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Made in France: Montebourg Ridiculed in Text and Pictures; France Goes After "Red Bull" Energy Drinks to Finance Social Security

MishTalk

In response to Montebourg Announces Deal Between Goodyear and Titan to Save Union Jobs (One Problem - Goodyear Did Not Even Receive the Offer) , one of several recent posts on Arnaud Montebourg, France''s Minister of Productive Recovery, reader "AC" who lives in France responded. France Goes After "Red Bull" Energy Drinks.

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$550 Billion Energy Junk Bond Bubble Busts; "Whac-A-Mole" Distortions in Multiple Markets

MishTalk

The energy junk bond bubble has finally popped. Junk bonds of Energy XXI Ltd. Energy XXI Ltd. Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. Recently I have been getting numerous cold-calls, nearly all of them energy related. Who Caused the Energy Bubble?

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How Industrial Firms Invest in Renewable Energy, Affordably

Harvard Business

Big companies have been buying a lot of clean energy lately – 3.5 Under this financing structure, the company contracts to buy kilowatts, not the turbines and panels. They put up almost no capital and usually lower their day-to-day energy costs. You need legal, accounting, procurement, energy, and sustainability involved.

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Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business

Harvard Business

Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell directly to customers the excess renewable energy it generates on its new campus and in facilities across Oregon, Nevada, and California. California, Texas, and most of the U.S. electric demand.

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It’s Time for Companies to Be Strategic About Energy

Harvard Business

Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment. As Kern put it, “We always manage costs so closely, but we weren’t really measuring energy — we didn’t know how much we spent!

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The Future Face of the Consulting Industry

Tom Spencer

Contrary to the more traditional consulting model, whereby the client hands over a brief and the consultant only makes subsequent contact to ask questions or to provide the finished product, consultants and clients increasingly work together to clarify the problem and identify possible solutions. Shift 3: Internal Consulting.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

Green finance is becoming increasingly dominant, as long-term investors see environmental risk management as a fundamental success factor in securing long-term returns. Moreover, this tax rate is projected to increase to 100 EUR per metric ton by 2030, with more products being continuously added to be taxed.