There is no obvious reason why climate change should be so politically charged. After all, atmospheric carbon rises and polar ice melts irrespective of what colour rosette a particular president or prime minister happens to wear. As Doctor Marshall Shepherd in Forbes writes: “I too have been surprised by why …
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Business confidence is a big deal for the news editors… particularly when it slumps. This is because – it is widely believed – a fall in business confidence reflects an economic slowdown at best or, worse still, the onset of a new recession. With this in mind, the latest round …
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