Volvo Electric has signed an agreement with Hamburger Hochbahn for the delivery of three to hybrid buses. The plug-in technology enables fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to be reduced by up to 75% and total energy consumption to be ...
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Clean Clothes Campaign launches a Review of its Urgent Appeal cases of 2013 and beginning of 2014. The interactive map shows how Clean Clothes Campaign supports the survivors of the Rana Plaza and many other workers in their struggle for ...
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American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has signed an agreement with the University of Michigan to extend their collaborative automotive research project until 2017. The collaborative automotive research efforts began in 1998 ...
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Russian gas giant Gazprom has reached a preliminary agreement with China on a $25 billion prepayment for Russian natural gas delivered under the 30-year supply deal signed this week, deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said Friday. "An advance ...
Li & Fung Limited filed a registration statement with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday laying out financial and other information for its $3.3 billion brand management business, which it plans to spin off as a separate publicly traded ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has sold the 50MWAC Macho Springs ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has reached an agreement with Nally and Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. (Nally), for filling streams at two coal mining sites in Kentucky in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under ...
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Cargill has entered into an agreement to acquire Turkish fats and oils company Turya, as part of its plans to expand its food ingredient operations in the country. The acquisition Turyag , which has a workforce of more than 200 people, ...
Unilever has signed an agreement to divest its North America pasta sauces business under the Ragu and Bertolli brands to Mizkan Group for nearly $2.15bn. The annual turnover for Ragu and Bertolli brands is more than $600m. The sale ...
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United Natural Foods has signed an agreement to acquire all of the stock of Tony’s Fine Foods, a distributor of perishable food products, for nearly $195.3m. Founded in 1934, Tony's primarily sells its products to retail and ...
Senior executives from 12 of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa companies are signing a joint agreement with the Government of Ghana as part of an unprecedented strategy to accelerate actions to make cocoa farming in the country ...
Vehicle fleet provider BT Fleet has expanded its vehicle fleet contract with the UK-based integrated energy company EDF Energy for an additional five years. Under the deal, BT Fleet will be responsible for handling EDF's fleet of 1,000 ...
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French car maker Renault has signed an agreement with the Tan Chong Euro cars to build its luxury sedan Fluence in Malaysia. The deal will not only allow the carmaker to strengthen its presence in the region but also expand its brand ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, international mining group Rio Tinto and Australian solar energy firm Ingenero have announced an agreement for the development of the Weipa ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an enforceable agreement with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke) to perform a comprehensive assessment, determine the location of coal ash deposits and to remove deposits along the Dan ...
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