Nike has spent $380 million on the expansion of its headquarters, and hired over 2,000 new employees there, the Portland Business Journal reported. Last week, Nike’s general counsel informed Gov. Kate Brown that the sportswear ...
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Set in a turn-of-the-century Tiffany & Co. ring and flanked by European-cut diamonds, this 7.84-carat oval-cut Kashmir sapphire sold for $1.35 million Tuesday at Bonhams New York. Click through this slideshow to see the top 5 lots from ...
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German day-ahead baseload power prices dropped below Eur30/MWh Thursday as wind power output was forecast to rise above 20 GW ahead of calmer weather conditions, which lifted contracts further out, a source said. Baseload power for ...
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Bulgaria and the European Commission have agreed to establish a joint working group to support the development of a gas hub in Bulgaria designed to serve the whole Balkan region. Gas infrastructure in southeast Europe is poorly ...
The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract settled at $1.990/MMBtu Friday, down 2.5 cents. A prompt-month contract has not settled lower since reaching $1.975/MMBtu on April 24, 2012. The fall in the January contract comes as the ...
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Russia is against an increase in global crude production, rather than favouring a reduction, and remains pessimistic about the possibility of Moscow and Riyadh reaching a production coordination deal, Russia's energy minister Alexander ...
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Crude futures fell Friday after the International Energy Agency said global oil markets will remain oversupplied at least through 2016. NYMEX January crude settled $1.14 lower at $35.62/b. ICE January Brent settled down $1.80 at $37.93/b. ...
Unseasonably strong gasoline demand is proving for US refiners to be the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season, as support from seasonal diesel demand is tamped down by record high temperatures across much of the US. Gasoline ...
Online search giant Baidu Inc said on Monday that it has set up a new business unit to spearhead its automobile efforts and plans to put self-driving cars on the roads in the next three years. The Beijing-based company, which successfully ...
Congestion at most Chinese ports has eased further over the past week due to a general improvement of the weather, a port agent source said Wednesday. Dense fog, strong winds, heavy rain and snow made several China ports close from time ...
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Actor Liao Fan and actress Song Jia. [Photo provided to China Daily] The Chinese movie The Master will be released on Dec 10, which is earlier than expected, in order to avoid box-office "rush hour". Some 40 domestic titles are lined up ...
World leaders gathered in Paris last week for the 21st UN climate conference, known as COP21. At the meeting, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz highlighted several solutions to reduce carbon emissions, including launching a Climate ...
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) in India has implemented the central government sponsored Domestic Efficient Lighting Program (DELP) in areas under its jurisdiction, reported The Times of India. Under the program, the LED bulbs are ...
A major Chinese company has won contracts to complete a rail link running across Kenya-a major project expected to boost connections in East Africa. China Communications Construction Co has signed a framework agreement with the Kenyan ...
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Black Friday UK saw the sale of over 300,000 consoles in the UK alone. It seems Black Friday here in the UK has been very successful for the gaming industry, in particular the sale of hardware such as games consoles. According to data ...
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