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Akerson: GM making contingency plans as tensions in Korea rise
2013-04-04 15:32:30| Automakers - Topix.net
General Motors Co. Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said Thursday that the automaker is closely monitoring tensions in Korea, has made contingency plans for employees and is thinking of moving production if tensions continue to rise.
Today's oil prices rise over tensions between West and Iran
2013-02-22 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices rose today after German business morale jumped at its fastest pace for more than two years in February, according to a Munich-based think tank, indicating a good recovery for Europe's largest economy.
Today's Brent crude rises on global optimism, Middle East tensions
2013-02-18 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Brent crude slightly rose today, supported by expectations of recovering global growth, plus tensions in the Middle East; however, weak data from the US capped prices to some extent.
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Brazil's hydroelectric dam boom is bringing tensions as well as energy
2013-02-12 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it is completed in 2015, the Jirau hydroelectric dam will span 8km across the Madeira river and feature more giant turbines than any other dam in the world. Then there are the power lines, draped along 2,250km of forests and fields to carry electricity to Brazil's urban nerve centre, So Paulo. Still, it won't be enough. The dam and the Santo Antonio complex that is being built a few kilometres downstream will provide just 5% of what government energy planners say the country will need in...
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Iraq oil tensions rise as BP enters Kirkuk fray
2013-01-25 20:20:02| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Kurdish Peshmerga troops are deployed on the outskirts of Kirkuk, some 155 miles north of Baghdad last December.
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