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A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams
(photo: AP / Andre Penner)
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
Daily Star Lebanon
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Pete Harrison | Reuters | BRUSSELS: Four environmental groups have sued the EU’s executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environment and push up food prices. | The lawsuit, lodged...
Cigarette Smoking
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making
The Times Of India
| NEW DELHI: Government is all set to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing. A cabinet note towards this end has been prepared by the commerce and industry ministry and circulated among the other ministries of the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA). | A ban on FDI ...
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
Daily Star Lebanon
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Pete Harrison | Reuters | BRUSSELS: Four environmental groups have sued the EU’s executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environm...
Bupa hit by rising cancer care costs
The Times
| Bupa, Britain's biggest private healthcare provider, yesterday cited a rise in cancer care costs for a sharp fall in annual profits in UK and North America - its biggest division. | The international healthcare group, which as a provident associati...
Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making
The Times Of India
| NEW DELHI: Government is all set to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing. A cabinet note towards this end has been prepared by the commerce and industry ministry and circulated among the other ministries of the cabinet com...
The Toyota myth is shattered
The Daily Tribune
| ZOOMING IN | 03/10/2010 | With the quickening pace of technological advance and the globalization-induced intensification of international competitiveness during the 20th Century’s second half and the 21st Century’s first decade, the creation of bu...
Ford Motor (sl1)
AP Photo / David Zalubowsk
Ford launches affordable made-for-India compact
Newsvine
| MUMBAI — Ford Motor Co. launched its first made-for-India compact car Tuesday, as the U.S. automaker continues its push into fast-growing Asian markets. | The four-door Fig...
20072008 Toyota Landcruiser (VDJ200R) VX, photographed at the 2008 Australian International Motor Show
Public Domain / OSX
Toyota says no flaw found with safety electronics
The Siasat Daily
| Tokyo, March 09: Toyota Motor Corp on Monday sought to discredit an outside study critical of its electronic safety systems and said it had found no flaw with its throttle contro...
Gadgets - Handycam - Technology - Video
WN / Sweet Radoc
Electronics investments up 20% in '09
Malaya
| Investments in the electronics sector grew 20 percent in 2009 despite the financial crisis that hit that year, a growth that would create 100,000 direct and indirect jobs in the ...
Industry sees higher steel prices hard to sustain
The Guardian
* Chinese importers still on the sidelines: traders * Mideast demand grows but cloudy outlook for imports * Ezz sees sharp drop in Egypt steel imports this year By Tom Pfeiffer MARRAKESH, Morocco, March 9 (Reuters) - A jump in steel prices at the sta...
Vehicle sales up 37%; Campi says industry to continue posting growth
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines--The local automotive industry has kept its growth momentum by registering a 36.6-percent increase in sales as of the end of February. | In the first two months of the year, vehicle sales reached 24,336 units from 17,818 units i...
Chevron to Seek UK Refinery Sale, Cut 2,000 Jobs
ABC News
By Braden Reddall | March 9, 2010 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, said it planned to put several downstream operations up for sale, including its Pembroke refinery in the UK, and eliminate 2,000 jobs this ye...
Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
The Guardian
* Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Shares down 0.2 percent in early trading (Adds quote, detail, background, byline, updates share price) By Braden Reddall NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters)...
Ford's New 'Figo,' A Ridiculously Inexpensive Made-For-India Compact (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
| MUMBAI, India -- (ERIKA KINETZ, AP) Ford Motor Co. launched its first made-for-India compact car Tuesday, as the U.S. automaker continues its push into fast-growing Asian markets. | The four-door Figo, Italian for "cool," is the Dearborn, Michigan-...
Stock Market
An investor studies the latest shares prices through an electronic board at a stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 22, 2005.
(photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Asian stocks mixed after lackluster US finish
The Boston Globe
| HONG KONG-Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday, taking a breather after sharp gains the day before as investors awaited more clues about the health of the world economy. | A number of markets were little changed, fluctuating in line with Wall Street's mixed finish. Oil prices fell modestly, while the dollar weakened against the yen and strengthened ag...
Economy
The message 'CUT Co2' lights up on the face of the Le Meridien hotel in New Delhi, calling for urgent action to fight climate change, at New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 19, 2007. Greenpeace is demanding that India implement energy efficiency measures as the first and most cost effective way to reduce Carbon Dioxide (Co2) emission
(photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi)
China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
The Star
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States. A chimney billows smoke as the sun shines through haze on a cold winter's day in Beijing in this December 24, 2009 file photo. (REU...



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