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Air cargo shipped through Hong Kong dropped 17.6 percent year-on-year in May, the city's airport authority said, as the global downturn continued to slash demand for goods made in southern China. Hong Kong International Airport handled 259,000 tonnes of cargo in May as shrinking markets in Europe and the United States hit traffic hardest, the Airport Authority Hong Kong said in a statement ... read more 
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Jun 15, 2009 The strategically important Red Sea region, a key route for global oil supplies, is showing signs of becoming a new front in the U.S.-led war against terrorism and the smoldering conflict between Iran and Israel. Yemen, which lies at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, is at the center of the gathering storm in the region. So is Somalia, Yemen's neighbor on the Red Sea's western ... more
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Washington (AFP) June 15, 2009A US federal appeals court on Monday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay 507.5 million dollars in punitive damages plus interest for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The ruling by the ninth US Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California was consistent with the figure suggested by the Supreme Court last year. It also awarded plaintiffs 5.9 percent interest starting from the date of the ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009China said on Monday it may undertake an anti-monopoly review on a joint iron ore project between mining giant Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton after Rio rejected a Chinese bid for a massive investment. Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto this month snubbed Chinalco's offer of a 19.5-billion-dollar cash injection in favour of a joint venture in Western Australia with bitter rival BHP Billiton. ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Waste Management has announced that it has entered into an agreement with BigBelly Solar under which Waste Management will provide WM Solar Powered Trash Compactors to its customers including municipalities and high-traffic facilities. Under the agreement, Waste Management has become the exclusive waste and environmental services company distributor of BigBelly solar compactor technology in ... more 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Ausra was awarded the "S" Stamp Certificate of Authorization from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for the manufacture of the company's industrial solar steam power boilers. Ausra is the first and only solar steam power boiler manufacturer to receive this Certificate of Authorization under ASME's Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Code. An ASME "S" Stamp indicates that a ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2009Foreign direct investment in China dropped 17.8 percent year-on-year in May for the eighth straight monthly fall, the commerce ministry said Monday. China attracted a total of 6.38 billion dollars of foreign investment last month, the ministry's spokesman Yao Jian told reporters. The decline compared with a fall of 22.5 percent in April from the same month in 2008, according to ... more 
Sofia (AFP) June 15, 2009French company ONET Technologies signed Monday in Sofia a contract to begin decommissioning four shut nuclear reactors at Bulgaria's Kozloduy plant, company officials said. Safety concerns by Brussels prompted Bulgaria to shut the four 440-megawatt reactors ahead of joining the European Union in 2007, leaving only two 1,000-megawatt units still operating at the nuclear plant. ... more 
Vienna (AFP) June 15, 2009The UN atomic watchdog convened its regular June board meeting here Monday, with Iran's nuclear programme expected to dominate following the country's disputed presidential election. Over the next four days, the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board is scheduled to discuss a wide range of topics, including its annual budget; the election of a successor to director general ... more 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Building on its leadership position in the delivery of sustainable property solutions, Lend Lease has announced a supply agreement with First Solar. Lend Lease's project management and construction business, Bovis Lend Lease, has signed a contract with First Solar for the supply of 10 megawatts (MW) of solar panels. Lend Lease is looking to leverage this relationship across its Australian ... more |
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