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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) proposal calls for the US Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to set standards for existing power plants—America’s largest source of carbon emissions tha…

HP has accused suppliers Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Tatung Company of America of conspiring to set prices and restrict output of LCD panels between 1998 and 2006, which allegedly cost the company more than $1bn in damages from overcharges.

The compan…

The airline is facing rising fuel costs and strong competition from gulf-based airlines and in an employee newsletter distributed at the beginning of this week said it planned to reduce unit costs at its long-haul service by 10% by 2015 and by 20% by …

According to CGAMEC, the expansion of its blade repair business builds on its previous qualification as a Eurocopter-approved centre for a variety of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services on helicopter types that range from the li…

According to the inaugural 2012 Australian Affiliate Marketing Benchmarking survey from online performance marketing agency and affiliate network dgmAustralia, media agencies are demonstrating a more sophisticated understanding and application of affi…

Brazil, the world’s largest producer of arabica beans, is expected to produce some 50.8 million bags in 2013, according to a group of analysts who spoke to Bloomberg, which is a record for what is called the low-crop season. Output of the bean u…

PwC’s 2012 Survey of Global Mobility Policies reports that companies are adopting new non-traditional workforce mobility programmes, such as frequent business travel; they are also relying on commuter and short-term assignments in place of longe…

The move aims, the companies say, to give Coupa the capability to allow invoices from suppliers’ billing systems to flow seamlessly into its cloud solution, reducing invoice processing time, reducing costs and introducing opportunities for early…

The organisation argues that the right European policy framework can accelerate the roll-out and take-up of new mobile services that will boost socio-economic benefits for the region.

“Private investment, enterprise and innovation will be vital for b…

Colo, who will report directly to Diamond CEO Brian Driscoll, previously worked for seven years at ConAgra Foods and spent 16 years before that at Nestlé-Purina.

The business is looking to fix problems related to its supply chain, according to…