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In this April 4, 2005 file photo, a sports utility vehicle drives past an ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's biggest oil refiner, will spend more than $1 billion in the next couple of years to increase its global production of cleaner-burning diesel by about 10 percent, the company said Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.
(photo: AP / File)
Higher Oil Prices Help Exxon Top Forecasts
The New York Times
| The Exxon Mobil Corporation, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday that its nearly doubled to $7.56 billion as oil prices increased from last year. Add to Portfolio | Exxon Mobil Corp | Go to your Portfolio » | It’s Exxon’s highest quarterly profit s...
Protesting truck drivers shout anti-government slogans outside the Ministry of Transport in Athens on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
(photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis)
Greek police fire tear gas at striking truckers
The Guardian
| Government issues emergency order as fuel shortages strand tourists and disrupt food and medical supplies Greek truck drivers clash with riot police in Athens. Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters | The stand-off between striking truck drivers and authorities in Greece intensified today hours after ...
Trustpower Ltd First Quarter Operating Results
Scoop
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:00 pm | Press Release: TrustPower | Trustpower Limited First Quarter Operating Results For The Three Months Ended 30 June 2010 | The first quarter of the 2011 financial year has seen lower than average wholesale electricity pr...
Sony Expands A-Mount Lens Line-Up For DSLR Cameras
Scoop
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:09 pm | Press Release: Sony New Zealand Limited | Sony Expands A-Mount Lens Line-Up For DSLR Cameras With Three New Lenses | Sony is expanding its already strong line-up of A-mount lenses with new models that will appeal to se...
Sony Unveils Interchangeable Lens HD Camcorder
Scoop
Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:06 pm | Press Release: Sony New Zealand Limited | Sony Unveils World’s First Consumer Interchangeable Lens HD Camcorder | Handycam NEX-VG10E captures cinematic Full HD movie and stereo sound with great depth | Building ...
High Court liquor decision could affect retailers
Scoop
Friday, 30 July 2010, 3:56 pm | Press Release: Association of Community Retailers | High Court liquor decision could affect small retailers nationwide | The Association of Community Retailers says this week’s High Court decision declining the ...
Shell CO.
Creative Commons / David M
Shell may team up with Woodside rival Chevron
The Australian
| SHELL is likely to join Chevron's giant Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project in competition with Woodside Petroleum's Pluto project. | The chances of Shell linking ...
Shell Oil
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Shell Q2 net profit up 15 percent
Fresno Bee
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/28/2022328/shell-q2-net-profit-up-15-percent.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar...
Wheat grains in a grocery shop, Pune, India
WN / Geeta
Wheat prices jump on global supply worries
The Boston Globe
| NEW YORK-Wheat prices surged to their highest level in more than a year Wednesday as concern grows about production in Russia. | Wheat for September delivery jumped 20.50 cents, ...
Oil giants' profits up on higher fuel prices
The Boston Globe
| NEW YORK - The major oil companies continue to climb back from the recession, with higher fuel prices driving up earnings. | After setting record profits in 2008, the oil industry tanked last year as the global economic downturn induced a dramatic ...
Greek stand-off intensifies as police fire tear gas at striking truck drivers
Irish Times
| HELENA SMITH in Athens | THE STAND-OFF between striking truck drivers and authorities in Greece intensified yesterday - hours after the government issued an emergency order to force protesters back to work. | With fuel shortages stranding thousands...
New power plant may be ready in 3 years
The Hindu
| K.P.M. Basheer | Cabinet gives administrative sanction for gas-based plant at Brahmapuram | It will boost power availability in central Kerala | KSEB to build plant at Rs.4,500 crore | KOCHI: If everything goes well, the first unit of the proposed ...
Ecosystem
Panasonic LCD TV - Electronics
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative
Star Tribune
| TOKYO - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels. | Panasonic Corp., Japan's biggest consumer electronics maker, said in a statement Thursday it will buy shares in th...
Recycling
Eco-friendly camping all about putting nature first
(photo: WN / marzena)
Eco-friendly camping all about putting nature first
KDVR
| Green camping may seem redundant--what's more green that spending a weekend or a week or two in the wilderness? But many campgrounds cater to our comforts rather than nature, and a lot of campers are anything but green. The good news is, greening your camping trip is simple: it's all about planning ahead and putting nature first. | The first step...



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