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Organic photovoltaics on steel: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance researching applications for the new generation of solar cells

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance are counting on a highly promising form of power generation: organic photovoltaics (OPV). OPVs are flexible solar cells made of light-active plastics and can be manufactured by cost-effective processes suitable for large-scale production. They may be less efficient than previous rigid solar cells based on silicon but they offer the …

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First Data Releases Black Friday 2012 SpendTrend® Analysis

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Spending Strong As Shoppers Sought Early Promotions ATLANTA, Nov. 28, 2012 – First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, today released its First Data SpendTrend® analysis for Black Friday 2012 compared to Black Friday 2011. SpendTrend tracks same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT, closed-loop …

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Stillwater Mining Announces Appointment of New Director

BILLINGS, MT–(Marketwire – November 28, 2012) – STILLWATER MINING COMPANY (NYSE: SWC) (TSX: SWC.U) announced today the appointment of George M. Bee to the Company’s board of directors, effective November 24, 2012. Commenting on this appointment, Stillwater’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Frank McAllister stated, “We are very pleased to welcome George Bee as the …

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South Africa hands over climate baton

South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane officially handed over the UN climate change presidency as this year’s UN climate summit (COP 18) got under way in Doha, Qatar on Monday. Thousands of government representatives, international organizations and civil society members gathered in the Qatari capital as the United Nations Climate Change Conference …

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Technical Consumer Goods market: positive but slightly cautious development in Q3 2012 Results of the GfK TEMAX® Western Europe for the third quarter of 2012

Nuremberg, November 28, 2012 – The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe saw a 1.5 percent value increase in Q3 2012 compared to the same period last year. Sales generated during this period amounted to €45.3 billion and with a slight decrease of 0.1 percent and a total sales volume of €135.1 …

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17 percent of working women reported to have faced acts of sexual harassment at work place. Many more go unreported – Oxfam India

Oxfam India today released the findings of an opinion poll titled ‘Sexual Harassment at Workplaces in India 2011-2012” during a workshop held at the India Islamic Cultural Center. The report revealed that 17% of working women in India feel that they have experienced acts of sexual harassment at workplace, indicating a high incidence of sexual …

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Google This – Umesh Shanmugam

Google has just jacked the whole print media ad business. amazing times we live in nephew. We have played with the numbers a little bit and found an interesting piece of information that nicely illustrates how ad markets have changed in the past decade: in the first six months of 2012, Google raked in $20.8 …

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Hollande threatens ‘nationalisation’ of French Arcelor Mittal plant – Umesh Shanmugam

President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that nationalising ArcelorMittal’s plant in northeastern France would be on the table in talks later with the steel giant’s chief Lakshmi Mittal. “The nationalisation is part of the subjects of the discussion,” Hollande told a joint press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, adding that this would apply …

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