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Mascoma Acquires SunOpta BioProcess Inc.; Integrated Cellulosic Ethanol Company

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Cellulosic biofuels company Mascoma Corporation, is acquiring SunOpta BioProcess Inc. The facility is based on technologies developed in Mascoma’s laboratories in Lebanon, New Hampshire and operating in its 57,000 square foot demonstration facility in Rome, New York. SBI), a division of SunOpta Inc.

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Carlos Ghosn's Superyacht To Be Seized As Part of Legal Ruling

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Several years after the disgraced auto exec fled to Lebanon, the British Virgin Islands High Court ruled that he must surrender a superyacht allegedly purchased using funds he siphoned away from the automaker. The 121-foot vessel must now be surrendered to Nissan Motor Company.

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Tritium to build new fast charger plant in Tennessee; up to 30k units per year at peak capacity

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In an effort to increase sales, localize production and expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the United States, Tritium DCFC Limited announced plans for expansion of its US footprint with a new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. million high-power charging sessions across 41 countries that it has already provided.

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Honda Positioning Itself To Take Over Nissan

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He believes that Honda's involvement is a strategic move to gain control over the other two companies. Ghosn's career took a dramatic turn in November 2018 when he was arrested on charges of financial misconduct, including misuse of company funds and underreporting his salary.

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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide

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million-bbl/d Tapline to Lebanon. However, in 1996, the TPP was shut down as oil companies began shipping Alaskan crude along alternative routes. The United Arab Emirates is also completing the 1.5 Other alternate routes could include the deactivated 1.65-million Use of the alternate routes would increase the cost of transportation.

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Carlos Ghosn Isn't So Sure About the Honda-Nissan Merger

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Carlos Ghosn Nissans former CEO Carlos Ghosn is still living in Lebanon with a Japanese arrest warrant, but that hasnt stopped him from speaking out against the automakers desire to merge with Honda. Speaking with reporters from his home, he expressed skepticism that the pairing would do either company any good.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Holland, MI Lebanon, OR (Entek). FutureFuel Chemical Company. Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company. $30. DOE Award ($mil.). Project locations. Technology. Johnson Controls. A123 Systems, Inc. Novolyte Technologies, Inc.