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• Liquefied natural gas projects miss the boat - Tribune

  Liquefied natural gas projects miss the boat The Creole Spirit tanker is towed by tugboats at Sines port in Sines, 170 Km south of Lisbon, on April 26, 2016. The first shipment of liquefied natural gas from US to the EU, by the oil and gas group Galp Energia Portuguese, arrived on late April 26, 2016 in the port of Sines in southern Portugal / AFP / FRANCISCO LEONG (Photo credit should read FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images)Photo by AFP/Getty Images By Bloomberg News | Sunday, June ..

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• DealBook|Blue Coat to Sell Itself to Symantec, Abandoning IPO Plans

  

  SAN FRANCISCO — Blue Coat Systems seemed poised to begin life as a public company, after selling itself to a private equity firm last year.Now, the cybersecurity software company plans to sell itself to Symantec instead.Blue Coat said late on Sunday that it would sell itself to Symantec for $4.65 billion. As part of the deal, Blue Coat’s chief executive, Greg Clark, will take over as the chief executive of the combined security software maker.To help finance the transaction, Blue Coat’s existin..

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• Tesla Model X Deliveries In China Rumored To Be Hugely Delayed

  

  Has the expected delivery timeline for Tesla Model X orders in China been changed? Are international Tesla Model X deliveries running even further behind schedule than previously thought? Tesla Model X front corner A recent post on a popular Tesla ...

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• Philadelphia soda tax sold public interest over health

  

  By Errin Haines Whack | AP June 12 at 1:51 PM PHILADELPHIA — In the city of cheesesteaks and soft pretzels, a soda tax that regulates people’s behavior is a hard sell. But Philadelphia is on the verge of becoming only the second city in the country to pass a tax on soft drinks, thanks to the mayor’s creative approach to push the plan as a way to address some of its other ills, including paying for pre-kindergarten opportunities, rebuilding crumbling recreation centers and creating community ..

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• Loans available for Virginia residents with storm damage

  

  Loans available for Virginia residents with storm damage Damage and debris in Appomattox County following severe weather on Feb. 24, 2016. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Low-interest disaster loans are available for people with damage from February’s storms to pay for repairs. The U.S. Small Business Administration loans are available to homeowners, renters, business owners and nonprofits in and around Appomattox and Essex counties. Homeowners can apply for loans up to $200,000 to repair ..

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• Uber takes U-turn, lets riders schedule trips in advance

  

  Passport, check. Toothbrush, check. Scheduled Uber pickup, check.The ride-hailing company announced that users on their way to the airport, or in need of any pre-scheduled ride, will be able to reserve one up to 30 days in advance. The service started Thursday in Seattle, the home of Microsoft, and will expand to other “top business travel cities,” Uber wrote on its blog.Uber is not the first ride-hailing service to offer this feature. Lyft announced in May it has started to test a similar prog..

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