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Most European firms not buying green palm oil-WWF
27 Oct 2009 16:04:03 PST
* Ten European firms out of 59 regularly buy green palm oil * Pricier green palm oil keeping away other buyers * For the scorecard: http://www.panda.org/palmoilscorecard KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 - Most European palm oil...
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UPDATE 4-Strong C.Suisse earnings get lukewarm response
22 Oct 2009 17:10:39 PST
* Q3 net profit 2.4 bln Sfr, vs forecast 1.6 bln Sfr * IB pretax profit 1.7 bln Sfr, but revenues down q/q * Private bank net new money higher * Net new inflows in...
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Swiss postpone decision on fighter jets buy
22 Oct 2009 17:07:00 PST
* Swiss govt does not drop plans to order new fighter jets * Evaluation ongoing, report postponed to spring 2010 ZURICH, Oct 22 - Switzerland postponed a decision on buying new fighter jets on Thursday...
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RPT-FEATURE-Hydropower industry braces for glacier-free future
22 Oct 2009 01:33:25 PST
* Melting glaciers to give hydropower short-term boost * Falling meltwater may boost demand for dams, pumps * Long-term...
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FEATURE-Hydropower industry braces for glacier-free future
21 Oct 2009 19:02:02 PST
* Melting glaciers to give hydropower short-term boost * Falling meltwater may boost demand for dams, pumps * Long-term...
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U.N. agencies say AIDS vaccine results promising
24 Sep 2009 01:31:02 PST
* U.N. agencies call results "encouraging" * Remains to be seen whether vaccine applicable elsewhere GENEVA, Sept 24 - Two U.N. agencies said on Thursday promising results with an experimental AIDS vaccine in Thailand gave...
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Chinese ethanol demand lifts Vietnam cassava exports
23 Sep 2009 01:12:21 PST
HANOI, Sept 23 - Vietnam's cassava chip exports are soaring because of demand from China to make ethanol and earnings for the whole of 2009 could be $800 million, nearly double those in the first...
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UPDATE 3-Chevron gives $37 bln Gorgon LNG final green light
13 Sep 2009 23:10:00 PST
* Gorgon, years in the making, gets final green light * Project to cost $37 bln, less than recent govt estimate * Race is on for contractors, competing LNG projects * Represents world's biggest carbon...
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Global 2008 CO2 emissions rose 2 pct-German institute
10 Aug 2009 16:39:16 PST
FRANKFURT, Aug 10 - Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 rose 1.94 percent year-on-year to 31.5 billion tonnes, German renewable energy industry institute IWR said on Monday, based on official information and its own research....
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Japan, Italy have the most elderly
19 Jul 2009 20:04:09 PST
July 20 - The number of people 65 and older around the world will more than double from 506 million to 1.3 billion by 2040, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. Here are some...
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