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Hong Kong tycoon 'set to clinch British power business'London (AFP) Feb 27, 2011 Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing is set to clinch the acquisition of a power distribution business in a deal which would see him control half of Britain's electricity network, the Sunday Times reported. The octogenarian billionaire is expected to buy the electricity networks put up for sale last year by German energy giant E.ON, the newspaper said. CKI, Li's investment arm, is believed to have outbid US utility firm PPL, its last remaining rival in an auction for the business. Li paid 5.8 billion pounds ... read more |
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  EPSRC's Novel Energy Harvesting Grants Fifteen British businesses and seven universities are to share Pounds 5 million of government funding to enable them to research the use of novel nanoscale technologies to develop the next generati ... more | .. |
  Asian evacuees tell of Libya turmoil Evacuees returning to Asia from Libya at the weekend told harrowing tales of chaos, violence and looting - and above all the relief of being safely back home. ... more | .. |
  Luxury dazzles, China beckons at the Geneva motor show Major car makers were set to dazzle visitors to the Geneva motor show over the coming week with a touch of luxury, but China and emerging markets will be firmly in mind at the European showcase. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Mass evacuations from Libya criss-cross Mediterranean An Italian warship brought hundreds of foreign nationals from the Libyan port of Misurata to Sicily on Sunday as mass evacuations criss-crossed the Mediterranean and Asian workers returned home. ... more | .. |
  China targets 7% growth, to rein in inflation: Wen Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday said China had set a lower than usual economic growth target and pledged to contain soaring prices as concern over runaway growth mounts. ... more | .. |
 UNI-SOLAR Laminates Installed In Washoe County School District United Solar has announced the completion of a 1.05 megawatt solar power system on a total of 21 school rooftops across the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada. United Solar's UNI-SOLAR(R) ... more | .. |
 Martifer Solar USA Steers Hertz Towards Solar Power Martifer Solar USA is scheduled to engineer, procure and install 2.48 MW of solar PV at 15 locations across the U.S. for The Hertz Corporation. The rooftop solar arrays will be at Hertz facili ... more |
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Deadly Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse, experts say
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 DuPont Microcircuit Materials Launches Next Gen Frontside Silver PV Metallizations DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) is introducing a new series of frontside silver photovoltaic metallization pastes using new and novel chemistry formulated to deliver advanced efficiency and adhe ... more | .. |
 German Solar Market Doubled In 2010 Despite fears of subsidy adjustment, the German solar market almost doubled in 2010 According to Germany Trade and Invest Germany's solar market nearly doubled the previous year's installations, wit ... more | .. |
 DEGERenergie Reports Strong Growth in 2010 DEGERenergie, a privately held world market leader of solar tracking systems with more than 35,000 installations in over 40 countries, has reported strong growth for 2010. With a 180 percent increas ... more | .. |
 US DoE Supports SoloPower Thin Film PV Module Factory SoloPower has announced that it has received a conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office for a $197 million loan guarantee. The funds will support construc ... more |
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  Panama: Injuries, arrests in mining law protests Panamanian Indians and police clashed for a third consecutive day Saturday over a new mining law, with local media reporting dozens of injuries and arrests. ... more | .. |
 British military planes in dramatic Libyan desert rescue Two British military transport aircraft swooped into desert camps in strife-torn Libya on Saturday and evacuated more than 150 stranded civilians, the defence minister said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq attack prompts refinery closure An attack on Iraq's biggest oil refinery early on Saturday left two engineers dead and one of its refining units badly damaged, prompting the facility to shut down, a senior official said. ... more | .. |
 UPS gets green fleet Package delivery giant UPS has bought 48 heavy tractor trucks equipped to run on liquefied natural gas. ... more |
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China advances crewed lunar mission with lander landing and takeoff trial
Hera spacecraft tests asteroid tracking with distant Otero and Kellyday observations
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 S. America enjoys ratings boom -- for now South America is enjoying a boom in its global credit standing, despite a continuing free-fall of banks' financial credentials in the Middle East, but there are warnings that this may be a bubble that can burst without notice. ... more | .. |
 China shifting to no-logo luxury says Chloe CEO The tastes of China's wealthy are shifting away from designer goods with flashy logos to more understated luxury brands, the chief executive of French fashion house Chloe said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Volvo to invest $11 bn in next five years Chinese-owned car maker Volvo said Friday it hopes to become a global luxury brand and turn China into a major manufacturing base by investing $11 billion over the next five years. ... more | .. |
 Japan to offer rare earth subsidies for rare earths Japan said Friday it would offer around 42 billion yen ($513 million) in subsidies designed to slash the nation's reliance on Chinese rare-earth minerals by a third. ... more |
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  China says over 2,400 dead in coal mines in 2010 A total of 2,433 people died in coal mine accidents in China last year, a senior work safety official said Friday, vowing to beef up safety in the nation's notoriously dangerous collieries. ... more | .. |
  Amyris Technology Performs At Industrial Scale Amyris has announced that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using Amyris engineered yeast to produce Biofene, Amyris renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capaci ... more | .. |
 Posco And LanzaTech To Collaborate On Renewable Energy LanzaTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with Posco, one of the largest steel producers in the world, covering the implementation of its gas fermentation technology to convert the steel ma ... more |
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Philippines says 3 Chinese ships spotted near islets close to Taiwan
US-Russia summits: the highs and lows
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 Abengoa Consolidates Position As Technological Leader The knowledge and experience acquired following the start-up of the second generation bioethanol pilot production plant in Babilafuente in 2009, located in the Biocombustibles de Castilla y Leon (BC ... more | .. |
 Joule Unlimited On Track To Beat All Known Biofuel Processes Joule Unlimited has supported the high-productivity potential of its production process with the publication of a detailed analysis and model of its breakthrough solar-to-fuels platform. Publi ... more | .. |
China to spend $230 bn on aviation sector China plans to invest more than 1.5 trillion yuan ($228.2 billion) in the aviation industry over the next five years to meet surging demand as its economy booms, the sector's top regulator said Thursday. ... more | .. |
China's middle class stampede for luxury handbags It could be a queue for a pop concert, a top nightclub or even the opening night at the theatre. But the hundreds of people lined up in a Hong Kong street are actually waiting to bag a bit of luxury. ... more |
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 Chromatin's Sorghum Hybrids Top In Biomass Yield, Energy And Sugar Content Chromatin has announced that its sorghum hybrids showed top performance in its 2010 biomass and sugar testing programs when compared to other materials from public, private, and commercial sorghum c ... more | .. |
HSBC profits more than double to $13.16 bln Asia-focused banking giant HSBC said Monday that its net profit more than doubled to $13.16 billion (9.56 billion euros) last year as bad debts plunged to the lowest level since 2006. ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Starts Production At World's Largest CIS Solar Module Plant Solar Frontier has started commercial production on schedule at its gigawatt-scale Kunitomi factory, the world's largest CIS thin-film solar module production plant, located in Miyazaki, Japan. Laun ... more | .. |
China oil producer CNPC halts Libya production China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's largest oil and gas producer, said Monday it has halted production in crisis-hit Libya and evacuated all its employees from the country. ... more |
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