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Together with a sharp drop in the cost of solar power and corporate efforts to rack up green credentials, the expiring tax subsidies have large energy purchasers taking a hard look at buying solar under big long-term contracts. Apple on Tuesday said it would spend $848 million over 25 years to buy 130 megawatts of electricity from a 280 MW plant – the solar industry’s largest-ever corporate power purchase agreement, or PPA. Apple’s major financial commitment gives solar a level of mainstream credibility that should entice other new customers.

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Ito took over in 2009, and for the past three years has shaken up Honda’s decades-old, tightly-knit supply chain, looking to trim costs while finding more cutting-edge technologies. “Honda’s group suppliers were thrown into disarray by Ito’s actions. The way things are going, they’re soon all going to become subcontractors with no technologies of their own,” said one former Honda chief. “Since the start of this year, we’ve been operating on the assumption that Ito will continue as chief executive,” said a Honda divisional head, adding Ito has a “70 percent” chance of keeping his job.

Ito took over in 2009, and for the past three years has shaken up Honda’s decades-old, tightly-knit supply chain, looking to trim costs while finding more cutting-edge technologies. “Honda’s group suppliers were thrown into disarray by Ito’s actions. The way things are going, they’re soon all going to become subcontractors with no technologies of their own,” said one former Honda chief. “Since the start of this year, we’ve been operating on the assumption that Ito will continue as chief executive,” said a Honda divisional head, adding Ito has a “70 percent” chance of keeping his job.

In the first move of its kind for Japan, a local government in Tokyo is reportedly set to vote on a plan recognizing same-sex couples as being in “relationships equivalent to marriage.”
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In the first move of its kind for Japan, a local government in Tokyo is reportedly set to vote on a plan recognizing same-sex couples as being in “relationships equivalent to marriage.”
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Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are CBS, Time, Groupon and Kraft.
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Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are CBS, Time, Groupon and Kraft.
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