Top Chinese carmaker reports drop in profit
SHANGHAI: A sharp drop in first-half profit at the biggest Chinese carmaker underlined how slowing economic growth and higher .fuel prices are putting the brakes on the Chinese auto sector.
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Natural gas has Utah driving cheaper
SALT LAKE CITY: The best deal on fuel in the United States right now might be here in Utah, where people are waiting in lines to pay the equivalent of 87 cents a gallon.
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Australia, frontier of a global rush to commercialize water
CANBERRA: On the cracked gray clay of an ancient lake bed on the edge of Australia's outback, Guy Kingwill is at the frontier of a global rush to commercialize water.
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Amazon deforestation up sharply as prices rise
Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months
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Waste plant reopened, infuriating residents
Scores of people have protested in Beijing against a garbage disposal' plant that they say has been releasing noxious fumes into the air, with two demonstrators hurt in a scuffle with security officia
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Dozens killed as quake strikes southern China
An earthquake that hit the southern Chinese provinces of I Sichuan and Yunnan has killed 25 people, damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes, and affected at least 600,000 residents, state media s
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Mayor orders the evacuation of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS: City officials ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning Sunday morning
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National Foods makes offer for Dairy Farmers
MELBOURNE: Kirin, the Japanese brewer, is expanding its food business in Australia through the acquisition of Dairy Farmers by its National Foods division. The acquisition, for 910 million Australian dollars, or $780 million, is intended to help it diversify away from a shrinking domestic beer market.
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A U.S. drilling boom revives hopes for natural gas
HOUSTON: American natural gas production is rising at a clip not seen in decades, pushing down prices of the fuel and reversing conventional wisdom that U.S. gas fields were in irreversible decline. The new drilling boom uses advanced technology to release gas trapped in huge shale beds found throughout North America