Chronic pollution problem has been linked to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths on the mainland, and has become a major source of popular discontent with the government.
The group contended that the project would damage the ecologically sensitive Great Barrier Reef and cited that as the reason for seeking its cancellation.
The Lufthansa cabin crew has been striking since Friday, according to broadcaster NOS. On Saturday, it called out members on the airline’s short- and medium-haul fleet in Frankfurt and crews in Duesseldorf.
Under TLAC, systematically important banks will need to issue a buffer of bonds by 2019 that can be written down to raise funds equivalent to 16 percent of a risk-weighted asset, rising to 18 percent in 2022, i.e. a shortfall ranging from $490 billion to $1.2 trillion, depending...
The appointment of Breen increases the probability that the DuPont and Dow businesses will merge, Jonas Oxgaard, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.in New York, said Monday in a note.
“It has been a remarkable journey for what started off as Dubai’s first low-priced airline and has continued to challenge the conventions of air travel in the region and to exceed expectations”.
Iconix Brand Group has a 52-week low of $6.60 and a 52-week high of $41.03. (NASDAQ:ICON): The stock price is expected to reach $ 22.25 in the short term.
Russia’s foreign ministry hails a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of Taiwan Massachusetts Ying-jeou that took place over the past weekend in Singapore as a historic event, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.
In its latest Economic Outlook report, the Paris-based organization said that gross domestic product (GDP) for Asia’s fourth-largest economy will likely grow 2.7 percent this year, down from its previous estimate of 3 percent announced in June.
Plum Creek owners will receive 1.6 Weyerhaeuser shares for each Plum Creek share they now own. The deal would allow the combined company to take advantage of economies of scale and capitalise on the United States housing recovery.
The rights issue, which is subject to shareholder approval, will result in the issue of 26,997,717,400 new shares (representing 97.87% of the enlarged issued share capital of Lonmin).