CANBERRA, June 18 - The Australian parliament's upper house Senate on Thursday postponed a debate on renewable energy laws until at least August, dashing government hopes of passing the laws by the end of June....
CANBERRA, June 18 - Australian parliament's upper house Senate on Thursday postponed debate on the government's renewable energy laws until at least August, dashing government hopes of passing the laws by the end of June....
WASHINGTON, June 17 - The Obama administration proposed on Wednesday an immediate 18-month extension of the law funding highway and transit repairs as well as a timetable for replenishing the dwindling trust account that funds...
CARACAS, June 16 - Venezuela legislators on Tuesday approved a law to increase the stake President Hugo Chavez's government holds in the petrochemicals industry, part of his drive to forge a socialist revolution. The law...
CANBERRA, June 4 - Australia's controversial carbon emissions trading laws passed their first parliamentary hurdle on Thursday but the government still faces a near-impossible task to win approval for the scheme in the upper house...
MANILA, June 4 - The Philippines' lower chamber of Congress approved late on Wednesday a bill extending for another five years an agrarian reform law, allowing the government to acquire and redistribute more private and...
-- Alexander Smith is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own -- LONDON, June 3 - The market's response to strict European labour laws designed to protect employees has produced an unexpected effect....
WASHINGTON, May 22 - U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday sweeping reforms that restrict credit card interest rates and fees, marking a victory for Democrats trying to help recession-weary consumers. But the...
CANBERRA, May 14 - Australia's parliament began debating controversial carbon-trade laws on Thursday with the government no closer to a deal to get its trading scheme through a hostile Senate. Junior Climate Change Minister Greg...
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