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Banning the sex industry: Iceland is determined to outlaw the worldâs oldest business. Can it succeed?
In 2009 it introduced fines and jail terms for those who patronise prostitutes (whom it treats as victims). In 2010 it outlawed strip clubs. In February the government decided to take on the glut of smut online and floated the idea of banning violent or degrading pornography, which some Icelanders take to mean most of it.
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Horacio Cartes: Millionaire. Criminal. Business titan. Homophobe. The next president of Paraguay?
Probably. At least he will fit right in with the Bush family (and Ken Lay) on their estates in Paraguay.
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Oxford Business Group: Ongoing mining disputes might hurt Mongolia’s growth
Business giants urge US to seize climate change “opportunity”
Published to coincide with the release of President Obama’s Budget Plan, which includes a series of measures designed to drive low-carbon investment, the “Climate Declaration” was backed by a host of high-profile brands, such as Adidas, Ben & Jerry’s, Ikea, L’Oreal, Nestle, Nike, Starbucks and Unilever, as well as a number of leading technology firms including CA, Ebay, EMC and Intel.
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Fake Twitter Followers Become Multimillion-Dollar Business.
Far from slowing, the market for fake Twitter followers seems to be taking off.
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Rockefeller buys into Russian oil business
VTB Capital facilitated the sale which gives Rockefeller Oil over 180 million tonnes of oil reserves, and 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas, Kommersant newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Energy secretary nominee faces scrutiny for ties to oil company doing business with Iran.
Ernest Moniz was a paid adviser to a group founded by and working to advance the interests of Italian oil company Eni, according to personal financial disclosure forms filed in March.
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Japan deflation persists, business spending down
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December vowing to end Japan’s long ordeal with deflation. His decision to do this by printing money as fast as he can seems not to be working.
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Sri Lanka’s Chinese-built port opens for business
Sri Lanka’s first Chinese-built port, a strong symbol of Beijing’s investment in South Asia, opened for international shipping in june 2012
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