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One-third of eurozone bonds losing money
2015-12-07 15:06:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A third of bonds from eurozone states are losing investors money, the Bank for International Settlements says.
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Garment fit fails more than one-third of UK shoppers
2015-11-16 13:58:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The UK clothing retailing market is forecast to grow by 20% over the next five years to reach GBP64bn (US$97bn) in 2020 - yet half of UK women aged 16-44 still struggle to find clothes that fit them well.
One-Third of Papua New Gineans Suffering Drought Crisis
2015-11-13 08:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: An estimated one-third of the population of Papua New Guinea, the most populous Pacific Island state, is now suffering in from the countrys worst drought this century and experts predict El Ninos influence will carry on through March 2016. Dickson Guina, Chairman of the National Disaster Committee, told IPS that 2.4 million people across most of the nations 22 provinces are confronting a critical lack of food and water. There are also reports of many schools and hospitals forced to close as water...
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One-Third World Orangutans at Risk From Fires in Sumatra and Borneo
2015-11-01 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Despite some rainfall in the last few days, thousands of fires continue to burn on the main islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Unlike previous years, when fires mainly impacted agricultural land, these fires, fueled by a particularly dry season due to El Nino, have swept into national parks and primary forests, the last refuges for so many iconic endangered species, such as orangutans, rhinoceros and tigers. All these animals hover on the brink of extinction and now the odds have been tipped even...
Drivers in N.J. and N.Y. pay one-third of all tolls collected in U.S.
2015-10-05 20:19:09| Railroads - Topix.net
The New Jersey Turnpike, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are the nation's top three tolling agencies, in terms of how much they collect, according to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association. The top three tolling agencies in the country are all in the New York-New Jersey region, and together account for nearly a third of all tolls collected nationwide, an industry group says.
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