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Counting the costs

This week, we look at media comment on the costs of globalization and on the EU decision to block the merger between the Deutsche Börse and the New York Stock Exchange.

Fusion

Börse

Leaving Kyoto

The announcement that Canada plans to leave the Kyoto Protocol has been greeted with dismay by environmentalists at home and abroad. We look at reaction from the national media.

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Umweltschützer

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News: Stitching up new markets

Today we take you to India, where nearly 30 per cent of the country’s exports come from textiles and leather goods. But if the demand from existing buyers is weak, where does one find new customers in the global marketplace?

Barbie superstore in Shanghai: now closed

Lost in Shanghai

CHINA: Two years ago, the world's largest Barbie superstore opened in Shanghai. With clothing, a day spa and even cocktails for the ladies, the store offered a Barbie lifestyle. Now it has closed.

Will the Tazo® Chai Crème Frappuccino® Blended Beverage will popular in India?

A hot business

INDIA: Starbucks in India? Well, yes and no. As a first step, Starbucks plans to use more coffee beans from India in its blends.

Greed and graft

The British government comes in for criticism for not having the strength to control bankers' bonuses, which will again be high this year. Also occupying the British media is the Indian telecoms scandal.

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Money trouble

INDIA: Microloans, the lending of small amounts of money to poor people, once seemed like a good deed. But it has become a road to ruin for many borrowers.

Mikrokredite

gute Tat

Weg in den Ruin

Kreditnehmer

A balanced ecosystem is a souce of natural wealth

Nature's value

INDIA: To find out the economic health of a country, we look at figures such as its per capita income. However, such numbers do not show the benefits of a clean environment. India now plans to be the first nation to establish ecosystem accounts that measure its “natural wealth”.

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INDIA: Here’s a job you probably don’t want: traffic cop in New Delhi. With a population of 12 million, the city has overcrowded streets and erratic drivers. But now New Delhi’s police have found help, thanks to their own page on Facebook.

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