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...But Pichai says that living through last year’s California wildfires — which darkened the skies across Silicon Valley with smoke and ash for days — convinced him of the urgency....
...Tim Ash, a strategist at BlueBay Asset Management, noted that the bigger question today is whether ratings agency Standard & Poor’s will upgrade Russia to investment grade....
...“I think the right take is that markets are taking this in their stride,” said Mr Ash....
...The lira is down 0.8 per cent at publication time, a response Timoth Ash at Nomura called “relatively muted,” given that foreign investors had priced in the possibility of the downgrade....
...Says Tim Ash at Nomura: I expect Fitch to follow Moody’s and opt to stall in downgrading pending securing more info....
...Chinook calculates the plant will achieve recycling and recovery rates of 99 per cent – the 1 per cent being ash and glass shards left after the process is complete....
...Ash Lazenby, an analyst at Liberum Capital, said: “In a nutshell, this means the deal is all but done. However, there is now an increased chance of no Xstrata MIA.”...
...… Paper chase BAA chief Colin Matthews, who endured a tumultuous 2010 with revenues hit by the ash cloud, BA strikes and snow, is stepping down from the board of Mondi, the paper group which is dual-listed...
...Tata Group has launched India’s biggest takeover this year with the $1bn agreed acquisition of US-based soda ash producer General Chemical Industrial Products....
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