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Porsche and UP.Labs to build startups tailored for Porsche’s business

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Through UP.Labs, Porsche secures access to international talents and their know-how. —Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG and Member of the Executive Board for Finance and IT. Above all, we strive for new sources of innovation. Porsche then has the option to integrate them into the organization.

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Pinto Energy to build 2,800 bpd small-scale GTL plant in Ashtabula; Velocys microchannel technology

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Pinto Energy LLC (Pinto), a developer of smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities, will build a 2,800 barrel per day (bpd) GTL plant at Pinto’s 80-acre industrial site to the east of Ashtabula, Ohio. Pinto has chosen Ventech Engineers International LLC (Ventech) as the project’s EPC Contractor.

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). Within the $10.7

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This Startup’s AI Tool Makes Moving Day Easier

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Taking on a host of unfamiliar responsibilities like finance and sales required a significant shift in mind-set. Rattner cofounded Yembo in 2016 to develop an AI-based tool for moving companies that creates an inventory of objects in a home by analyzing video taken with a smartphone.

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Airbus and LM Industries create mobility startup Neorizon; digital manufacturing

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The Neorizon microfactory is intended to build products at unprecedented speeds through the combination of co-creation and cutting-edge technology. We’ve been working with LM Industries’ team at Local Motors since early 2016 when we realized the unique value proposition surrounding direct digital manufacturing and open-source design.

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Government of Canada to buy Trans Mountain Pipeline System and Expansion Project for C$4.5B, resume planing and construction

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The Trans Mountain Expansion Project involves building a new pipeline along the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline running from Edmonton, Alberta to Burnaby, British Columbia, and expanding the capacity of the terminal in Burnaby. —Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance. Earlier post.) This is an investment in Canada’s future.

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Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

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It lists energy-related projects totaling $318 billion (no timeframe specified), which is, in SAGIA’s words, “large-scale capital spending [is] applied to building new capacity and expansion of existing facilities.” According to an August 26 Bloomberg article , the Saudi government is seeking ways to reduce investment in 2016 “.as

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