentially lung-damaging coal through the city each year for export, or ban the coal and disrupt -- potentially derailing -- a major development that promises nearly 12,000 jobs. Opposition to coal is mounting from public health experts, environmental groups and even some council members. But the company contracted to develop and operate a shipping terminal set to open near the east end...