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The green suits
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by The Economist: Daily news and views.
The economics of biodiversity and businessWhile climate scientists lament the fact that their flagship compendia, such as the IPCC reports, come under endless attack, scientists working on other environmental issues would love such high-profile pronoun...
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Quality of death
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by The Economist: Daily news and views.
A ranking of care for the dying by countryCUSTOMER-satisfaction surveys are, alas, unsuitable for rating the quality of death. So the Economist Intelligence Unit has devised a ranking of end-of-life care, published on Wednesday 14th July. It rates 40 m...
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Invest in China
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by The Economist: Daily news and views.
Agricultural Bank of China's IPO may be the biggest in historyTHE initial public offering of Agricultural Bank of China, the country's third-largest bank, looks set to become the biggest IPO on record. On July 6th and 7th the bank raised a reported $19...
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Too green to fail
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by The Economist: Daily news and views.
When it comes to protected areas, less really can mean moreThomas Brooks, a biologist with NatureServe, a conservation group based in Arlington, Virginia, has long been fighting to preserve biodiversity in the Philippines. Quite often it can feel like ...
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Too green to fail
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by The Economist: Daily news and views.
When it comes to protected areas, less really can mean moreThomas Brooks, a biologist with NatureServe, a conservation group based in Arlington, Virginia, has long been fighting to preserve biodiversity in the Philippines. Quite often it can feel like ...
