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July 28, 2010
ENERGY TECH
BP suffers major loss as oil spill costs hit 32.2 bln dlrs
London (AFP) July 27, 2010
BP said Tuesday it suffered a loss of 16.9 billion dollars in the second quarter in the wake of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which is forecast to cost the company 32.2 billion dollars. The group added in a statement that it will sell 30 billion dollars of assets over the next 18 months, as it streamlines the business, while under-fire boss Tony Hayward will be replaced by Bob Dudley in October. "BP announced today that it has taken a pre-tax charge of 32.2-billion-dollars for the Gu ... read more

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ENERGY TECH

Gulf focus shifts, but where is all the oil?
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FROTH AND BUBBLE

Nigeria records 3,000 oil spills since 2006: minister
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TRADE WARS

Foxconn plans 2,000 retail stores in central China: report
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ENERGY TECH

Japan and China agree to speed up gas fields talks
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ENERGY TECH

Iran launches bid for fusion reactor
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ENERGY TECH

New BP head: 'We will keep our promises'
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SOLAR DAILY

Off-Grid Lighting Solutions For Rural Electrification
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TRADE WARS

Siemens Korea contract will save U.S. jobs
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ENERGY NEWS

Bangladesh and India sign electricity deal
BIO FUEL

Zhuhai Oil Energy Plant Now Operational
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

EDF may get stake in nuclear group Areva: president's office
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

China's central bank sees little risk of double dip
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

French nuclear giant steps up security after hostage killing
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ENERGY TECH

Lift 'reckless'drilling ban, Gulf residents plead
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ENERGY TECH
'Demonised' BP boss Hayward resigns over Gulf oil spill
London (AFP) July 27, 2010
BP's chief executive Tony Hayward resigned on Tuesday, claiming to have been "demonised and vilified" over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster that is set to cost the British group 32 billion dollars. Hayward, whose PR gaffes made him a target of US fury, will be succeeded by Bob Dudley, who is in charge of BP's Gulf clean-up operations and who has vowed to "change the culture" of how the ... more

CIVIL NUCLEAR
Russian-built Iran nuclear plant on schedule: official
Moscow (AFP) July 27, 2010
The construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr is on schedule and preparatory work should be completed by the end of August, a Russian official said Tuesday. "Everything is on time. As was planned, by the end of August all work for the first stage of the physical launch should be completed," the head of Russia's nuclear agency Sergei Kiriyenko said accor ... more

TRADE WARS
Toyota: China labour cost hike 'inevitable'
Tokyo (AFP) July 27, 2010
The rapid rise of labour costs in China is "inevitable" and Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor has no immediate plan to review its supply chain in the country, its vice president said Tuesday. Foreign-run factories in China have been targeted in recent labour unrest as workers gamble on overseas companies responding to their demands and government officials supporting their actions. Produc ... more

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ENERGY TECH

First Results From Large Hadron Collider Announced

SOLAR DAILY

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NUKEWARS
Detector Technology Could Help NASA Find Earth-Like Exoplanets

NASA Finds Super-Hot Planet With Unique Comet-Like Tail

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NUKEWARS
Scots Engineers Prove Space Pioneer's 25-Year-Old Theory

Sweden's Larsson first to sell one million Kindle books

Goodbye mouse, Apple's 'Magic Trackpad' goes on sale

NUKEWARS
ITT Navigation Payload Passes Key Milestone For Next Gen GPS Satellite

Lynden Transport Offers Real Time GPS Mapping For Tracking Shipments

Nationwide Insurance Provides Bait Vehicles To Houston Law Enforcement Agencies

NUKEWARS
China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

China Sends Research Satellite Into Space

China eyes Argentina for space antenna

NUKEWARS
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Might Collide With The Earth In 2182

Research Yields Greater Precision In Determining Age of Meteorites

'Pristine' Earth impact crater discovered

NUKEWARS
WISE Discovers Over 90 Near-Earth Objects

'Sample return' space missions examined

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TIME AND SPACE
Fermilab Experiments Narrow Allowed Mass Range For Higgs Boson
Batavia IL (SPX) Jul 27, 2010
New constraints on the elusive Higgs particle are more stringent than ever before. Scientists of the CDF and DZero collider experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab revealed their latest Higgs search results at the International Conference on High Energy Physics, held in Paris from July 22-28. Their results rule out a significant fraction of the allowed mass range established by earlier experiments. The Fermilab experiments now exclude a Higgs particle with a mass between 158 and 17 ... read more

TIME AND SPACE
Bangladesh and India sign electricity deal

New Climate And Energy Policies Could Create 2.5 Million Jobs

Remote Ship Loading Trial Starts In Pilbara

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TIME AND SPACE
Japan and China agree to speed up gas fields talks

'Demonised' BP boss Hayward resigns over Gulf oil spill

Lift 'reckless'drilling ban, Gulf residents plead

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TIME AND SPACE
Study Shows Stability And Utility Of Floating Wind Turbines

Leading French Wind Farm Developer Says Yes To Triton

Floating ocean wind turbines proposed

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TIME AND SPACE
Off-Grid Lighting Solutions For Rural Electrification

World's First-of-Its-Kind See-Thru Glass SolarWindow Capable Of Generating Electricity

Emerging Technologies Battle To Fill Peak Electrical Demand

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TIME AND SPACE
Russian-built Iran nuclear plant on schedule: official

French nuclear giant steps up security after hostage killing

EDF may get stake in nuclear group Areva: president's office

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