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Kesäkuu 2009

EUROPE: Big Plans, But Little Money to go Nuclear

Kirjoittanut ivan Ma, 06/08/2009 - 18:36
By: 
Zoltán Dujisin
Source: 
http://www.ipsnews.net/

BUDAPEST, Jun 8 (IPS) - Eastern Europe is promoting nuclear energy as the only way to tackle climate change and reduce dependence on Russian gas, in spite of costs of going nuclear that it cannot meet.

Amid the last Ukrainian-Russian gas spat early this year, officials from several Central and Eastern European countries were quick to point to the need for nuclear energy to reduce problematic imports of Russian gas.

IATA: Airline Industry Targeting Carbon-Neutral Growth By 2020

Kirjoittanut ivan Ma, 06/08/2009 - 18:33
Source: 
www.greencarcongress.com

The international airline industry is committed to achieving carbon-neutral growth by 2020, said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO in his State of the Industry address at the 65th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

Banks hope to get OK to start repaying TARP loans

Kirjoittanut ivan Ma, 06/08/2009 - 18:22
By: 
Pallavi Gogoi
Source: 
USA Today

India's Pantaloon plans to raise up to $210 mln

Kirjoittanut ivan Ma, 06/08/2009 - 18:14
Source: 
REUTERS

MUMBAI, June 8 (Reuters) - Pantaloon Retail (PART.BO), India's top-listed retailer, said on Monday its board had approved raising up to 10 billion rupees ($210 million) in long-term funds through sale of shares to investors.

It did not give further details.

The company would also consider absorbing wholly owned unit Home Solutions Retail (India), it said in a statement to the stock exchanges.

Global airlines fear oil rally as losses mount

Kirjoittanut ivan Ma, 06/08/2009 - 18:01
By: 
Sara Webb and Raju Gopalakrishnan
Source: 
REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Global airlines called on Monday for concerted action to prevent another runaway surge in oil prices as the International Air Transport Association nearly doubled its forecast of industry losses to $9 billion in 2009.

The head of the Geneva-based airline lobby lambasted "greedy speculation" in oil markets and accused governments of squandering money raised from aviation while carriers suffer from still slumping demand.

Wings clipped

Kirjoittanut ivan Ma, 06/08/2009 - 17:54
Source: 
REUTERS

The sale of BAA-owned airport Gatwick has been beset by delays and difficulties. Another cloud on the horizon might be government plans to launch a new regulatory regime for big UK airports.

British Lifestyles 2009 - Consumer Choices in a Fear-led Economy - UK - April 2009

Kirjoittanut pohjaton Su, 06/07/2009 - 18:57
Source: 
www.mintel.com

The UK economy has entered into recession and no one can be sure when an upturn will come or how deep the recession will be. Concerns over the economic crisis are now top of the consumer's agenda, trumping all other reasons to worry.
Consumer opinion is as varied and mixed as expert opinion: will it be decades before we return to pre-recessionary times, or is it a matter of months?

Consumer companies' earning results at a glance

Kirjoittanut pohjaton Su, 06/07/2009 - 18:56
Source: 
THE EXAMINER

Quarterly earnings reports from major U.S. consumer products makers Thursday show their revenue fell because of consumers' spending cuts and the stronger dollar. Some highlights:
Procter & Gamble Co. - Cincinnati-based consumer products maker P&G earned $2.61 billion, or 84 cents per share, compared with $2.71 billion, or 82 cents per share, a year ago.
Revenue dropped 8 percent, to $18.42 billion.

Lots of advice, little cash for urban climate change

Kirjoittanut pohjaton Su, 06/07/2009 - 18:55
By: 
Jon Herskovitz and Angela Moon
Source: 
Reuters

SEOUL - The mayors of some of the world's richest cities have a message on climate change for the ever-growing urban areas of the developing world: "Don't repeat our mistakes."

Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines merge

Kirjoittanut pohjaton Su, 06/07/2009 - 18:50
Source: 
Reuters

Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines on Wednesday agreed to operate as one airline over the North Atlantic, seeking to boost their 25 percent share of the world's busiest market as the industry scrambles for savings.

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