Archive for July 9th, 2008
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
European Union (EU) finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to publish oil stocks data on weekly basis in an effort to improve market transparency in face of soaring oil prices.
"We now have political agreement on improving transparency ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The European Parliament (EP) adopted on Tuesday a legislation on including aviation in the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) from 2012.
The EP passed the legislation with a vote of 640 in favor, 30 against and 20 abste ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
European Union (EU) finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to step up the regulation of credit rating agencies by requiring them to register in Europe.
"There is an agreement on rating agencies," French Finance Minister Christine Lagar ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The European Commission has written to 23 European Union (EU) member states to request information on actions they are taking to comply with the EU's air quality standard for dangerous airborne particles known as PM10.
These coarse ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
European Union (EU) member states have endorsed the European Commission's proposal for a regulation reducing standby energy consumption by household and office products, the commission said Tuesday.
The regulation lays down energy e ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The European Commission proposed on Tuesday a package of emergency measures to help struggling fisheries sector tackle fuel crisis.
The European Union (EU)'s executive arm said the core of the proposal consisted of a regime of tempo ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
More and more worldwide venture funding poures into clean technologies ith U.S. companies in California leading the way, according to the report released on Tuesday by the Clean tech Group, a San Francisco research and strategy firm.
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
U.S. stocks rebounded sharply Tuesday as crude prices dropped sharply for the second day with all the major indexes up more than 1 percent.
Crude prices fell more than 5 U.S. dollars to 136.04 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercan ...
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