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...The British oil and gas producer, a member of API, individually supported the IRA’s passage....
...Meanwhile, Clifford Schorer, co-owner of Agnews gallery in London, is bringing a painting to the annual Master Drawings New York event (until January 28) which he believes is by Rembrandt....
...They promise a step change in energy density, as well as improved safety and the ability to charge faster....
...Labelled the “Queen of Green”, she viewed commerce as an agent of social change and anger as a more useful business qualification than an MBA....
...Originally from a small town in Ecuador, he is a Japanophile who makes regular trips to Tokyo and enjoys drinking sake and expensive green tea....
...Finally, the rise of US bespoke can be traced to a certain economic interest on the part of the retailer: bespoke requires no inventory; clients pay 50 per cent in advance; and the shop controls the flow...
...“Consumers want to be green, but don’t want to look stupid if it turns out that the energy they are buying is not as green as they thought. This accreditation scheme gives them peace of mind.”...
...The ushering-in of highly paid investment bank boss Bob Diamond as the successor to John Varley at the helm of Barclays has raised hackles in Westminster, although some think the sensitivity of that appointment...
...It also awarded knighthoods to Stelios Haji-Ioannou, an entrepreneur active in the UK but resident in Monaco, and Philip Green, a retailing tycoon whose wife’s residency in the same tax haven sharply reduced...
...A short stint in the financial services industry followed when she became a partner of Lazard Frères in Paris in 1995, before moving on to Alcatel in 1997 to oversee its energy and nuclear interests....
...But even if we experience genuine green shoots of recovery, as I expect, 2009 will be a year to forget. Chris Giles Will China revalue its currency?...
...Russia has taken little part in negotiations to date, and is not obliged to reduce emissions under the Kyoto protocol, but will react if its interests appear threatened....
...The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is ready to put up a third of the development costs in the form of low-interest loans but MHI needs private-sector backers to help with the rest....
...On Thursday Mr Bush essentially proposed a successor protocol to Kyoto, which expires in 2012 and which his administration summarily rejected....
...not agree on a successor to Feachem....
...And he pledged far less money than his successor in the international fight against Aids....
...The straight-talking envoy may complete just a year in the Green Zone, which was hit by rockets on the eve of Sunday's elections. No word on his possible successor yet....
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