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Chinese, Germans seek to turn Chernobyl wasteland to solar park

  Bloomberg Chinese and Germans are among dozens of investors taking Ukraine up on its offer to turn the grounds of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters into a massive solar park. Thirteen international investors are among the 39 groups seeking Ukraine permission to install about 2 gigawatts of solar panels inside the radioactive exclusion zone surrounding the defunct ...

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China’s crude output decline to help OPEC ‘glut curb’

  Bloomberg OPEC’s campaign to prop up oil prices is getting unlikely support from its biggest customer. China’s production is forecast to fall by as much as 7 percent this year, extending a record decline in 2016, according to analysts at CLSA Ltd., Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. and Nomura Holdings Inc. That’s about the same size as the output ...

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Cash ban triggers chaos in India’s jewellery industry

  Bloomberg A self-imposed cash shortage in India is creating chaos for jewellery retailers in one of the world’s biggest gold-buying countries. Sales are plunging. Just ask Renita Ferreira. While her February 24 marriage ceremony has been set for a year, she and her fiance haven’t bought wedding rings, even after many trips to stores in Panaji, the capital of ...

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