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20
Jun
2009
Aberthaw workers join strikes in support of sacked workers  

19 days ago by admin

Aberthaw workers join strikes in support of sacked workers Jun 20 2009 by Peter Collins, Western Mail SOME 300 workers at a Welsh power station downed tools yesterday in sympathy with 650 workers at an oil refinery who were sacked while on strike. The contract workers at Aberthaw power stationin the ...

Wales News - wales.newsfed.net

11
Jun
2009
Gadhafi attacks US in speech in Italy  

28 days ago by sophie

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has lashed out at the United States by likening the 1986 U.S. strikes on Libya to Osama bin Laden’s terror attacks. He also urged the world to understand the reasons that motivate terrorists as he spoke to Italian lawmakers on Thursday during a landmark visit to Rome. G ...

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30
May
2009
Activist Nuns Convince Chevron to Track its Carbon Footprint  

40 days ago by Stephanie Rogers

As it turned out, after years of resistance, all it took to get Chevron to track its carbon footprint was a threat from activist nuns. A group of faith-based investors, including the Sisters of St. Domenic, filed a resolution to force Chevron into being more environmentally responsible. After the oi ...

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Beijing sets off on the prowl  

40 days ago by tomgandl

Stricken prey is easy to find. From Rio Tinto to Opel, plenty of indebted firms are looking for cash-rich investors. Having spent years rashly stretching their balance sheets, many Western firms are ripe for the plucking. The repercussions are far-reaching. Many analysts expected the financial colla ...

Vital Reading - vitalread.com · 10 references

29
May
2009
Beijing sets off on the prowl  

41 days ago by tomgandl

Stricken prey is easy to find. From Rio Tinto to Opal, plenty of indebted firms are looking for cash-rich investors. Having spent years rashly stretching their balance sheets, many Western firms are ripe for the plucking. The repercussions are far-reaching. Many analysts expected the financial colla ...

Vital Reading - vitalread.com · 10 references

26
May
2009
Business News: Shell shareholders call for bonuses to be given back as ...  

43 days ago by admin

Shell shareholders call for bonuses to be given back as chairman is urged to resign May 25 2009 Western Mail FURIOUS investors are calling for Royal Dutch Shell bosses to hand back recent bonuses amid an escalating row over the oil giant’s pay awards. Shareholders are also said to be demanding the r ...

Wales News - wales.newsfed.net

01
May
2009
Crude Documentary shows at 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival  

69 days ago by Keith

A documentary or any feature film, like a good dessert, needs good texture. Some docs offer light delicate flavors, while others serve up crisp tawdry offerings but Crude, the latest feature documentary from director Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) brings a feel so ...

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Crude Documentary shows at 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival  

69 days ago by Keith

A documentary or any feature film, like a good dessert, needs good texture. Some docs offer light delicate flavors, while others serve up crisp tawdry offerings but Crude, the latest feature documentary from director Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) brings a feel so ...

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13
Apr
2009
Drumbeat: April 10, 2009  

87 days ago by Craft Projects

How Italy’s ENI Vastly Boosted Oil Output Just outside Pointe Noire, a steamy industrial port in the Republic of the Congo, a road lined with brightly painted open-air bars and fish restaurants gives way to a vast bulldozed clearing. There, workers are laying the foundation for a gas-fired power pla ...

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10
Apr
2009
Restructuring in the Face of Climate Change  

90 days ago by Business Leadership

Tiffany VogelThe collapse of building-sized chunks of ice into Neko Bay provide a fitting metaphor for the challenges facing businesses today.From the end of March to early April, BP, the British oil giant, hosted 50 college and university students from around the globe, along with several conservat ...

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