Clooney to help manage energy company
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George Clooney will become an executive board member of a new Swiss energy company that will develop environmentally friendly techniques for car motors and other devices, the billionaire who is setting up the firm said Saturday.
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U.S. private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co. said Friday that it is in talks with Northern Rock PLC about a possible takeover bid and named a proposed management team for the troubled British mortgage lender.
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Russia&#39;s Gazprom natural gas monopoly said Monday that the chief executive of a state oil company it is set to absorb would retain his job.
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A push into the solar sector could benefit the company.
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Actor and filmmaker George Clooney has teamed up with Warner Bros.' specialty studio to buy the movie rights to "The Innocent Man," the first nonfiction book by best-selling novelist John Grisham.
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Lighting Science Group, Inc., formerly The Phoenix Group Corporation has announced that Claes Beckman, PhD, has accepted an appointment to the Scientific Board of Advisors of the company.
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The US secretary of state says she will appoint an energy envoy to monitor the use of oil and gas for political purposes.
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One can sum up airlines&#39; woes in one word: &quot;Exxon.&quot; So says Gerard Arpey, chief executive of American Airlines parent AMR (nyse: AMR - news - people ). Speaking Wednesday to investors in New York, the CEO
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Corporations are adding a new title to the executive suite â chief sustainability officer â not just an environmental watchdog, but someone to oversee the effort to go green.
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With a Putin aide now at its helm, Russia's state-run oil firm seems set to grab the falling giant's assets
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Hollywood star George Clooney is soon going to be seen convincing people to buy Fiat cars, after he has been signed on by the Italian automobile giant to be their new brand ambassador.
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Electric and gas utility CMS Energy Corp. on Tuesday named president and chief operating officer David Joos to the position of president and chief executive, effective Oct. 1. Joos will succeed Ken Whipple as CEO.
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Britain's biggest coal-fired power station moves closer to winning compensation for unpaid contracts from collapsed energy group TXU Europe.
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President Bush today named Deputy Treasury Secretary Samuel W. Bodman as head of the Energy Department.
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Occidental Petroleum Corp.  on Monday said it is dividing its oil and gas operations around two regions -- the Western and Eastern hemispheres. The oil producer said it appointed John Morgan to head its Western hemisphere operations, while R. Casey Olson has been tapped to lead the Eastern hemisphere operations.
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Actor George Clooney is made a United Nations "messenger of peace" to promote UN work in war-torn areas.
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The Walt Disney Co. board of directors said Tuesday it expects to find a chief executive to succeed Michael Eisner by next June and would consider both outside executives and Disney