October 2011
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Thai floods mean big loss to Western Digital...
“They asked us to speed up draining water from the plants.
If it could be done in one to two months, the company expected
to then take about four to six months months for repairs. This
will cause them a loss of about 80 billion in HDD exports,”
Wannarat said.
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Scarce resources, climate biggest threats to world...
Increased hunger due to food yield changes will lead to malnutrition; water scarcity will deteriorate hygiene; pollution will weaken immune systems; and displacement and social disorder due to conflicts over water and land will increase the spread of infectious diseases, they said.By 2050, there could be 70 million additional deaths in sub-Saharan Africa alone, said Tony McMichael, professor of...
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UPDATE 1-Graphic Packaging to close Indiana plant,...
The Marietta, Georgia-based company makes paperboard
packaging for food, beverage and other consumer products.The company said the closure will have little to
no impact on current or future orders.Graphic Packaging, whose customers include ConAgra Foods
, Pepsi and Kraft , said it will move
business from the La Porte plant to other facilities in the
United States.Graphic Packaging’s shares...
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UPDATE 1-IMF says Cyprus must act fast to avoid...
* Sees 2011 growth at a standstill, contraction in 2012* Govt has opportunity to avert problem getting worseNICOSIA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Cyprus must take swift action to
shore up its economy, the IMF warned on Wednesday, saying it
faced strong economic headwinds and substantial downside risks
which were likely to persist.”We think the situation at the moment is very serious. The
fact that...
