April 2020
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2020, April, 21, 11:00:00
JAPAN SHARES DOWN
The Nikkei share average fell 1.97% to 19,280.78, slipping further from Friday’s near six-week high of 19,922.
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2020, April, 21, 10:55:00
THE LARGEST U.S. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
The project (4,560 MW), when fully operational at the end of 2022, will not only create the largest power plant in American but the largest generator of carbon-free power in the country as well.
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2020, April, 21, 10:50:00
SHELL, AUSTRALIA GAS PROJECT $6.4 BLN
It is Shell’s first big investment decision since the coronavirus crisis and tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia caused oil prices to crash below $30 per barrel. Natural gas prices are currently at historic lows.
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2020, April, 20, 14:40:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $27 ANEW
Brent was down $1.12, or 4%, at $26.96 a barrel, WTI fell $4.79, or 26.2%, to its lowest since March 1999 at $13.48,
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2020, April, 20, 14:35:00
$5 TLN FOR COVID-19
leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) major economies said they were spending over $5 trillion, equivalent to 7.4 percent of 2019 G20 countries’ gross domestic product (GDP),
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2020, April, 20, 14:25:00
JAPAN'S COVID PAYOUTS $1.1 TLN
The upsized package will total 117.1 trillion yen ($1.086 trillion), with fiscal measures making up less than half of it, the Ministry of Finance said.
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2020, April, 20, 14:20:00
AUSTRALIA'S INDEX DOWN
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index fell 2.5% or 134.50 points to 5,353.00 at the close of trade.
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2020, April, 20, 14:15:00
EUROPE NEED NUCLEAR POWER
Nuclear power will play an important role in meeting the Europe's climate targets.
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2020, April, 20, 14:10:00
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Energy efficiency is critical for the benefit of utilities, end energy users, and the environment.