TOKYO, Nov 25, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. FSLR -0.38% today announced that it has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity of the project is 1.4MWDC, and it will start operating ...
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The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recommends that all provinces follow Ontario and Quebec’s lead in requiring a truck speed limit of no more than 105 kilometres an hour. The recommendation comes in a white paper, a report stating ...
BESTSELLER’s annual report 2012/13 shows a turnover of EUR 2.6 billion and a result before tax of EUR 192.4 million. Both figures show a small increase from last year. The increase, however, does not meet our expectations. "We are ...
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The scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web spoke out Friday against what he called a "growing tide of surveillance and censorship," warning that it is threatening the future of democracy. Tim Berners-Lee, who launched the ...
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UPM was announced as the sector leader for the materials industry at the launch of CDP’s forests annual report. CDP’s forests program asks companies to disclose their exposure to deforestation risks through their use of five ...
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CNOOC Limited (the "Company", NYSE: CEO, SEHK: 00883, TSX: CNU) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Nexen Energy ULC (Nexen), has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Government of British Columbia, Canada to examine ...
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications, says that researchers at Germany's Ulm University have used LayTec's EpiCurve TT ...
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The annual report from two of Europe's key associations, the Bicycle Industry and Market Profile (BIMP), is now available on the associations' websites. This report—the fifth annual version compiling data for 2012—is a ...
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Since the beginning of 2012, smart grid improvements on Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s (PG&E) system have avoided almost 3.8 million customer outage minutes, according to the utility’s Smart Grid Annual Report. PG&E also says ...
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Sears Holdings Corp. announced it may spin off its Sears Auto Center (SAC) business from the rest of the company. The company believes that "SAC has a unique national footprint that can be leveraged to create significant value," according ...
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Preliminary Accounting Results of GDP for the First Three Quarters of 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China According to the related information, the preliminary accounting results of GDP for the first three quarters of 2013 are as ...
Capgemini Consulting, in cooperation with Penn State University, executive recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International, and global logistics and supply chain management provider Penske Logistics, has released findings from the 2014 18th Annual ...
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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, and Director of the Initiative on Value and Innovation in Health Care, Brookings Institution, will join the Board of ...
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The Ikea group raised its turnover in the 2012/2013 business year (31 August) by 3.1% to €27.9bn. This comes after growt of 9.5% in the previous business year. Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations turnover grew by 3.6% in 2012/2013 ...
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Rail in Australia is growing at a substantial rate, with passenger journeys increasing by 84 million over the past four years. The 'Australian Rail Industry Report', commissioned by the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and with ...