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Meralco - Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company Meralco asks ERC to slash generation rate
Inquirer  MANILA, Philippines—The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has petitioned government regulators for approval to lower the generation charge for March, claiming that the sudden increase in the generation... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
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Entrance to Chevron's headquarters complex in San Ramon, California. Chevron was found to have evaded $3.25 billion in federal and state taxes from 1970 to 2000 through a complex petroleum pricing scheme involving a project in Indonesia. Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
The Guardian  * Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Shares down 0.2 percent in early trading (Adds quote, detail, background, byline, updates share... (photo: Creative Commons / Coolcaesar)
Chevron   Jobs   Photos   Refinery   Trading
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Yokosuka, Japan Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
The New York Times TOKYO — Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed... (photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau )
Defence   Japan   Nuclear   Photos   US
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s. US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
Asia Times By Peter J Brown The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US interests... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
Asian   China   Economy   Photos   US
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New York Mercantile Exchange, NYME, New York, USA, March 2008 Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
The Press Democrat Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 68 cents to $81.19 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Economy   New York   Photos   Singapore   US
Container ship Hanjin Ottawa manouevres away from the terminal at Harbor Island as the Ban bridge Island ferry enters the Port of Seattle. The Port of Seattle is a port district that runs Seattle's seaport and airport. Hanjin says Subic shipyard's cost competitiveness stands out in crisis
Malaya By Genivi Factao Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction–Philippines Inc. (HHIC-Philippines) said Subic shipyard found its market niche in cost competitiveness in the... (photo: Creative Commons / Yummifruitbat)
Construction   Hanjin   Industry   Photos   Subic
Gasoline Station - Petron Petron, Chevron raise gasoline prices by P0.50/L
Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Major oil players Petron Corp. and Chevron Phil. Inc.... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Chevron   Manila   Petron   Photos   Prices
Shell Petrol Station in Istanbul - Oil - Petrol price - benzine - gas Shell and PetroChina eye £2bn bid for Arrow
The Times Royal Dutch Shell confirmed today that it is in talks to buy Arrow Energy, an Australian natural gas producer, for about $3 billion (£2 billion). Shell will partner with... (photo: WN / Akgun Semra)
Business   China   Economy   Oil   Photos
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the National People's Congress, Sunday, March 7, 2010. China says Iran sanctions offer no cure
Daily Star Lebanon ‘We don’t think diplomatic efforts have been exhausted’ – foreign minister By Agence France Presse (AFP) Monday, March 08, 2010 - Powered by... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian)
China   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Sanctions
In this image issued by EU NAVFOR on Friday March 5, 2010 shows a boarding party from the EU NAVFOR French warship FS Nivose on Somali pirate skiffs off the Somali coast on Friday March 5, 2010. Thai ship free after ransom - Somali pirates
The Star MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia pirates said they had released the Thai-flagged Thai Union 3 ship on Sunday after receiving a $3 million ransom. The tuna fishing vessel... (photo: AP / EU NAVFOR)
Photos   Piracy   Shipping   Somalia   Thailand
A Philippine Air Force Huey helicopter flies away from a camp of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front on top of Mt. Palaw, Sultan Gumander town in Lanao del Sur, Southern Philippines after dropping off troops and supplies Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. The MILF camp, captured by government troops last October 10, was allegedly occupied by MILF and Abu Sayyaf rebels led by Isnilon Hapilon who fled Basilan island to escape military pursuers. Army soldiers engaged the rebels in several running gunbattlesand killed nine and captured one Philippine marines kill 7 suspected militants
The Siasat Daily Manila, March 08: Philippine marines killed at least seven al Qaeda-linked militants on Sunday in a raid on a coastal hide-out, but failed to capture a Malaysian terror... (photo: AP / Froilan Gallardo)
Extremism   Intelligence   Military   Philippines   Photos
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Greenhouse gas emission - emission - factory - global warming - air pollution wnhires (js1) China, India give qualified nod to climate deal The Boston Globe
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. China and India Join Climate Accord The New York Times
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1 Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range The New York Times
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed China Daily
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Phoenix Petroleum Philippines - Oil Products - Gasoline Station - Fuel Oil firms raise fuel prices 25 to 50 centavos per liter Inquirer
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presides over the 1st Organizational Meeting of the Climate Change Commission Friday (December 4) at Malacanang's Aguinaldo State Dining Room. Palace still wishing for Arroyo powers Inquirer
Electricity - Compact Fluorescent Light - Power Supply Luzon to be blackout –free this week Inquirer
Manila Electric Company ( MERALCO ) electricians checks the brownout problem in Pasig villages due to typhoon Ondoy , Philippines , October 5 , 2009. Power situation in Luzon, Mindanao worsens Inquirer
Australia & Oceania
In this image provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society anti-whaling protestors in an inflatable boat pursue the Japanese factory whaling ship Nisshin Maru as water cannon is used to blast the radical conservationists during the clash in frigid Antarctic waters Monday, Feb. 2, Australian Police Search Anti-Whaling Ships The New York Times
Terassee on the bay of Dubai marina harbour, Dubai, UAE, November 2007 A world of luxury at no cost to the environment The Daily Tribune
A pedestrian walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin Asia Posts Modest Gains Wall Street Journal
An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo) Commodities Boost Asian Stocks Wall Street Journal
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High numbers of police personnel are deployed into wooded areas on Tuesday March 4, 2008 in Singapore. Authorities believe a top Muslim terror suspect has not managed to flee Singapore and have launched an investigation into how he escaped from a high-security prison, a senior government official said Sunday. More than a thousand security personnel were involved in a nationwide search for Mas Selamat Kastari, who is accused of plotting to hijack a plane and crash it into the Singapore's international airport
Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers
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People walk at a shopping street Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in Shanghai, China. May Day, on May 1, is traditionally the day socialist countries honor their workers, but in modern communist China the day kicks off a week-long Golden Week holiday which the government hopes will encourage its citizens to travel and spend, thereby boosting the economy.
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas - LPG
Shell, Petron cut LPG prices by P5.50 per 11-kilo cylinder
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Indonesian sailors look out from the deck of their patrol vessel during inaugural joint three nation patrols in the Malacca Straits Tuesday July 20, 2004. The three countries with waters bordering the Straits, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, agreed to
Security raised in Malacca Strait after terror warning
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Marine Drilling Tankers
South Korean Navy patrol boats ride at anchors at a naval base in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
Koreas exchange fire near disputed sea border
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The aviso Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée. The A69 type Avisos are small warships mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions (notably in support missions with the FOST).
Warships and military aircraft patrol Malacca straits
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A trash floating in the seas of Davao Gulf, Philippines
Tsunami waves to get to RP starting 1 p.m.
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 Marine parks give boost to coral reefs: study
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