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Corporate Performance Isn’t All about Financial Results
April 15th, 2014
Integrated reporting that includes measures of sustainability and social performance point to a better corporate future. A look into the crystal ball of global sustainability issues for the next few decades highlights some scary trends that will change how ...
Oil prices rise on continuing tension in Ukraine
April 14th, 2014
Crude oil prices have risen amid continuing tensions in Ukraine and concerns about possible disruptions to Russian gas supplies. The price of Brent crude futures rose above $108 a barrel in Monday trading – a gain of 0.8% on ...
Ukraine Mounts Security Push as Russia Warns on Civil War
April 9th, 2014
Ukrainian authorities sent security forces to Kharkiv to clear the country’s second-biggest city of separatists as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of using “special forces and agents” to spark unrest. An “anti-terrorist operation” was under way ...
U.K. Industrial Output Surges More Than Forecast
April 8th, 2014
U.K. industrial production rose more than economists forecast in February bolstered by a surge in factory output that points to a continuing economic recovery. Production increased 0.9 percent from January, when it was unchanged, the Office for National Statistics ...
Alfa Laval Buys Norwegian Pump Maker Frank Mohn for $2.2 Billion
April 7th, 2014
Alfa Laval AB (ALFA) agreed to buy Norwegian pumpmaker Frank Mohn AS for 13 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) in cash to capture spending in offshore oil and gas drilling. The transaction will add sales of 3.4 billion kroner from ...
An Old Formula May Overstate U.S. Oil Supplies
April 4th, 2014
Jan Arps is the most influential oilman you’ve never heard of. In 1945, Arps, then a 33-year-old petroleum engineer for British-American Oil Producing Co., published a formula to predict how much crude a well will produce and when it ...
Toyota’s Lentz Seeks Fuel Cell Sedan Supply Boost to U.S.
April 4th, 2014
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)’s North American chief, preparing to sell Camry-sized hydrogen sedans next year, said he’s “bullish” about advances in the company’s fuel cell system and wants more U.S. supply of the Japan-built cars. Toyota, the world’s largest ...
US Senator: Coal Boss Has ‘Blood on His Hands’
April 3rd, 2014
Four years into the criminal investigation of the nation’s worst mining disaster in decades, federal officials told ABC News that prosecutors are now focused on the role of West Virginia coal boss Donald L. Blankenship. “I believe this permeated ...
Ukraine crisis: NATO suspends cooperation with Moscow
April 2nd, 2014
NATO will suspend “all practical civilian and military cooperation” with Russia because of its annexation of Crimea, saying it has seen no sign that Moscow was withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border. Foreign ministers from the 28 members of ...
Europe Index Futures Rise With Asia as Yen Retreats
April 2nd, 2014
European index futures climbed with Asian stocks, Treasuries fell and the yen retreated before reports that may signal the U.S. economic recovery is gathering pace. New Zealand’s dollar weakened and gold rebounded. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.4 ...
