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Alion To Analyze Promising Biofuel Energy CropMclean VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a contract from the Biotechnology Research and Development Center (BRDC) to develop models that will assess options for processing pennycress seeds into biofuels. Pennycress is a potentially attractive biofuel source crop that produces twice the oil per acre as soybeans but can be grown by U.S. farmers in the winter and harvested in the spring between segments of a typical corn/soybean rotation. It takes full advantage of existing farm infrastructure w ... read more |
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New York (AFP) July 13, 2010Intel blew past the expectations of Wall Street analysts on Tuesday as the world's biggest computer chip-maker posted its best quarter ever on stronger demand for servers and personal computers. The Santa Clara, California-based technology bellwether reported a second-quarter net profit of 2.9 billion dollars compared to a loss of 398 million dollars during the same quarter a year ago. I ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) July 13, 2010BP may be on the verge of capping the well which has been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but the cleanup is far from over and the damage to the region's environment and economy could last decades. An estimated two to four million barrels of oil have poured into the sea since the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sank spectacularly on April 22, and if the higher end of that range ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2010The US government issued a new moratorium on deepwater drilling Monday until November 30 to ensure oil companies implement safety measures following the Gulf of Mexico disaster. "More than 80 days into the BP oil spill, a pause on deepwater drilling is essential and appropriate to protect communities, coasts and wildlife from the risks that deepwater drilling currently pose," Interior Secret ... more |
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China says no change to property measures, rattling stocksShanghai (AFP) July 13, 2010 China has denied it is easing restrictions aimed at cooling its red-hot real estate market, rattling Asia's major bourses on Tuesday after reports that credit controls would be relaxed. Dealers said the official comments led share prices in Shanghai to close 1.62 percent lower, with a knock-on effect on Tokyo and Sydney's markets, which also closed lower. Authorities in China have issued a slew of measures in recent months aimed at preventing the property market from overheating and causing a bu ... read more |
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