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Bevin Bell Factory Destroyed By Fire In East Hampton
Fire officials have deemed the historic Bevin Bell Factory a total loss after flames consumed the building overnight. More than 30 different fire departments comprised of more than 200 firefighters responded to the fire at 10 Bevin Rd. that was first...
Tags: Hampton (Windham, Connecticut), Arson, East Hampton (Middlesex, Connecticut)
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Renesas outsources top-end chips to TSMC as shake-out looms
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Renesas Electronics will outsource its top-end chips to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to survive cut-throat global competition after falling behind in investment and as it grapples with a costly restructuring. Renesas,...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Business, Electronics, Sales, Leveraged Buyouts
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Fire Destroys Iconic East Hampton Bell Factory
The Hartford CourantA smoking skeleton is all that remains of the iconic Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Co. factory after a devastating fire ripped through the building late Saturday night. The fire prompted evacuations and warnings about hazardous materials, but by late...Tags: Hampton (Windham, Connecticut), American Red Cross, Wethersfield, Fires, Middletown
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UPDATED: Investigators say a furnace blew up at Radford foundry this morning
UPDATED 4:55pm: Investigators have an idea of what may have caused an early morning explosion and fire at a plant that makes metal parts for cars in Radford. It happened at the Grede Foundry in the 1700 block of West Main Street just after midnight...
Tags: Explosions, Fires, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents
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Politics As usual
House bill would defund Planned Parenthood Social conservatives rallied in the Capitol last week on behalf of legislation that they say would finally shut off the flow of public money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers by making sure...Tags: Family Planning, HIV, Kathy L. Rapp, Health, AIDS
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Japan says Fukushima spent-fuel risk contained
ReutersBy Kevin Krolicki and Kiyoshi Takenaka FUKUSHIMA, Japan, May 26 (Reuters) - Japanese officials said on Saturday the unprecedented effort to remove spent fuel rods from one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors was on track despite lingering concerns...Tags: Natural Disasters, Japan, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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UPDATE 1-Renesas aims to sell chip plant, shed 12,000 jobs -source
Reuters* Renesas plans to sell system chip plant, mobile unit -source * Taiwan's TSMC plans to buy north Japan chip plant -Nikkei * Renesas hopes to raise more than $1.3 billion for restructuring * To cut payroll by 12,000 via plant sales, redundancies By...Tags: Electronics, Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan, Tokyo (Japan)
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Plant idling raises concerns about future of Sparrows Point
It's deja vu at Sparrows Point.
The Baltimore County plant once again faces wholesale layoffs and a possible sale.
The same story has played out every couple of years for the past decade at the steel plant, whose future remains in limbo.
The...Tags: Career and Workplace, Bethlehem Steel, Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Kevin Kamenetz
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Gasification plants in Illinois dead or on life support
A few short months ago, the future looked bright for three coal plant developers with the idea that they would create a new market for the state's abundant, but dirty, coal.
Proponents even called the coal "clean" because it wouldn't be burned and sent...Tags: Ameren Corporation, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Illinois Governor, Companies and Corporations
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COLUMN-Higher CO2 price has limited benefits: Gerard Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - Limited reform of EU emissions trading may not achieve much in CO2 cuts as the falling competitiveness of cleaner technologies is driven...Tags: Coal, European Union, Consumers, International Energy, Europe
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NRC likely to renew Entergy Mass. Pilgrim reactor soon
ReutersBy Scott DiSavino May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is close to approving a new 20-year operating license for Entergy Corp's 685-megawatt (MW) Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts. Late Thursday, NRC Chairman...Tags: Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Boston, General Electric Company, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Analysis: UK bets on biomass in move away from coal
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain is placing Europe's biggest bet on biomass as an alternative to polluting oil and coal and expensive gas, but reliance on imports could challenge the plan's low-carbon credentials and Britain's energy security. Burning wood,...Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Metal and Mineral
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