Fines
Aug 29 2007, AMIT

China has decided to slap hefty fines on polluters after years of rapid economic growth. Has the thought on environment begun?

China boasts of world’s fastest economic growth with rapid industrialization on all fronts. But, on the face of..

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Minister of National Revenue Gordon O’Connor, makes a point during a news conference in Levis, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday July 31, 2008. O’Connor hailed the big tobacco settlement and the RCMP said the fines are the largest ever levied in Canada. Two...