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 Eleven major international corporations, including Dell computers, L’Oreal or PepsiCo, reaffirmed their commitment for the fight against global warming on Sunday, as they announced their plan to start monitoring the amount of carbon emissions that their suppliers produce.The initiative continues the path that Wal- Mart began last...
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 The loss-making US automotive concern Chrysler announced Sunday at the annual Detroit motor show that it was setting itself the goal of doubling international sales in less than five years.
Speaking at the event, Chrysler head Robert Nardelli said there was still room for global growth in the car manufacturing industry.
In 2007,...
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 The newest Cunard luxury cruise liner was officially named as Queen Victoria on Monday, as the 19.000 tons ship was launched at a Southampton dock by the Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of United Kingdom's Prince Charles. Before the traditional naming of the ship, an Anglican priest gave a version of the common Anglican prayer: "They...
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 The British government Thursday unveiled proposals for a major
expansion of London's main Heathrow airport, a project bitterly opposed
by environmental groups and anti-climate change campaigners.
Under the plans, presented by Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, the
congested airport would receive a third runway and a sixth terminal,...
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 Financial services giant Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. posted encouraging results for the third quarter, with a lower-than-expected profit decline in the midst of a widespread financial turmoil. The company proficiently limited losses on home loans and leveraged-buyout financing and managed to come out on top of the situation.The results...
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 California lost a global warming lawsuit against six automakers, as the U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins in San Francisco issued a 24-page ruling which says federal courts are not the place to resolve the complex issues surrounding global warming. The case "presents a non-justiciable political question," Judge Jenkins said....
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 Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, an Illinois senator, has asked Wall Street to temper its greed for the financial good of the country. He held an address at the NASDAQ Marketsite, warning that the public is losing trust in the markets and called for more transparency in the financial markets. He cited reasons for concern...
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 It appears that just two years after it launched its subscription service, the New York Times has finally found out that charging for access to areas of its website isn't a very good idea in the current times. All previously unavailable content, including 23 news and opinion columns, will become free for online readers, excepting archive...
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 Time Warner Inc. announced its AOL LLC unit is to move its HQ from Dulles, Va. to New York, where its advertising executives are already based. Also, AOL announced a revamped global ad platform dubbed Platform A, which is virtually a new division combining its Advertising.com online ad unit, along with recently-acquired online marketer...
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 Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York State has subpoenaed five large energy companies in an investigation into whether they disclosed to investors enough information about the financial risks of using coal to produce electricity. The official letters, written using powers given by the Martin Act, ask for a response by Oct. 9,...
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| Symbol | Last | Change | | Dow | 14,047.31 |  40.24 (0.29%) | | Nasdaq | 2,747.11 |  6.12 (0.22%) | | S&P 500 | 1,546.63 | 0.41 (0.03%) | | 10-Yr Bond | 4.529%
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 New BMW-6 Series Coupe and convertible
BMW has launched a convertible and new coupe of the 6-Series
featuring several advanced drive technologies and driver assistance
safety systems.
Both the coupe...
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