VINALHAVEN, Maine—-Harnessing Maineâ??s strong ocean winds, three wind turbines supplied by GE now are producing power for the residents of Vinalhaven and North Haven, two year-round communities that comprise the Fox Islands located in Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine.
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Alcoa Aluminum Soars with Ares, Time Magazine’s 2009 Invention of the Year (Business Wire)
NEW YORK—-Alcoa aluminum plays a critical role in the future of NASAâ??s Ares rocket, named by Time magazine as the 2009 Invention of the Year.
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Mines Management Withdraws Public Offering of Common Shares (Business Wire)
SPOKANE, Wash.—-MINES MANAGEMENT, INC. announced today that it has withdrawn its previously announced public offering of 6,000,000 shares of common stock. The terms presented by the underwriters did not meet the minimum expectation of net proceeds.
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Oil hovers below $79 amid strong Asian demand (AP)
Oil prices hovered below $79 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors look to crude demand growth in Asia next year to offset a sluggish U.S. economy.
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Talk of Wyoming wind tax whips up debate (AP)
Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the fledgling industry’s growth in Wyoming.
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Research and Markets: Oman Oil and Gas Report Q4 2009 – Oman’s Real GDP Growth is Now Forecast at 0.4% in 2009, Down from 13.0% in 2008 (Business Wire)
DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Oman Oil and Gas Report Q4 2009” report to their offering.
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Asian stocks hit 15-month highs (Reuters)
Asian stocks rose to more than 15-month highs on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeated the central bank was likely to keep interest rates at very low levels for some time, keeping the dollar pinned near 15-month lows and gold close to record highs.
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Apollo Gold Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results (Business Wire)
DENVER—-Apollo Gold Corporation announced today a net loss of $14.0 million, or $0.05 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to net income of $0.5 million, or $0.00 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2008.