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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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In 2013, new geothermal geologic studies or exploration moved forward in places as diverse as American Samoa, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Yemen.

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Ford CEO Fields elected to IBM Board of Directors

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In 2014, he became president and chief executive officer and was elected to the company’s board of directors, where he serves on the board’s finance committee. —Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and CEO. Fields joined Ford in 1989. Previously, he was chief operating officer, a position to which he was named to in 2012.

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Toyota Tsusho to acquire 15% stake in lithium miner Orocobre for US$232 million

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Toyota Tsusho and Orocobre have been long-term partners in the development of the Salar de Olaroz Lithium Facility in Jujuy Province in northern Argentina, a lithium brine project, which was brought into successful production in 2014. Demand growth to date has seen the lithium price more than doubled in the past few years.

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G20 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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We will have our Energy and Finance Ministers, based on their national circumstances, develop implementation strategies and timeframes, and report back to Leaders at the next Summit. The inaugural meeting of the G-20 took place in Berlin, on December 15-16, 1999, hosted by German and Canadian finance ministers.

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Made-in-India two-wheeler exports finally on the upswing | Autocar Professional

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HMSI currently exports its bikes and scooters to 58 markets spanning Europe, Central and Latin America, Middle East, South-East Asia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the SAARC nations. Royal Enfield also has five modern CKD assembly facilities in Nepal, Brazil, Thailand, Argentina and Colombia.

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A Brief Look at Today's Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry - Yahoo! Finance

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www.geinterestplus.com Finance Discover free information about finance. discovertheinformation.com/finance Retired At 32 - Personal Finance How I Actually Did It. Finance partner page. Markets close in 5 hours and 43 minutes. www.GFTforex.com Earn From 2.73% to 3.04% With GE Capital Corporation. No Gimmicks.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The new reality is a much more challenging future in terms of planning, financing and predictability. PwC divides the G20 into three blocks: G7 economies (US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Canada). Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina). —PwC report.