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Airbus Thursday said it has clinched a firm order from China for 60 Airbus jets with a value at list price of around $8 billion.The order will include 18 planes which had fallen hostage to a trade row between China and the European Union over the inclusion of airline sector in the EU's carbon-dioxide emissions trading scheme, or ETS.The EU's move last year provoked an outcry from its major trading partners though China was the country that retaliated most openly to the move by freezing orders of Airbus jets.The aircraft maker, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EAD.FR), and China Aviation Supplies Holding Co., a state-owned enterprise, signed the plane contract Thursday during the first official visit to China by French President Francois Hollande.The new order is made up of 42 single-aisle Airbus A320s and 18 wide-bodied A330s. China had frozen the order for the A330s--themselves part of a bigger order for 45 of the jetliners worth around $10 billion--in retaliation at...
Climate Science Coalition Executive Director Steve Goreham on the limits of alternative energy in today’s utility needs.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (R-Alaska), on the carbon tax proposal by Senate Democrats.
Sierra Club Executive Director Mike Brune on his efforts to stop the completion of the Keystone Pipeline.
National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling on the talking points of the State of the Union address.
The European Union should consider taxing steel imports for the carbon dioxide emitted during their production, the French Industry Minister said Tuesday.Such a tax ...
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ANG.JO) said Thursday that it now expects to need a higher spend to get its Tropicana mine in Australia, due to start production in late 2013...
Steve Goreham of Climate Science Coalition of America on efforts to curb global warming and speed up energy independence.
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Chris Horner on the need for the White House to be more open with information.
Heritage Foundation Policy Analyst Nick Loris on political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum pushing for government spending on green energy.
Tom Borelli, senior fellow with Freedomworks, on how energy policy will change in President Obama’s second term.
Former Reagan economic advisor Art Laffer on the latest battle of government spending and the debt ceiling.
Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst Curtis Dubay on whether we are headed down the road to more taxes.
An internal investigation at Deutsche Bank has found that incomplete data related to a carbon tax fraud probe were handed over to prosecutors, German magazine Der Sp...
China Longyuan Power Group (0916.HK) and Thailand's Electricity Generating PCL (EGCO.TH) are among shortlisted parties vying to buy a stake in an Australian wind far...
Platts Global Director of News John Kingston on efforts to get White House approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. (VAH.AU) Tuesday booked a 56% fall in first-half profit as intensifying competition in Australia's domestic travel market drove down t...
Origin Energy Ltd. (ORG.AU) rattled investors with a raft of bad news Thursday, including a deep fall in profit and a 1.70 billion Australian dollar (US$1.74 billion...
Former EPA Administrator Christie Whitman discusses whether the president can pass climate legislation without congressional approval.
Huntsman Corporation CEO Peter Huntsman on the carbon tax bill’s potential impact on U.S. businesses’ competitiveness.
