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Apollo Tyres’ APMEA President Satish Sharma to retire | Autocar Professional

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Apollo Tyres Ltd today said Satish Sharma, President of the company’s Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) division will retire from the company on May 31. Sagar Associates while Dayal was the global head of corporate finance at Standard Chartered Bank. Desai was a senior partner at law firm J.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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Johnson is working to change those shortcomings with her fintech startup, Global Mobile Finance , which is based in Morrisville, N.C. She developed the geeRemit app to let people in the United States send money to people in sub-Saharan Africa. The app would then suggest the person set aside money. IEEE Fellow Sandra K.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. The report was released on the opening day of KPMG’s global “Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth: Preparing for Rio+20” summit occurring this week in New York.

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Hatchbacks not giving up territorial rights so easily | Autocar Professional

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To make matters worse, even vehicle finance rates are at their peak at 9.5%. The gap between the ability of a person to buy a small car and the price of the small car will keep narrowing,” Bhargava said. India’s affluence is as good as Europe, and also, her people could be as deprived as someone in Africa.” lakh to Rs 8.2

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. While there is still time to act, the window of opportunity is closing. —WEO 2011.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. and it still leads globally. must create a strong electric car industry. A Time Warner Company.

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