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...It has been calculated that Thailand’s annual corn waste is the volume of 35 Mahanakhon Towers, a 77-storey skyscraper in Bangkok....
...On the last Sunday of April 2019, a sleek Gulfstream V jet belonging to Occidental Petroleum touched down at Omaha airport....
...Mr Lorenzo was promoting a debenture offering in Waste2Energy Holdings Inc — a now-bankrupt company which was claiming it had technology that converted waste into clean energy....
...“It’s not like the standard V-shaped recession in emerging markets, such as in Indonesia in 1998 where it’s only a year and a half of real economic hardship,” he said....
...Today it unveils an initiative to create a new space industry that would exploit asteroids for metals and other materials that are scarce on Earth....
...“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking....
...A Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation challenge prize spurred the university Caltech to invent a self-cleaning, solar-powered toilet that turns human waste into hydrogen and fertiliser....
...They told me ‘Boss, don’t waste your money’....
...“One of our principles is that waste [from existing products] should be food [for new ones],” says Mr Braungart....
...Mr Chandrasekaran jokes that whether the global recovery is “V-shaped, W-shaped or ‘square root’-shaped”, clients will look to the offshore outsourcing industry to cut costs....
...Republic now hopes to complete its agreed merger with Allied Waste, the number two....
...The withdrawal of Waste Management’s takeover attempt, after it earlier had two offers rejected, opens the way for Republic to complete its merger with Allied Waste, the second-largest trash hauler....
...In June, the second and third largest trash handlers in the US – Allied Waste and Republic Services – agreed to merge in an all-stock deal....
...deal to buy the industry’s second-largest company, Allied Waste....
...waste hauler Waste Management and instead pursue its $6.24bn plan to buy Allied Waste....
...Allied Waste and Republic Services, the second and third-largest US waste services companies, said on Monday that they had agreed to combine in a $6.1bn stock-for-stock transaction....
...Allied was not available to comment. Credit Suisse is Waste Management’s financial adviser. Shares in Waste Management fell 6.6 per cent to $34.19 by midday in New York....
...On Monday, industry leader Waste Management raised its unsolicited takeover bid for Republic by about 9% to try to thwart Republic’s agreement to buy Allied Waste Industries, the second-largest US trash...
...its deal to buy the industry’s second-largest company, Allied Waste....
...Since striking a deal for Allied, Republic has received – and rejected – a takeover approach from Waste Management, the industry-leading competitor it is trying to beat by acquiring Allied....
...Meanwhile, Republic Services said it would buy rival waste-removal company Allied Waste Industries for $6.1bn in stock, concluding nearly two years’ worth of discussions....
...Allied Waste and Republic Services also fell back after the waste management companies confirmed it was in discussions about a $6.59bn merger....
...V&S net profits fell 7 per cent last year to Skr1.47bn. Though sales volumes rose 5 per cent, sales revenues were almost unchanged at Skr10.3bn, partly because of the weak dollar....
...As well as Absolut, V&S owns the Level Vodka, Cruzan Rum, Plymouth Gin and FRIS Vodka brands....
...It’s a waste of my time.”...
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