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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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Subsequently, to defend market share, the Saudis increased production, which exacerbated market oversupply and further pressured prices. and China markets, while the Russian Finance Ministry recently backed away from a tax proposal which Russian crude producers said would reduce their output. percent year-over-year, up from 2.3

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TMO Closes £11M Funding Round for Cellulosic Ethanol Technology; Targeting US Entry With Novel Thermophilic Bacterium

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UK-based TMO Renewables Ltd, the developer of a novel thermophilic bacterium and process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol ( earlier post ), completed an £11 million (US$18 million) financing round from a range of institutional shareholders and private investors.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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The Saudi decision to let the market set prices and to pursue market share, has led to steep declines in crude and petroleum product prices. They include bans on financing for and the supply of critical equipment and technology to important Russian energy projects. Wary of U.S.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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In his remarks at the Annual Media Conference, where the Group presented 2015 results, Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said that 2016 will be a year of transition for Volkswagen, and will also see the accelerated transformation of the company. The operating return on sales decreased to –1.9 (6.3)%.

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Crypto, Venmo, NFTs, Tokens: Where Is Money Going?

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She’s spent years talking to finance industry experts about and researching the dynamic history of financial exchange media. You can’t buy hygiene products. So, it’s an economic model that’s not just about who has access to credit or finance or money. s 2020 Keep Big Tech out of Finance Act. You can only buy cold food.

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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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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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James Cortada The interesting thing about DASD [direct-access storage device] was IBM invented the disk drives in the mid-1950s and kept innovating that technology so fast that its product costs and what it could sell for remained very competitive for a very long time. James Cortada Timing is everything. Would IBM still be on the list today?

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