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California GAP legislation: Sellers fast to conform

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Texas bans assured asset coverage that might value customers greater than 5 % of the quantity financed, and Colorado received’t let sellers worth the protection above $300 or 2 % of the quantity financed, whichever is larger. Minnesota bans the sale of the safety on impaired automobiles significance $5,000 or much less.

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Gevo and Avfuel enter into renewable jet fuel supply agreement; first long-term commercial supply agreement for Gevo ATJ

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Gevo has entered into a long-term agreement to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) to Avfuel Corporation, effective 1 July 2018. Avfuel is a leading global supplier of aviation fuel and services to all industry consumer groups, servicing more than 3,000 locations worldwide.

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Renewable Energy Group to acquire Tyson Foods’ half ownership of Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel biorefinery

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Completion of the transaction with Tyson Foods, which is contingent upon the closing of REG’s December 2013 announced agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Syntroleum Corporation, would give REG full ownership of Dynamic Fuels and its 75-million gallon per year nameplate capacity renewable diesel biorefinery in Geismar, Louisiana.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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He's currently a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute , where he specializes in the history of technology. And contrary to its corporate culture, it used off-the-shelf parts and software that the company didn't write. James Cortada is both a Ph.D. historian and a 38-year veteran of IBM.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Material is being financed and procured through the New York Power Authority. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Paul Metropolitan Council, Minnesota: $1,100,000. Productive Alternatives/Transit Alternatives, Minnesota: $845,000.

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