PARIS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - French day-ahead spot power price
rose 8.75 euros ($9.81) or 22.4 pct on Wednesday on
tight nuclear power supply following an unplanned outage at
EDF's 1,300 MW Paluel 4 reactor overnight.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Prices of palm stearin have
soared to a two-year high on supply shortages, causing
oleochemical manufacturers - who use the ingredient as a
feedstock to make soap - to face tightening margins and slower
demand for their products.
MARACAIBO, Venezuela, Oct 5 (Reuters) - For decades, jobs at
Venezuela's state-run oil giant PDVSA were coveted for above
average salaries, generous benefits and cheap credit that
brought home ownership and vacationing abroad within reach for
many workers.
(Wed, 05 Oct 2016) Data from the most recent Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) show that office buildings with data centers have significantly higher computing, cooling, and total electricity intensity (consumption per square foot) than office buildings without data centers.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 4 (Reuters) - Petróleo Brasileiro SA
and Norway's Statoil ASA are expanding a partnership to help the
Brazilian state-controlled company arrest declining production
at aging wells in the offshore Campos Basin, two people with
direct knowledge of the plan said.
BRASILIA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Michel
Temer's government introduced to Congress on Tuesday a landmark
constitutional amendment to cap public spending, seeking to
press ahead with unpopular reforms in the wake of last weekend's
municipal elections.
HAVANA/BOGOTA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Colombia's government and
Marxist guerrillas went back to the drawing board in Havana on
Tuesday after a peace deal they painstakingly negotiated over
four years was rejected in a shock referendum result.
OTTAWA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Canada, fearful of talk by the
U.S. presidential candidates to reopen the North American Free
Trade Agreement, could use the opportunity to push for a better
deal on worker mobility, dispute resolutions and other issues,
Canadian negotiators of the original pact said.
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