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Syrian economy halved by conflict
2015-06-23 16:35:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Syria's economic output has shrunk by up to 60% since the conflict began, according to estimates in a new report released by British think-tank Chatham House.
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Siemens CEO says Russia sales have halved: newspaper
2015-04-12 14:22:46| Telecom - Topix.net
German industrial group Siemens has seen sales in Russia plunge by about half due to the country's economic demise, Bild am Sonntag reported, citing chief executive Joe Kaeser. Automakers and other companies have been making cuts in Russia in response to effects of the weak rouble, which has been hammered by low oil prices, and Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.
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Siemens CEO says Russia sales have halved: newspaper
2015-04-12 13:47:14| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
German industrial group Siemens has seen sales in Russia plunge by about half due to the country's economic demise, Bild am Sonntag reported, citing chief executive Joe Kaeser. Automakers and other companies have been making cuts in Russia in response to effects of the weak rouble, which has been hammered by low oil prices, and Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.
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Carbon absorbed by Amazon has halved since 90s, says study
2015-03-19 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A study has found that the net carbon uptake of the Amazon forest as halved since the 1990s. Researchers warn that the findings have implications for climate change and emission reduction targets. The research, which was led by the University of Leeds and published in the journal Nature, notes that the amount of carbon absorbed by the Amazon peaked in the 90s at two billion tonnes each year, however, this has halved and is now, for the first time, being overtaken by fossil fuel emissions in Latin...
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Stericycle agrees to record $2.3 million fine that will be halved if company moves to Tooele County
2014-12-01 21:16:12| Waste Management - Topix.net
After more than a year of negotiations with state environmental regulators, Stericycle Inc. has agreed to a $2.3 million fine to resolve allegations that its North Salt Lake medical waste incinerator violated emission limits and rigged a stack test so that results would seem less than really were. The Division of Air Quality would waive half the record-setting fine if the Illinois-based waste processor successfully relocates its Utah operations to a remote Tooele County location on the western shore of the Great Salt Lake within three years of securing permits to construct and operate a new incinerator.