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08.04.2009, 18:23
In an effort to combat global warming, and other ecological nightmares, governments around the world are scrambling for safe forms of energy in these power-hungry days.
06.03.2009, 08:57
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In Portugal, a Catholic Church leader has caused offence by warning women to think twice before marrying a Muslim. The cardinal claims such weddings will only lead to problems.
24.02.2009, 14:24
How long can a Russian businessman in exile escape justice? One of them has set a record of 104 months, according to Smart Money magazine.
14.05.2010, 14:56
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Russia and Brazil have agreed to start moving toward using their own national currencies in trade between the two countries instead of using the dollar or the euro.
13.10.2010, 22:42
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The State Statistics Service has come up with an inventive way to improve Russia’s economical performance: by stretching the GDP with illegal revenues.
30.05.2009, 16:28
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Germany's Opel has been sold – with a joint-Russian-Canadian bid the winner in the race to buy one of Europe's oldest and most well-known carmakers.
26.02.2010, 09:55
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According to Charlie Munger, long-time business partner of American investor Warren Buffett, the US economic empire is crumbling before our eyes, thanks to federal debt and poor planning.
30.10.2010, 03:14
Brazil is bridging the gap between rich and poor with a social program which may prove to be one of its most valuable exports to the rest of the world.
17.09.2010, 09:52
President Obama is pushing forward plans to double US exports in the next five years, a move that could generate two million jobs amid claims that the country is recovering from the global financial crisis.
02.06.2009, 06:43
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The U.S. car manufacturer General Motors has declared itself bankrupt. President Barack Obama said the federal government will act as a reluctant shareholder when it takes a 60 percent stake in the new GM.
Published: 12 May, 2009, 08:05
Cork stoppers maintain the economy of a whole country: cork is the most important of Portuguese exports. But the invasion of man-made bottle closures is threatening the existence of many cork forests.
