Press Releases on May 16, 2013

Alexey Miller: Gazprom to develop Russia-wide Unified Gas Supply System by creating new GTS in East and connecting it to existing ...

Saint Petersburg keeps hosting the III St. Petersburg International Gas Forum attended by Gazprom's delegation. Alexey Miller Chairman of the Company's Management Committee delivered a welcoming address at the Forum opening ceremony. “We set the …

Republic of Poland: Concluding Statement of the 2013 Article IV Mission

Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions (official staff visits, in most cases to member countries). Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's …

Guinness World Drift Record Set On Continental Tires

Details Category: Latest News Created on Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:15 Click image to download. The BMW Performance Driving School team shattered the Guinness World Record for longest sustained drift on ContiSportContact 5P tires. Fort Mill, SC – May 15, …

The Anatomy of the VAT

Summary: This paper sets out some tools for understanding the performance of the value added tax (VAT). Applying a decomposition of VAT revenues (as a share of GDP) to the universe of VATs over the last twenty years, it emerges that developments have been …

Unconventional Monetary Policies - Recent Experiences and Prospects - Background Paper

Summary:This paper provides background information to the main Board paper, “The Role and Limits of Unconventional Monetary Policy.” This paper is divided in five distinct sections, each focused on a different topic covered in the main paper, though most …

Summary of Informal Discussions with Central Bankers and Other Officials on Unconventional Monetary Policies

Unconventional Monetary Policies - Recent Experiences and Prospects

Summary:This paper addresses three questions about unconventional monetary policies. First, what policies were tried, and with what objectives? Second, were policies effective? And third, what role might these policies continue to play in the future?

Shell moves forward on new Gulf Mexico development at Stones

Royal Dutch Shell plc Royal Dutch Shell plc is incorporated in England and Wales, has its headquarters in The Hague and is listed on the London, Amsterdam and New York stock exchanges. Shell companies have operations in more than 70 countries and …

Happiness You Can Hear: Coca-Cola Remixes Bottle Sounds

API rebuts McCarthy’s claim that EPA was ‘denied’ role in E15 testing

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 – In a letter to Senator David Vitter (R-LA), API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco refuted “inaccurate and misleading statements” about the research being conducted by the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) made by EPA …

Taylor Swift and Rebecca Minkoff Partner with Diet Coke to Find the Next Great Fashion Designer

USDA Faulted for Inaction on Antibiotic Resistant <em>Salmonella</em> Strains

Multidrug-Resistant Strains in Ground Turkey, Beef Sickened 168 in 2011 May 16, 2013 Leading consumer advocacy and public health organizations today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to respond to a two-year-old petition submitted by the Center …

Op-Ed by President Obama: A Partnership That Delivers

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 16, 2013 The piece was published today in Turkish by Turkish Daily “Sabah” and can be found here. The full English text of the op-ed by President Obama is printed below. A Partnership …

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Turkey Partnership

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 16, 2013 The United States and Turkey share a strong partnership and friendship, rooted in common values and strategic interests, and reinforced by the enduring links between the …

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 16, 2013 In April 2009, President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan agreed to elevate U.S.-Turkish bilateral economic relations to a strategic level commensurate with our …

Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting

News Release Schematic shows TiO2 nanowires (blue) grown on the upper half of a Si nanowire (gray) and the two absorbing different regions of the solar spectrum. Insets display photoexcited electron−hole pairs separated at the semiconductor-electrolyte …

EFSA provides updates on Schmallenberg virus in EU

Contribution of forests to food security and nutrition needs more attention

Opening Session, Forests for Food Security and Nutrition Conference, FAO headquarters, Rome, 13 May.16 May 2013, Rome - Governments, civil society and the private sector should ensure and strengthen the contributions of forests, trees and agroforestry …

Brookhaven Lab's Gianluigi De Geronimo Named a Battelle 'Inventor of the Year'

By Joe Gettler UPTON, NY — Gianluigi De Geronimo, a leading electrical engineer who designs unique, state-of-the-art microelectronics at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, was honored by Battelle as an "Inventor …

Psychology Professor Marci Lobel to Give Talk at Brookhaven Lab on Stress During Pregnancy, May 30

UPTON, NY — Psychology Professor Marci Lobel will give a talk, titled "Stress During Pregnancy and its Effects on Women and Infants," at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Thursday, May 30, at 5 p.m. in Berkner …