World Business Briefing: Libya: Equity Firm Buys Stake In Oil Refiner The private equity firm Colony Capital agreed to acquire control of Tamoil of Libya for 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion). The Libyan government will retain 35 percent of the company, which operates refi... Read Full Article Mugabe Is Using Army In Assault On White-owned Farms President Robert Mugabe was accused today of deploying his army to invade more than a quarter of white-owned farms in Zimbabwe.... Read Full Article Seeking Recognition For A War’s Lost Laborers The largest group of victims of the construction of the ?Death Railway? built by Japan in East Asia six decades ago are some 70,000 Asian laborers who are barely commemorated.... Read Full Article Lender Said To Be Weighing A Bankruptcy Filing Soon New Century is still hoping to find a buyer for the company, but the chances for such a deal appear to be dimming.... Read Full Article World Business Briefing: Canada: Food Manufacturer To Be Sold To U.S. Company The E. D. Smith Income Fund, a trust that owns a variety of private-label food manufacturing operations, said it planned to sell all of its assets to TreeHouse Foods of the United States in a deal val... Read Full Article |
Science NewsConserving Cuba, After the Embargo2007-12-26 05:30 - Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats. Ping: Corporate Labs Disappear. Academia Steps In. 2007-12-25 05:30 - A vanguard group of universities is giving corporations greater access to ivory-tower laboratories ? for a price. Corporate Labs Disappear. Academia Steps In. 2007-12-24 05:30 - A vanguard group of universities is giving corporations greater access to ivory-tower laboratories ? for a price. Budget Cuts Will Mean Layoffs at Fermilab 2007-12-23 06:01 - The nation’s premier center for plumbing the mysteries of the universe in the tiniest bits of matter is planning to lay off more than 10 percent of its employees. Japan Halts Plan to Kill Humpback Whales 2007-12-23 06:01 - Japan is dropping its plan to kill humpback whales in the seas off Antarctica, the country’s top government spokesman said. No Joke, Bulb Change Is Challenge for U.S. 2007-12-23 05:30 - When 2012 hits, stores will no longer be able to sell the cheap but inefficient incandescent light bulbs that are fixtures in most homes. Mars Shot Is Put Off for 2 Years, NASA Says 2007-12-23 05:30 - NASA has delayed the launching of a mission to Mars to 2013 because of an undisclosed conflict of interest involved in one of two final proposals, officials said. Plan on Airline Emissions Hints at U.S.-Europe Rift 2007-12-22 05:30 - E.U. countries scaled back a proposal to regulate airline emissions, but agreed on measures likely to intensify a battle with the United States over environmental regulation. Darwin’s Era, Modern Themes: Science, Faith and Publication 2007-12-21 06:01 - ?Trumpery,? a play that opened this month in New York, explores a period teeming with religiosity and controversy. A Comet Is Missing, So Spacecraft Will Go to NASA’s Next Choice 2007-12-21 06:01 - NASA has given its Deep Impact spacecraft a new mission. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 |
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