October 2011
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Tepco: radiation from Fukushima plant declines...
The Fukushima Daiichi plant, 240 kilometers (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo, was damaged in March by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the world’s worst nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago.”Our latest measurements show that radiation from the damaged reactors is 100 million becquerels per hour, which is one eight-millionth of the amount measured soon after...
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Portugal seen toughening austerity in 2012 budget
* Must include more new measures to meet fiscal
targets-analystsBy Sergio GoncalvesLISBON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Portugal’s centre-right
government will need to go further in 2012 than the budget
austerity set out in its international bailout if it wants to
meet tough fiscal goals, analysts said as the government
prepared to approve next year’s budget.The 2012 draft budget, which should...
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Exclusive: BoE's Dale warns UK growth to keep...
In his first public comments since the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee surprised markets by launching a second round of quantitative easing last week, Dale said that Britain was suffering one of the worst ever periods of financial turmoil.Britain’s economy has largely stagnated for the past 12 months, and Dale said the deepening euro zone debt crisis had increased the downside risks...
