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BPs return to profit is a boost for shareholders but it stands accused of cashing in on the energy crisis and shares are still below pre-pandemic levels

Shell has vowed to halve so-called Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its operations by 2030 against their 2016 levels,  on its way to becoming a net zero business by mid-century.

1 of 16 Tyler Ewing marches up and down the length of the tent to show bidders a hand-blown white glass pumpkin. CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY JANE BELLMYER Marie Madron excitedly shows her winning number for the white pumpkin she won at the Cecil County Fair Auction. CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY JANE BELLMYER Brenda Curry helps her friend, Deb Given, celebrate winning the chainsaw-carved fox at the Cecil County Fair Wednesday night. CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY JANE BELLMYER Grant Barczewski holds...

The buyers have wasted no time in appointing a new CEO. Troubled Hamilton aeroplane manufacturer Pacific Aerospace has been bought out of liquidation by the owners of Mercer Airfield. Palms on George, owned by Pukekohe-based Neil Young and Dee Bond, also operates the Tuakau Bridge Motorhome Park, Mercer Motel and Mercer Landing restaurant. The owners are both from an aviation background. Mercer Airfield is largely used for skydiving, a major application of Pacific Aerospace’s aircraft, alo...

CAA extends breathing space for operators of Pacific Aerospace aircraft 3 Mar, 2021 04:38 AM 3 minutes to read There is some good news for owners and operators of aircraft made by Pacific Aerospace, now in interim liquidation - New Zealands Civil Aviation Authority has extended its decision not to revoke the planemakers certifications. The veteran Waikato planemaker has more than 300 aircraft in operation around the world and has supplied aircraft to around 80 per cent of the topdressing indust...

April 16, 2021 One of the big guns at CBS News could be heading to Mount Airy soon for a special report by the television network on this city’s Mayberry connection and its identification with recent national events. This concerns a project involving longtime correspondent Ted Koppel which has been in the works for months. It is targeted for “CBS News Sunday Morning,” a news magazine program on the air for more than 40 years. Dustin Stephens, a producer for that show, said in January that...

Pacific Aerospace/China joint venture liquidator has a complex road ahead 14 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Just four years ago veteran Waikato planemaker Pacific Aerospace was a $30 million revenue company and its loyal staff were promised "explosive" growth was just round the corner through a new joint venture with Chinese state-owned juggernaut Beijing Automotive. Late on Friday afternoon, the dream nosedived when the High Court granted a supplier creditors applicatio...