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Slow Food: what is its legacy?
The Slow Food movement is 23 years old. Since then, according to Mario Gala, “Slow Food has given a dignity to the rural world.” Many people are now concerned with the cultural dignity of food rather than its wide availability…
Frustration mounts at slow Sandy recovery
Recovery effort under scrutiny with a million New Yorkers remaining without power and long queues at petrol stations.
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Isolated NYC borough says help is slow after Sandy
NEW YORK (AP) — The mother grabbed her two boys and fled their home filling with water, hoping to outrun Superstorm Sandy.
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Clegg: Recovery ‘slow and fitful’
Britain’s economic recovery is “slow and fitful” but on the right path, the deputy prime minister will say in a speech.
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Take advantage of slow cooking
There has been a resurgence in slow cooking as of late. It offers a healthy, home-cooked meal while you are away from home and thus idea for a busy lifestyle. Slow cooking also frequently uses less expensive cuts of meat,…
Victim of Taliban makes slow progress
Malala Yousufzai’s defiance is the stuff of legend: A 14-year-old teenager who took to the Internet to tell the world of her daily battle against the Pakistan Taliban to get an education.
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Insight: Chicago Fed warned on high-frequency trading, SEC slow to respond
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than two years ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago was pushing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to get serious about the dangers of superfast computer-driven trading. Only now is the SEC getting around…
Treasury ‘slow’ on Northern Rock
The Treasury’s most senior civil servant has told MPs the government should have been quicker to nationalise Northern Rock following its collapse.
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Isaac spins into New Orleans on slow slog inland
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Isaac began a slow, drenching slog inland from the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, pushing water over a rural Louisiana levee and stranding some people in homes and cars as the storm spun into a…
Data point to slow pace of healing in economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Growth in the manufacturing sector picked up in August, a sign the economy is resisting the global economic chill although a rise in new jobless claims last week pointed to a still-sluggish labor market.
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Police ‘too slow’ to get Breivik
Norway’s police could have prevented the bombing of central Oslo and caught mass killer Anders Behring Breivik faster, an official report says.
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IMF cuts global growth forecast as emerging economies slow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Monday cut its forecast for global economic growth and warned that the outlook could dim further if policymakers in Europe do not act with enough force and speed to quell their region’s…
UK recovery proves slow and long
The latest revisions suggest the economy is no closer to the ‘rebalancing’ that government ministers and Bank officials have said is needed
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Debby’s slow march through Gulf drenches Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby whipped Florida with bands of drenching rain Monday while its center was nearly stationary in the Gulf of Mexico. Its slow progress meant the most pressing threat from the storm was flooding, not wind.…
Afghans see slow healthcare improvements
Child mortality rates have fallen by half since fall of Taliban but healthcare system remains overstretched.
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Ships slow down in pirate waters to save fuel
Maritime companies switch to relying on guards rather than speed for protection because one day at lower speeds can save ,000 in fuel
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Four Seasons purchase to slow Hands deals
Terra Firma buyout fund bets on British health care sector with deal to take over distressed provider
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Key US states face slow job growth
Job growth in the 14 states pivotal to the presidential election has advanced at a slower pace than in the rest of the US over the past year
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Momentum in US hiring, home sales appears to slow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Momentum in U.S. hiring and home sales appears to be slowing, according to fresh data.
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Employment gains slow, jobless rate drops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Payrolls rose far less than expected in March, keeping the door open for further monetary policy support from the Federal Reserve, even as the unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent.
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