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SEAT to introduce 500 km MEB-based EV, Leon PHEV in 2020

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billion) in its future, mainly allocated to its biggest ever product offensive, as well as to developing new services to achieve the goal of placing the company at the forefront of digitization, connectivity and smart mobility. From 2013 to 2017, SEAT invested more than €3.3 billion (US$4.1 From 2013 to 2017, SEAT invested more than €3.3

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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CME Brent oil futures project continuity: as of August 18, 2015, CME Brent futures projected the price remaining below $60/bbl until June 2017. Are the futures market, CNBC’s oil traders, analysts, and major fund investors, and others, being lulled into an unjustified consensus? Market” forces include many components.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Mali was a conflict zone, so he moved on to Algeria, but he lacked a work permit, and employers would underpay him or fail to pay him altogether. In other words, the border agency wants to see the future on the other side of its borders. He first set out from home after his father died, to look for work in Mali, he says.

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Europe moves forward on the Energy Union; transport key element

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Further, the Commission will work with Member States to develop access to alternative suppliers, including from the Southern Gas Corridor route, the Mediterranean and Algeria, in order to decrease existing dependencies on individual suppliers. Intergovernmental agreements should comply fully with EU legislation and be more transparent.