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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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April 9, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Rising Profits Not Powering Employment Growth
The Wall Street Journal reports that large firms are more profitable and efficient than before the recession, but most of their new jobs and profits are overseas. The analysis of the financial report…
August 22, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: NYC Rocked by Subway's Controlled Blast
Residents of Manhattan’s Upper East Side often are often inconvenienced by the $4.45 billion project to build the Second Avenue subway line, but yesterday an intentional underground explosion brought…
August 29, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: U.S. Firms Move Offshore to Avoid Taxes
The opportunity to save on taxes continues to attract firms to re-incorporate overseas (WSJ). The IRS recently tightened rules regarding relocation, but an exception for mergers will allow Eaton, a C…
December 14, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Release of the Finance Minister’s Mother: Good News From Nigeria
Kamene Okonjo was released early on Friday, December 14. Eighty-two years of age, she is the mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Few details are available concerning the exact c…
January 7, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Who Will Shape Nigeria’s Elite Politics in 2014?
Emmanuel Aziken has written a thoughtful analysis of some of the major political players in his article on December 30 in Vanguard. His pick: President Goodluck Jonathan, speaker of the House of Repr…
