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The Swiss franc is not what it used to be, and the country's central bank last week decided to break with tradition and intervene directly in the currency markets. Long a byword for stability and reliable value in hard times, the Swiss franc has recently been going up and down like a yo-yo. So the central bank has started selling its own francs to set a floor at 1.50 to the euro. ... read more 
Cairo, Egypt (AFP) June 29, 2009Abu Dhabi, capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, will host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the official MENA news agency reported. "Abu Dhabi has won the seat of the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency after voting took place today on Monday in (the Egyptian Red Sea resort of) Sharm el Sheikh," MENA said. The results ... more
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Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 30, 2009Scania has sold 85 ethanol-powered articulated buses to Busslink, operator of bus services for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the regional public transport company in the Swedish capital. "A continued commitment to ethanol power is consistent with SL's decision to buy only buses that operate on renewable fuels starting in 2010," says Leif Nystrom, who is in charge of bus and coach sales ... more 
Paris (UPI) Jun 29, 2009 The International Energy Agency on Monday revised downward its projections for global oil and gas demand, citing the global economic downturn as a major factor. "The global financial crisis has turned the economic landscape upside down, with huge implications for the oil and gas sector," Nobuo Tanaka, the head of the Paris-based IEA, said at the launch of the agency's two new ... more 
Washington (AFP) June 29, 2009Dow Chemical announced plans Monday to join Algenol Biofuels in a pilot-scale project to use algae and carbon dioxide to produce ethanol fuel. The facility is planned to be located at Dow's Freeport, Texas site. The project will use Algenol's technology that calls for carbon dioxide and saltwater supplied to algae in photobioreactors to produce the biofuel. Also contributing are the ... more 
Shanghai (AFP) June 29, 2009Beijing has suspended buying non-ferrous metals for state reserves after government stockpiling led to a surge in prices, Chinese media reported. China has been building its inventories of metals, including 235,000 tonnes of copper, over recent months, Caijing magazine reported on its website over the weekend, citing Yu Dongming, an official with the state economic planner. China also ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) June 29, 2009Japan will start issuing visas to individual Chinese tourists from Wednesday in response to growing demand for non-group travel between the two countries, the foreign ministry here said Monday. The tourist visas will be issued to individuals and accompanying family members if they have "good references in terms of occupation, financial resources and other factors," the ministry said in a ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 29, 2009Luxury hotels in Beijing have been forced to lay off staff and cut costs as the number of guests has plummeted due to the economic crisis and the swine flu outbreak, state media said Monday. The average occupancy rate at the capital's star-rated hotels was 44.5 percent during the first quarter of the year, down from 54.6 percent in the same period a year ago, the China Daily said, citing ... more 
Campinas, Brazil (SPX) Jun 30, 2009Amyris Brasil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento has announced the opening of the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas. The facility, located in the midst of the sugar cane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris's renewable products. The facility is the first of its kind in Brazil, and is designed to execute ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 29, 2009At the dawn of this twenty-first century, cosmology is at a crossroads: 95% of the universe eludes observations. To evoke the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy the Laboratoire Univers et Theorie-LUTH (Observatoire de Paris-CNRS) marks the World Year of Astronomy with a series of events from June 29 to July 10 at the UNESCO Palace in Paris. Gathered at the initiative of LUTH's ... more |
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