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<description>President Dilma Rousseff has signed a law ordering companies to pay overtime rates for after-hours work calls or emails</description>
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<description>Two years after a devastating earthquake, the government is seeking foreign investment to help bring down the island’s 70% unemployment rate</description>
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<description>Chilean miner files a counter-action against UK-listed partner that could lead to billions of dollars in damages over alleged breach of contract</description>
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<description>Three-judge panel affirms an original decision ordering the oil group to pay $18bn in damages for pollution in the Amazon</description>
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<description>Prices edge close to six-week high as dry spell threatens output in the world’s second-largest exporter</description>
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<title>Exploring for oil in Falklands threatens to open old wounds</title>
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<description>Mercosur bans Falkland-flagged ships from docking, highlighting the geopolitical stakes involved in hunt for fossil fuels</description>
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<description>UK private equity group acquires a stake in Blue Interactive Group, a cable TV and broadband provider targeting the growing middle classes</description>
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<description>The Latin American country’s economy stalled in the third quarter as it became the latest to feel the sting of a widening eurozone debt crisis</description>
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<description>World’s biggest miner of iron ore takes market by surprise by reporting 18 per cent drop in profits from last year</description>
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