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According to a report issued by the international environmental group WWF, green technologies offer the hope in averting climate disaster but the ultimate deadline for committing to these technologies is 2014. The group has come up with the conclusion that should the world miss the said deadline, runaway global warming and economic meltdown are sure [...]

Adolf Merckle owns Phoenix Pharmahandel, a drugs wholesaler with annual sales of 21bn euros; Heidelberg Cement with annual sales of 11bn euros; Ratiopharm, a generic drugs firm with annual sales of 1.8bn euros; Kaessbohrer ski slope equipment firm with annual sales of 183m euros; and VEM engine makers with annual sales of 280m euros. The German billionaire’s [...]