18.01.2012 The Bellingham Herald
Warm temperatures, lack of snowfall have had wide-ranging impacts in North-Dakota
Ask just about anyone who follows winter, from biologists and snowmobile riders to ski resorts and organizers of ice fishing tournaments, and they'll tell you the winter of 2011-2012 is one for the record books. Snow is basically nonexistent across the Upper Midwest, and Grand Forks and Fargo both set temperature records Jan. 5 - 46 in Grand Forks and 54 in Fargo. As recently as last week, temperatures in Grand Forks soared into the 40s.
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16.01.2012 NZZ- Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Starker Franken drückt auf die Schokoladen-Verkäufe
Der starke Franken und die Hitze im Ausland haben beim Schokoladenhersteller Lindt & Sprüngli 2011 zu leicht weniger Umsatz geführt als im Vorjahr: Für das vergangene Geschäftsjahr meldet das Unternehmen Verkäufe von 2,49 Milliarden Franken. 2010 lag der Umsatz bei knapp 2,58 Milliarden.
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13.01.2012 The Huffington Post
Mild Winter Yields Strange Economic Patterns
Out of a relatively balmy winter have sprung some economic surprises. People have more cash in their pockets because they aren't turning up the thermostat. Airlines don't have to de-ice planes or battle blizzards. And shoppers are finding great deals on coats and boots. But there are also disappointments.
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09.01.2012 The Time
The year that winter forgot: is it climate change?
2012 is shaping up to be the year that winter forgot in the U.S. December and the first week of January have seen atypically mild temperatures throughout much of the country — especially in the usually harsh states of the far north and parts of the plains.
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05.01.2012 Environmental Finance
Munich Re confirms highest ever catastrophe losses in 2011
Last year was the costliest ever in terms of natural catastrophe-related economic and insured losses, according to reinsurer Munich Re, in line with preliminary estimates from its rival Swiss Re in December.
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01.01.2012 The Weather Channel
2011: Photos Reveal an Extreme Year of Weather
2011 was a year of weather and geological extremes. A blizzard hits during rush hour in a major Midwest city, tornadoes destroy sections of metropolitan areas, snowstorm strikes in October, an East Coast hurricane floods New England, July heat reaches new levels, moderate earthquake rumbles in Virginia, a devastating tsunami...the list goes on.
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