Life, People, and Commerce around the World
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Big Business Calls for Climate Change TreatyAhead of next week’s UN summit in Bali, business leaders from more than 150 global companies have “called for a legally-binding and comprehensive international deal on climate change,” reports the BBC. “They believe climate change is a reality, that continued economic growth depends on tackling it and that the costs of inaction are too great,” writes a certain HRH Prince Charles in the … Read More at Time.com via Yahoo! News…
Nov
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Ownership Of Property , Business and Voting Rights of NRBS’This note I write in response to Dr. Shabbir A Bashar?s write-up against my suggestions on voting right, property and business ownership in Bangladesh by Non-Resident Bangladeshis and foreign citizens of Bangladesh origin (re. NFB 29th Nov.).
Nov
30
‘Valley girls’ calendar big hit for historical societyWhat started as a lark, a chance for 12 Monongahela area women to have some fun, has become serious business.
Nov
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Business alliance wants ‘early action on climate’WASHINGTON – Some of the world’s top business leaders are demanding that international diplomats meeting next week come up with drastic and urgent measures to cut greenhouse gas pollution at least in half by 2050.
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Arab business leaders vow to preserve ecologyABU DHABI ? Arab business leaders have promised to take positive action against environmental damage at a conference held here yesterday. |