Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Research shows that men are the main drivers of the HIV epidemic. Men transmit HIV to women, who, in turn, can infect their babies if they fall pregnant. But this can be prevented if men become a part of the woman's pregnancy.
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
Bombardier Inc. said some prospective buyers of its CSeries jet, aimed at the lucrative single-aisle market of Airbus SAS and Boeing Co., are still hesitant to place orders as the economy takes time to rebound.
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
How and why Cable wants to shrink takeover market
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Robert Peston
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Monday, July 5th, 2010
ECONOMY: Bandh disrupts financial operations country-wide Market turnover drops 35%; economy loss put at Rs 3,000 cr. Monday's Opposition-led strike over the fuel price hike disrupted trade and businesses across the ...
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Interior India is seeing a war being fought by big businesses with the help of small and marginal farmers over organic cotton. Eager to carve out a bigger pie for themselves in the global organic cotton market, which has grown to $4.3 billion in 2009, up 35% over the previous year...
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Big brands stitch up success with organic cotton
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Pollution from port activities in Long Beach dropped as much as 52 percent in 2009 compared to 2005, according to the port s latest inventory of pollutants such as diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides.
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Everyone knows easing up on the accelerator can improve your fuel economy and reduce your emissions. But what kind of impact would it have on the environment if everyone had to slow down? A potentially big one, as it turns out.
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Slow Down And Spare The Planet
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
BEIJING -- The White House dispatched 200 dignitaries to China's capital for relationship-cementing talks this week, a number that bespeaks a world order rapidly turning upside down. From China's threefold economic growth in a decade to today's swarms of five-star hotels and six-figure autos, it is a cliché to say that the world has never before seen anything like this juggernaut.
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Chinese Economy Treads Risky Path. (Ask Japan.)
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
German and U.S. trade delegations crisscrossed Shanghai yesterday, competing to persuade customers in the worlds fastest-growing major economy to buy more imported cars, airplanes and solar panels.
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German Export Juice Should Guide U.S. in China, Companies Say
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
The volcanic ash cloud thats closed European airports for two weeks out of the past five is changing travel habits, leading to a surge in rail and ferry bookings.
Continue here: Ash Cloud Alters Travel Habits, Buoying Trains, Boats (Update2)
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