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11.19.07

Brazil To Review Oil Policy

A day after Petrobras announced discovery of between 5 billion and 8 billion bar...

11.19.07

US Farm Bill Stalled Again

A cloture motion to force a vote on the 2007 Farm Bill failed in the US Senate l...

11.16.07

BP To Sell All US Convenience Stores

BP said it would sell all 700 of its US owned and operated convenience stores to...

11.15.07

President Bush Calls for Action on US Energy Bill

President George Bush called for action on US energy legislation on a visit to I...

11.14.07

Taxes Stifle German Biodiesel

A new round of tax increases planned for German biofuels means no new biodiesel ...

11.14.07

Biofuels Escape Argentina Export Tax

Argentina has increased the export tax on soybeans, soy-based products, and corn...

11.13.07

French Rapeseed Planting To Drop

According to a USDA report, French rapeseed acreage in 2008 is forecast to decli...

11.13.07

EU Officials Lobby US On Biodiesel

European Union officials visited with US Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman T...

11.06.07

Exxon See Growth in Alternative Energy

In a report that predicts steady growth in petroleum demand in the decades to co...

11.01.07

Experts Raise Oil Supply Concerns

Leading figures from the Middle East oil industry are warning that the world is ...

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Japanese Firm Establishes $220 Million VC Fund

03.13.08

Japan’s Mizuho Capital Co, a venture capital firm affiliated with Mizuho Financial Group Inc, has set up a venture investment fund of $220 million--the largest ever for a Japanese banking group.

Mizuho Capital says the funds will be invested in Japanese companies with high growth potential, including firms doing businesses related to biofuels, environmental issues, nanotechnology, and information technology.



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