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‘Biofuels fight to persist’

Bloomberg Billionaire Carl Icahn says an oil industry push for structural change to the US biofuels mandate will persist, raising the prospect of legal action, even if the Environmental Protection Agency denies refiner requests. Independent oil refiners have no plans to abandon their view that the current structure of the Renewable Fuel Standard is flawed, Icahn said in an interview, ...

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Renault-Nissan expands electric push in China market

Bloomberg The Renault-Nissan alliance is expanding its push into China, teaming up with Dongfeng Motor Group Co. on its first locally designed electric vehicle as emissions rules tighten in the world’s largest car market. Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Dongfeng established a joint venture to develop a battery-powered model based on a small sport utility vehicle platform developed by ...

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CK Hutchison unit receives $1.2bn tax notice from India

Bloomberg A unit of billionaire Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. received a formal 79 billion rupee ($1.2 billion) tax bill from India over the company’s sale of its mobile-phone business in the country to a Vodafone Group Plc unit a decade ago. CK’s Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. received the penalty order from the Indian Tax Authorities on August 9, ...

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