Shareholders challenge merger involving Chinese energy company - Las Vegas SunThree shareholder lawsuits were filed in Las Vegas this week challenging a merger involving a Chinese corporation that has publicly traded stock in the United States. Sinoenergy Corp. of Beijing owns compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations in
Oklahoma choir for gas gets bigger, Capitol Hill hearing shows - Daily OklahomanThe hearing was organized by the newly formed and quickly expanding Natural Gas Caucus , a group of House members from all parts of the country, that plans to push natural gas to the forefront of debates about clean energy and job creation [...]
GM has ‘plan B’ if Opel sale falls through: report - Big HollywoodThe logos of German carmaker Opel and US automaker General Motors. GM has a US automaker General Motors has an alternative plan up its sleeve if the EU blocks the planned sale of its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, a press report said on [...]
A charter lesson for 13-year-old boys: Part II - Nation - ThailandSon: Maybe he no longer needs PlayStation. Is it possible that he wants to go to university now, metaphorically speaking? People can change. Dad: But some things never change. He simply may want to be seen as wanting to go to university. It’s like [...]
Fix the roads, but no new taxes - McAlester News-Capital & DemocratWith the Federal Highway Trust Fund running out of gas, members of Congress and state transportation officials gathered at the Southeast Expo Center in McAlester on Wednesday to try and find the best way to fill it up again. A non-profit coalition
Artistic all-stars to headline next Winter Masterpieces - AgeSome of the world’s finest artworks from the 19th and 20th centuries are leaving Europe for the first time to be showcased in Australia next year. More than 100 works from a roll-call of artistic icons - Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and Picasso to name a [...]
News analysis: Worsening traffic jam: Some visible quick solutions - New NationThe longest serving mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Mohammad Hanif told this writer some time before the end of his tenure in 2002 that the problem of traffic jam in the metropolis can be solved if the left lanes of roads at traffic intersections [...]
Cheaper CNG becomes the fuel of choice - Times of IndiaKANPUR: What environmental concerns could not achieve, the recent fuel price hike has. The number of cars going green have shot up to an all time high. Car owners, who have felt the pinch of the fuel price hike the most, have started switching over [...]
Grim Honda President Slashes Profit Forecast Yet Refuses to Expand CNG - The Auto ChanelA grim and frowning Honda President Takeo Fukui has told investors and the media that lower earnings are in store for the long-envied Japanese automaker due to declining demand from American consumers as well as dollar-yen fluctuations. Despite [...]
Korea Gas Seeks Stakes in Australia, Oman, PNG Fields (Update1) - BloombergDec. 11 (Bloomberg) — Korea Gas Corp. , the world’s biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, is seeking stakes in fields in Australia, Oman, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria to secure stable supplies of the fuel, Chief Executive Choo Kang Soo said. “We [...]