International Business News - project http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A new state law allows the northeast Mississippi city of Amory to issue $5 million in bonds to help a company develop a steel rebar minimill. Gov. Haley Barbour signed the bill into law Wednesday. Legislators passed it last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/miss-governor-oks-incentive-bill-for-rebar-mill.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:38:28 EDT Four of New Mexico's largest electricity providers have issued a request for proposals for the development of a solar power generation facility. Public Service Company of New Mexico, El Paso Electric, Xcel Energy and Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association say they want the plant to provide solar electricity by 2012. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/new-mexico-utilities-partner-on-solar-project.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:39:54 EDT State lawmakers have approved incentives to help EcoSteel Recycling LLC bring a steel rebar minimill and at least 150 jobs to northeast Mississippi. The mill will use recycled steel to make rebar, a steel reinforcing product used in most major concrete projects, especially bridge and highway construction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/ecosteel-incentive-plan-moves-quickly-in-miss.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:50:17 EDT The Commerce Department has overridden Maryland's objection to a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal at Sparrows Point near Baltimore. The department determined that the national interest served by the facility outweighs what it described as "limited adverse coastal effects." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/federal-agency-vetoes-md-objection-to-gas-plant.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:15:05 EDT Multnomah County will soon get the largest solar power project in Oregon. The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a project Thursday that will place solar installations on three county buildings. A Maryland solar company will build, own and operate the system, selling the power at a reduced rate to the county. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/oregon-county-to-get-large-solar-power-project.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:08:45 EDT MidAmerican Energy Co. will be allowed an 11.7 percent rate of return on its investment for a proposed wind project. An Iowa Utilities Board ruling released Monday says the company can recover its costs over 20 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/iowa-regs-approve-rate-for-midamerican-project.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:08:14 EDT A subsidiary of natural gas company Spectra Energy Corp. said Tuesday it has submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a $380 million pipeline expansion project. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/spectra-energy-subsidiary-plans-380m-expansion.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:55:56 EDT President Bush is on a crusade against lawmakers' pet projects, but on Thursday he plans to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a $100 million whopper that was slipped into a spending bill almost four years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/bush-attends-groundbreaking-for-100m-earmark.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:27:29 EDT State-run Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco, and U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips said Friday they have approved continued funding for the development of a refinery in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Yanbu. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/conocophillips-saudi-aramco-confirm-joint-project.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 11:53:19 EDT Microsoft's satellite imagery project was sued over the "TerraServer" name, by a small North Carolina company alleging that the firm was using its name which is already registered. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/microsoft-sued-imagery-project-trademark-terraserver.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 15:30:34 EDT "Project Runway" may switch from Bravo to the Lifetime cable network this fall, but NBC Universal ensured Monday that the show's creators won't go with it. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44148-tv-project-runway.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/project-runway-may-leave-but-nbc-keeps-its-producers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/project-runway-may-leave-but-nbc-keeps-its-producers.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 17:44:11 EDT The developer of a $3 billion condo and retail complex seen as a linchpin in the effort to revive the city's long-neglected downtown has delayed construction because of trouble securing loans, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/construction-delayed-again-for-massive-downtown-la-project.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:22:16 EDT The Senate voted Thursday to direct the Justice Department to probe how a Florida road project made its way into a 2005 highway spending bill after the House and Senate voted on what lawmakers though... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/senate-tells-justice-to-look-at-suspicious-earmark.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:36:56 EDT The Senate voted Thursday to direct the Justice Department to probe how a Florida road project made its way into a 2005 highway spending bill after the House and Senate voted on what lawmakers though... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/senate-rejects-look-at-suspicious-florida-earmark.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:52:02 EDT The Senate voted Thursday to direct the Justice Department to probe how a Florida road project made its way into a 2005 highway spending bill after the House and Senate voted on what lawmakers though... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/senate-rejects-look-at-suspicious-earmark.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:50:07 EDT Legislation supposed to make minor fixes to a 2005 highway spending bill sparked fierce debate in the Senate Wednesday over what to do about a $10 million Florida project apparently slipped into the ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080416/senate-divided-over-response-to-florida-earmark.htm Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:19:36 EDT The Peabody Award-winning "Project Runway" is walking to Lifetime, and NBC Universal Co. responded Monday by suing the hit reality show's makers to keep the series on its Bravo network. Lifetime an... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/project-runway-walks-to-lifetime.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:36:49 EDT Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. said Tuesday a solar-power project in Spain has been completed using its modules. Yingli provided modules with 9.5 megawatts of annual generating capacity for the Installation Solar Villar De Canas 2 project in Cuenca, Spain. The Chinese solar product maker was the sole supplier for the project, which was undertaken by Control y Montages Industriales CYMI SA. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/yingli-modules-used-in-spanish-project.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:16:07 EDT Participants in the North West Shelf Venture approved on Monday a 5 billion Australian dollar (US$4.6 billion; euro2.9 billion) project to recover low-pressure gas from fields off Australia's northwest coast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/woodside-partners-ok-gas-project.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:29:45 EDT A college student has apologized for causing a scare on a subway train when his science project short-circuited and started smoking in his backpack. Gregory Kats, 29, said the device was just a model of an elevator's inner workings. But it frightened riders on a B train near the Seventh Avenue stop on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/students-project-sparks-ny-subway-scare.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:41:16 EDT