With climate negotiations apparently going nowhere - reports from Bonn this week indicate a whole new outbreak of division - is there scope in Rio for a Big Idea on energy?

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Meanwhile, it keeps its players entertained with new updates, 40 ways to play the game, 300 levels and three new brand installments: Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio and the soon-to-be-revealed Mine and Dine (a new game that features its grubbing pigs and plump birds underground).

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My portfolio covers copper, iron ore and coal, namely Rio Tinto--making new highs.

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While public-private partnerships of this nature are not new, they were a major theme at Rio, where business leaders called for swift and scaled-up collaboration.

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Rio de Janeiro is adding something new into its trademark black-and-white mosaic pavements: QR codes.

BBC: Rio de Janeiro brings QR codes to its streets

State-owned power generator Meridian Energy of New Zealand announced last week that Rio Tinto has approached it to renegotiate the electricity contract for its aluminium smelter at Bluff.

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Nicholas Bernstein, CEO of start-up Brazilian media venture Corisco Films, based in New York and Rio, says it has already has a slate of films ready to make in Brazil.

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Rio is also committed to building a new metro line and three bus rapid-transit (BRT) links.

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The area took off in 1896, when the Roman-inspired aqueduct that brought water to the city centre was transformed into tracks for Rio's new electric tram, the bonde.

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New signing Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs were among a 22-man squad that flew out from Manchester to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

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