US$211 billion was invested into renewable energy last year, up a third from 2009, according to a new United Nations report, Global Trends in Renewable … $211 billion was invested into renewable energy last yearRead more
Economics
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News
Tornadoes and heat waves has hit $35 billion damage in USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA, launched a campaign on Wednesday to better … NewsRead more
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Nearly Two Billion People Worldwide Now Overweight
More than 1.9 billion people worldwide were overweight in 2010, a 25 percent increase since 2002, a new Worldwatch analysis shows. A survey of statistics … Nearly Two Billion People Worldwide Now OverweightRead more
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The Story of Cosmetics
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36 million pounds Cargill Turkey Recall
In one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history, this week the food giant Cargill ordered the recall of 36 million pounds of ground … 36 million pounds Cargill Turkey RecallRead more
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Job killers
Some says the “clean economy” as job killers that unduly penalize mature industries more central to the US economy. But what is the reality of … Job killersRead more
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Card Game
The Card Game CORRESPONDENT Lowell Bergman WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY Lowell Bergman & Oriana Zill de Granados ANNOUNCER: Tonight on FRONTLINE: For 30 years, Americans … Card GameRead more
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How Goldman Sachs Created the Food Crisis
Demand and supply certainly matter. But there’s another reason why food across the world has become so expensive: Wall Street greed. It took the brilliant … How Goldman Sachs Created the Food CrisisRead more
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Barclays ‘making up to £340 million’ on food price speculation
Barclays could be generating as much as £340 million a year through gambling on the price of key commodity crops like coffee, sugar and wheat, … Barclays ‘making up to £340 million’ on food price speculationRead more