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Forget about designer brands and quirky gadgets: low-priced fashions and green products scored big in Japan in 2009, an advertising agency survey found, as consumers pinch pennies and take advantage of government stimulus subsidies.
Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa is laying off nearly 150 people from a western Pennsylvania plant.
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Praxair China signed an agreement with MAGI Solar Energy Technology to supply bulk and process gases for its solar cell and module manufacturing facility.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Headset maker Plantronics Inc. said Friday it will repurchase up to 1 million shares.
BISMARCK, N.D. - The head of the North Dakota Retail Association says he expects holiday sales in the state this year to be up 1 to 2 percent over last year, compared with a predicted 1 percent drop nationally.
WELCH, Minn. - A Minnesota Indian community with a nuclear power plant as its neighbor is holding a rally to voice opposition to a utility's expansion plans there.
BISMARCK, N.D. - A group that funds developers of North Dakota farm products is giving money to four projects. The quarterly grants from the Agricultural Products Utilization Commission, a state Commerce Department program better known as APUC, total nearly $213,000.
The U.S. launched this week a historic program to advance clean energy in India --where simply moving the 40 percent of the South Asian nation's citizens who still burn coal, dung or wood to electricity could deliver major improvements for development, clean air and climate. Last week, it was a similar historic program to advance clean energy with China as well as a shared commitment to ...
California's renewable power boom is off to a slower start than planned. Delays have hit more than half of the big solar, wind and geothermal energy projects under development throughout the state, according to a recent government report. They're still moving...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 11/27/09) - A new independent third party analysis of Canadian renewable fuel production conclusively confirms that Canadian produced ethanol and biodiesel significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Cheminfo Services Inc., a specialized environment, energy, transportation, and chemicals consulting firm was hired by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association to ...
NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures are plunging as a wave of fear sweeps world markets over concerns that Dubai's difficulties repaying debt will upend a global economic recovery.
BEIJING - Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell, sending the benchmark index to its biggest weekly loss in three months, as a slump in commodity prices and share-sale concerns dragged raw- materials producers and financial companies lower.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese alternative energy stocks, led by Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. rose in Shanghai and Shenzhen trading after the government announced its target to curb carbon emissions.
RAMBOUILLET, France - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is holding talks aimed at deepening business and financial cooperation with France. The two countries are seeking closer ties in the energy, automotive, transportation, and pharmaceutical sectors among others.
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