Taiwan plans to boost its use of solar panels by a factor of 200 over the next decade and a half in an effort to increase clean energy, a ranking official said Friday. Solar panels across the island currently have a capacity of five megawatts, enoug
NEW DELHI - India's Environment Minister says the country will significantly slow its carbon dioxide emissions over the next decade. The pledge to reduce by 20 to 25 percent the ratio of pollution to GDP comes just days before world leaders are set
BRUSSELS - Europe crawled out of recession in the third quarter with the 16-nation eurozone posting 0.4 percent growth, official data confirmed on Thursday. While confirming its initial GDP estimate for the eurozone, the EU's Eurostat data agency t
Sage, the accountancy software group, said on Wednesday growth for 2010 was likely to remain “muted after a financial year that saw growth in its main software and related services fall 16 per cent.The Newcastle-based group said it had added 245,000
OTTAWA - It's official, but only barely -- Canada exited recession in the third quarter after three quarters of negative growth. Statistics Canada on Monday reported annualized real growth in gross domestic product for the quarter of 0.4 percent. S
Commodities prices firmed on Monday, supported by India’s stronger-than-expected economic growth in the third quarter and renewed US dollar weakness. But traders were cautious as raw materials’ demand remained lacklustre outside Asia and Dubai’s woe
NEW DELHI - India reported its best growth figures for more than a year on Monday as government stimulus measures and record low interest rates boosted Asia's third largest economy. The 7.9 percent year on year expansion prompted a leading governme
BEIJING - China promised to slow its carbon emissions, saying it would nearly halve the ratio of pollution to GDP over the next decade — a major move by the world's largest emitter, whose cooperation is crucial to any deal as a global climate
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