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BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Jun 5, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Despite huge oil and gas reserves, Venezuela lurches into a power crisis caused by years of infrastructure neglect Angela Marquez should be pleased, considering the long line of customers at her paint store in the central Venezuelan city of La Victoria.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 10:03pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- When an angry Enrico Mattei coined the phrase the "Seven Sisters" to describe the Anglo-Saxon companies that controlled the Middle East's oil after World War II, the founder of Italy's modern energy industry could not have imagined the profound shift in p.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Dec 28, 2006 @ 10:22pm neoform

Financial Times -- The US dollar bill’s standing as the world’s favourite form of cash is being usurped by the five-year-old euro... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed May 21, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The GAO says the Tennessee Valley Authority must bolster its cybersecurity, citing risk that the power company's critical ops could be hacked Investigators have found numerous instances in which the nation's largest public power company, the Tennessee.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 1, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BusinessWeek -- As fuel prices soar, oil companies Shell and BP announce "extreme" profits and Prime Minister Brown admits he's worried about consumers' ability to pay The price of power and who foots the bill for Britain's rocketing energy costs took centre stage yes.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Jun 28, 2007 @ 10:40am neoform

BusinessWeek -- J.D. Power releases its 12th annual survey of vehicles that rank highest in terms of Automotive Performance, Execution, and Layout You've read every car review in print and online. Taken the hottest prospects out for test-drives and been dodging calls.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 10:20am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Hoping to tap into California's growing appetite for renewable power, Calpine Corp. today will unveil an ambitious expansion of its geothermal operations, considered one of the state's most promising clean-energy sources. The overhaul of the Geysers ge.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 9:44am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Given more processing power, big advances in PCs are possible. But Microsoft's Mundie says breakthrough research and training is urgent In the not-too-distant future, your PC will do a lot of things it probably can't do now—say, guess which file you'.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 10, 2007 @ 12:47am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Despite enlargement of the European Union, the influence of Britain, France, and Germany over the bloc's decision-making has grown Despite recent enlargement, the biggest EU states - France, the UK and Germany - have increased their power over EU decis.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 12:21pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- A power struggle among the involved companies from various EU nations will delay the satellite navigation project Political wrangling between governments and companies in the EU is jeopardising the bloc's biggest ever joint technological project - the.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 11:28am neoform

Times Online -- Does wealth equal power? Or is it a necessary, but not sufficient, condition of global domi-nance? In her keynote speech at Davos, Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, pointed to the “enormous changes” under way in India and China and declared: “Wh.. Read More