The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced on June 17 the withdrawal of FIT certifications for 144 solar plant facilities with capacities totaling 290MW. While there are 288 approved PV projects totaled at 1950MW ...
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FDA-approved Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM; Grand Rapids, MI) has announced that it has successfully closed a $9.8 million financing round. The privately held contract manufacturer provides manufacturing services for the aseptic ...
Global demand for imported thermal coal is expected to continue to grow but at a slower rate of 2% per year until 2018, as China faces an oversupply of domestic coal and shifts to a more diverse mix of renewable energy sources to address ...
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Nokia has launched a $100m Connected Car fund for further development of in-car technologies in collaboration with its vehicle technology startup HERE. The fund, which will be managed by Nokia Growth Partners (NGP), will be invested in ...
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Renewable specialists TGE Group has agreed a significant financing deal with Macquarie Lending to supply photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial buildings across the UK. The programme, one of the largest in the UK, will allow TGE Group ...
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Hiwin leads Taiwan's machine tool makers in 2013 earnings. (Photo of company chairman and chief executive officer, Eric Chuo, courtesy of Hiwin) Hiwin Technologies Corp.,?a Taiwan-based maker of?precision components for machinery, has ...
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Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News The price of goods imported to the United States was unchanged in December after declining the prior month, the Labor Department reported Jan. 14. December is the third consecutive month without an increase ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its 5% interest and transportation rights in the Oleoducto Central S.A. ("OCENSA") oil pipeline in Colombia for a ...
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Currently, monoclonal antibody agents have been successfully used in the treatment of tumors, cancers and other serious diseases as a heavyweight in the biopharmaceutical industry. In 2009-2012, the market size of monoclonal antibody agents ...
Elemica, a leading supply chain operating network provider for the process industries, announces that nine of the top ten companies listed on the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies annual ranking conduct commerce through Elemica's QuickLink ...
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India-based Gland Pharma has announced an agreement under which KKR, a global investment firm, will acquire a minority stake in the company for approximately $200m, including KKR’s acquisition of the entire stake held by Evolvence ...
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Google has announced plans to continue its rollout of solar energy plants in the U.S. with an $80million investment for six new facilities; its second largest ?to date. So far, Google has committed over $1 billion to wind and solar power ...
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Intel Capital, Intel's global investment and M&A organization, has announced investments in 16 new technology companies totaling US$65 million. Spanning nine countries, the investments will help drive innovations in the cloud, datacenter, ...
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Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), a leader in social sector development through impact investment, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, marked the successful completion of its technical assistance project with East Bali Cashews ...
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China's National Council for Social Security Fund stepped into top ten in the globe based on total assets at the end of 2012, became one of the world's top five Asia pension funds and was predicted to squeeze into the world's top three in ...
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