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...Even as global temperatures smash through record highs, the oil industry is claiming the world can’t afford the rapid transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy....
...The transition towards cleaner energy sources has also created a potential increase in demand for accurate pricing data on commodities....
...“We have a lot of optimism that we can help all of the scientists, researchers, public sector institutions, and the oil and gas industry build the cleaner future that we all want.”...
...Repsol shares rose after the announcement but were down 1.6 per cent in morning trading as European oil and gas stocks fell 1.7 per cent....
...Here’s what you need to know: Case 1: Google Shopping vs Margrethe Vestager What’s happening?...
...As an alternative, the fund suggests splitting the company into a maker of dirty fossil fuels and a cleaner downstream business. Precedents for splits in the energy sector exist....
...“Without companies like us, with our skills, scope and scale to convert the energy system to a cleaner and lower-carbon energy system, I think you can safely say the energy transition is going to be a whole...
...It also follows a successful activist campaign run by the hedge fund Engine No 1 against Shell’s US rival ExxonMobil....
...At the time, the architecture firm was “greening” the building at 111 Eighth Avenue when the tech company, then a tenant, bought it for $1.8bn....
...(FT.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify) News round-up Asda buyers’ petrol stations business hit by Moody’s downgrade (FT) Utah Jazz sold to Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith for $1.66bn (WSJ) Nomura profits from...
...Instead it urged a national carbon price to spur a shift to cleaner resources....
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1 per cent while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was off 0.1 per cent. Futures tip the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500 to open flat....
...Scott Patton, Aldi’s vice-president of corporate buying in the US, says American shoppers want a “simple, cleaner look” in the store and “they want to identify the price easily”....
...Eon itself retained the cleaner parts of the business: renewables, energy distribution — which comprises more than 1m km of networks in Europe — and retail....
...“In the last month, I think I’ve had to go to three events in a tuxedo, so much so that I think my cleaner is like, ‘Usually people get their tuxedo cleaned once a year, you are like blowing through this...
...Reversing the 2011 raid on the North Sea would be a cleaner way of preserving jobs during a downturn....
...Video Tuner lets you edit your videos on a Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone. Functions including trimming, cropping, rotating, flipping, mirror and changing speed are all available....
...The protests sweeping Brazil began in São Paulo, the country’s commerical capital, last week as a demonstration by students against an increase in bus fares from R$3 to R$3.20 ($1.47) per journey....
...Shares in Woodside rose 1.6 per cent in Sydney on Wednesday while BHP gained 1 per cent. PetroChina rose 1.1 per cent in Hong Kong....
...Revenue fell to $1.6bn from $1.8bn. The Treasury invested $17.2bn to support Ally during the financial crisis and has recouped part of the investment through dividends....
...The partisan debate and resulting increased risk of falling off the fiscal cliff will likely result in the 10-year treasury yield falling below 1.5 per cent....
...When asked how many of his friends worked in the casino industry, el-Amin says: “There’s a cousin who works at Ameristar [another hotel casino] as a house-keeper” – meaning a cleaner....
...Unlike regional brokerages, they offer a cleaner break from the employee brokerage model, allowing the adviser, as an independent contractor, to take home a far greater share of revenue....
...After lagging behind competitors in developing smaller and cleaner cars, they are now investing heavily in them....
...“It’s arrogant to say you won’t build the version 1.0 car until it’s perfect.”...
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