Governments around the world have promised billions of dollars to replant trees on millions of hectares of poor land. What is missing are the businesses to make this happen. A new report by the World Resources Institute says it wants to solve this pr

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Jim Malone Concern over job losses in the United States has emerged as a major issue in the 2004 presidential campaign. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Massachusetts Senator John Kerr

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The United Nations say global losses from natural disasters in the past year hit 138-billion US dollars. It is reported one hundred million people were affected in over three hundred natural disasters in 2012. Hurricane Sandy, cold snaps in Europe, a

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Sometimes we hear that the economic problems in New Zealand are not so bad. On the other hand, we heard of more job losses this week. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) will cut 70 jobs. The TEC is a government business which gives funding and c

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And Apple shares have fallen sharply on the back of flat profit results. Shares in the tech-giant plunged close to nine percent overnight. The company has reported a profit of just over 13 billion dollars in the four months to January. Apple says it

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) on Monday reported that its profit in the most recent quarter fell more than 90 percent with sales also declining. In the company's fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 ended Oct. 31, the company p

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