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Europe's top 300 firms get climate-ranked London (UPI) Apr 29, 2011 British insurer Aviva ranks the climate-friendliest of 300 large European companies but many companies don't do enough to bring down greenhouse gas emissions, a new study indicates. With a carbon intensity of 0.85 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per $1 million of revenue, Aviva tops the ET Europe 300 Carbon Ranking compiled by the non-profit group the Environmental Investment Organization. Telecoms company Swisscom, Deutsche Bank and Finnish cellphone maker Nokia also managed to get hi ... read more |
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  Nigeria's oil bill faces major obstacles Nigeria's newly elected president faces a plethora of problems plaguing Africa's most populous nation but the toughest is likely to be enacting sweeping reforms of the troubled oil industry, the nation's economic lifeline. ... more | .. |
  Nuclear plant stress test results by year-end: EU The results of stress tests on European nuclear power plants should be clear by the end of the year, EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger said in Helsinki Friday. ... more | .. |
  Caterpillar posts record Q1 profit, raises outlook Caterpillar, the world's largest heavy equipment maker, reported Friday a fivefold rise in first-quarter profit on strong global demand and predicted record earnings for the full year. ... 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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  China's Wen woos Indonesia with song, loans China announced $8 billion in loans for infrastructure in Indonesia on Friday, during a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao which included a sing-along with local students. ... more | .. |
  Luxury cars and trucks boost Daimler's profit German luxury carmaker Daimler said Friday that its first-quarter net profit nearly doubled, and maintained a rosy outlook for the year amid strong demand for its Mercedes-Benz cars and also heavy trucks. ... more | .. |
 First offshore yuan IPO makes limp Hong Kong debut Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's yuan-denominated IPO, the world's first outside mainland China, tumbled on its trading debut Friday but officials said the market remained full of promise. ... more | .. |
 Protests mount against Indian nuclear plant In the busy Indian fishing village of Sakhri Nate, it's obvious what the locals think of the plan to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant just across the creek. ... more |
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Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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 Japan Inc net profit tumbles in after quake: poll The devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11 battered Japan Inc. in the first three months of 2011, with companies seeing their profits slashed by a third, a survey said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Performance goals needed now for offshore wind turbine industry in US Structural Integrity of Offshore Wind Turbines: Oversight of Design, Fabrication, and Installation, a new report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board, examines standard ... more | .. |
  New polymer structures for use as plastic electronics Iowa State University's Malika Jeffries-EL says she's studying doing structure-property studies so she can teach old polymers new tricks. Those tricks improve the properties of certain organic ... more | .. |
 Exploring the Superconducting Transition in Ultra Thin Films Like atomic-level bricklayers, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are using a precise atom-by-atom layering technique to fabricate an ultrathin tra ... more |
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  2 graphene layers may be better than 1 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown that the electronic properties of two layers of graphene vary on the nanometer scale. The surprising new res ... more | .. |
  Extreme testing for rotor blades Only when you are standing beside a wind turbine can you appreciate the immense size of the wind turbine and its rotor blades. The largest wind turbines operating in the world today have rotor blade ... more | .. |
  Cobalt Technologies and American Process to Build World's First Cellulosic Biobutanol Refinery Cobalt Technologies and American Process have announced an agreement to build the world's first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol. Additionally, the companies agreed to j ... more | .. |
 GreenShift to Receive Another Corn Oil Extraction Patent GreenShift has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has issued a notice of allowance for patent application number 11/241,231, titled "Method of Processing Ethanol Byproduct ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
Royal Canadian Navy selects MDA Space for next generation drone surveillance systems | .. |
 AE Biofuels Subsidiary Receives Advanced Biofuels Grant AE Biofuels has announced its wholly-owned advanced ethanol subsidiary AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc. (AE Keyes), has been awarded a $1.88 million matching grant from the California Energy Commission ... more | .. |
 Venezuela industry not keen on Mercosur Venezuela's beleaguered business and private industry sector is up in arms over efforts by President Hugo Chavez to fast track the country's economic integration with Mercosur as soon as he wins ratification of a long-delayed membership. ... more | .. |
 Microsoft net profit up but surpassed by Apple US software giant Microsoft posted a more than 30 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Thursday but pocketed less than gadget-maker Apple for the first time in two decades. ... more | .. |
 More Chinese resource deals in Australia? Chinese investment in Australia's resources sector could get a boost as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard wrapped up a four-day visit to China on Thursday. ... more |
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 Sanctions take toll of Iran's oil industry When Iran, beset by international sanctions, had its annual oil and gas expo this month, there was no sign of the big Western oil companies and even less of the large-scale investment the Islamic Republic's energy industry desperately needs. ... more | .. |
 US raps China for 'serious backsliding' on rights A United States envoy accused China of "serious backsliding" on human rights Thursday after talks held as Beijing cracks down on government critics. ... more | .. |
 Alabama nuclear power plant offline after storm US officials were Thursday monitoring a nuclear plant in the southern state of Alabama that lost power amid severe storms that swept through the region. ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
US government gets a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for $1
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 High oil prices fuel ExxonMobil bumper profits ExxonMobil reported nearly $11 billion in quarterly profit Thursday on the back of a surge in oil prices that has put the company in the crosshairs of US politicians, including President Barack Obama. ... more | .. |
 Japan quake impact weighs on Honda, Mazda Japanese auto giants Honda and Mazda saw their profits take a hit as the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami ravaged production at the end of the fourth quarter, the companies said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Swiss solar plane to attempt first international flight Switzerland's solar-powered aircraft is expected to attempt its first international flight as early as next week to Brussels, the team managing the project said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Brazil's key airports set to go private Security and management of Brazil's key airports are likely to go under private management follow a government decision to push forward aviation development ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. ... more |
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Lithuania presses Russia over nuclear plant Lithuania on Thursday stepped up pressure on neighbour Russia over plans to build a nuclear power plant near the Baltic state, insisting its safety concerns had not been met. ... more | .. |
IMF says capital flows to Asia 'key concern' The International Monetary Fund on Thursday warned that capital flows into Asia's surging economies remain a "key concern" for policymakers in a region already battling rising inflation. ... more | .. |
 First offshore yuan IPO set for Hong Kong debut The world's first yuan-denominated IPO outside mainland China debuts in Hong Kong on Friday, marking a milestone for Beijing's goal to turn the yuan into a global currency. ... more | .. |
  China's Huawei sues ZTE for patent infringement China telecoms giant Huawei said Thursday it is suing hometown rival ZTE in Europe for alleged patent and trademark infringements, as the Chinese firms battle for overseas market share. ... more |
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