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General Motors Will Spend $1.4B on SUV Plant Upgrades
2015-07-14 20:56:56| Automakers - Topix.net
General Motors plans to spend $1.4 billion to expand and improve its SUV factory in Arlington, Texas , to meet strong demand for its vehicles. Detroit-based General Motors will add a new paint shop, body shop and general assembly area upgrades to the 60-year-old assembly plant.
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MTA Head Says Riders Won't Be on Hook to Close $14B Budget Gap
2015-04-30 16:46:48| Railroads - Topix.net
As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority seeks to close a $14 billion gap in its capital plan, the agency's chief insists riders won't be forced to pay more if the money doesn't materialize. "We have never, ever closed a Capital Program on the backs of the fare payers.
Can toilet paper be a luxury product? Solaris attacks $1.4b oligopoly
2015-04-17 18:39:51| Grocery - Topix.net
Can toilet paper be a luxury product? The new chief executive of Solaris Paper, which is owned by Indonesian giant Asia Pulp & Paper, hopes so. Terry Hughes is preparing for a fresh assault on the $1.4 billion oligopoly in Australia's toilet paper and facial tissue market with the Emporia range, which will be the most expensive on the shelves of Woolworths and Coles.
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Revealed: Gates Foundation $1.4B in Fossil Fuel Investments
2015-03-20 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The charity run by Bill and Melinda Gates, who say the threat of climate change is so serious that immediate action is needed, held at least $1.4bn (1bn) of investments in the worlds biggest fossil fuel companies, according to a Guardian analysis of the charitys most recent tax filing in 2013. The companies include BP, responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Anadarko Petroleum, which was recently forced to pay a $5bn environmental clean-up charge and Brazilian...
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Company run Sarawak governor amassed $1.4B state infrastructure contracts
2015-01-27 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Cahya Mata Sarawak, a publicly-listed infrastructure company run by relatives of Sarawak's former chief minister and current governor, has received over $1.4 billion in state contracts over the past 20 years, alleges an investigative report released by the Bruno Manser Fund. The report, titled Corruption Management Sarawak Cahya Mata Sarawak and Malaysias Taib family, looked into CMS's activities since it was privatized by former Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and taken over by his...
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