Japan service sector mood hits near 2-year high
The Malaysian Insider Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:41 PM PDT
TOKYO, June 8 â€" Japan's service sector sentiment rose to a nearly two-year high in June, climbing for the sixth straight month, a government survey showed today, as subsidies on energy-efficient products and the government's one-time payments to citizens boosted sentiment. The survey of workers such as taxi drivers, hotel staff and restaurant staff â€" called "economy watchers" for their proximity ... |
PM arrives in Italy to participate in G-8, G-5 Summit
New Kerala Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:40 PM PDT
Rome, Jul 7 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here this evening en route to the Italian mountain town of L'Aquila to participate in the G-8 Summit and G-5 Outreach Meeting focusing on the global economic and financial crisis, climate change, energy and food security. |
Christie, Corzine spar over who boasts green business
The Trentonian Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:40 PM PDT
WEST WINDSOR (AP) â€" With an idle solar panel factory as a backdrop, New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie accused Gov. Jon S. Corzine of not doing enough to help clean energy businesses thrive. |
3,000-mile Green Power Express has ND partner
The Times of Northwest Indiana Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:37 PM PDT
Bismarck-based MDU Resources Group Inc. is the first to join a Michigan company developing a high-voltage power line that its backers say would transmit wind energy from the Dakotas to homes in Chicago and other cities. |
PetroChina, Sinopec Xinjiang Oil Operations Unaffected by Riots
Bloomberg Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:33 PM PDT
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- PetroChina Co. and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., the country’s biggest energy producers, said operations at oilfields and pipelines in Xinjiang province are unaffected by ethnic riots that have killed at least 156 people. |
Need help with ComEd bill?
The Herald News Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:31 PM PDT
The Will County Center for Community Concerns will offer a LIHEAP Summer Energy Assistance Program to income-eligible residents of Will County who have active service with Com Ed. |
Omaha-based company completes ethanol plant purchases
Lincoln Journal Star Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:30 PM PDT
OMAHA â€" An Omaha-based company says it has completed its purchase of Nebraska ethanol plants near Central City and Ord. Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. bought the two plants from AgStar Financial Services of Mankato, Minn. AgStar had acquired them during VeraSun Energy Corp.’s bankruptcy auction. |
Pickens calls off massive wind farm in Texas
Lincoln Journal Star Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:30 PM PDT
HOUSTON â€" Plans for the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he’s looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines. |
Commodities regulators consider new limits on energy futures trading
Pioneer Press Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:25 PM PDT
WASHINGTON â€" Federal regulators will examine whether the government should impose limits on the number of futures contracts in oil and other energy commodities held by speculative traders, the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday. |
Energy panel studies Kings County power plant licensing
The Fresno Bee Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:22 PM PDT
Two California Energy Commission members will mull evidence presented Tuesday in Avenal before recommending whether a proposed 600-megawatt power plant should be licensed in western Kings County. |
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