TransCanada Corporation today announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, has been awarded the contract to build, own and operate the El Encino-to-Topolobampo Pipeline in Mexico.

TransCanada expects to invest approximately US$1 billion in the Topolobampo Pipeline project, which is supported by a 25-year natural gas transportation service contract with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico's federal power company.


As well as the UK’s largest and most recognisable airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings also owns Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow and Aberdeen airports. The deal will see CIC pay £450 million for its stake.

The deal represents CIC’s second major investment in UK infrastructure following its purchase of 8.68 percent of the firm behind Thames Water back in January 2012.

Mines & Money - London

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Business Excellence is proud to be supporting Mines and Money as media partner for the event.

Mines and Money London 2012 will bring together over 3000 investors, financiers, brokers and senior mining executives for Europe’s leading mining investment and capital raising event.

IRAM 2012

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The first IRAM conference will be held at Monash University Sunway Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will bring together experts from the academic, scientific and industrial communities to address new challenges, present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and perspective of the future directions in the field.

Keynote speeches will include Innovation in the Era of Graphical System Design, given by Mr. Chandran Nair, managing director, National Instruments, Singapore.

Basra Oil & Gas International Conference and Exhibition

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Business Excellence is proud to be supporting Basra Oil & Gas International Conference, as media partner for the event.

Internationally acclaimed experts from across the oil and gas sector will be addressing the challenges and opportunities in the Iraqi market, at the upcoming Basra Oil & Gas International Exhibition & Conference.


 

Despite rising wages in China, where most of its factories are based, Hon Hai announced that net profit for the first nine months of 2012 rose by 24 percent, to $1.9 billion, compared to the same period in 2011.


Instead of battening down the hatches when the going gets tough, smart leaders inspire their employees to find better ways of achieving their objectives.

 

I heard the unmistakable sound of a Harley Davidson motorcycle in the car park of a business that I'm currently working with. It reminded me of the incredible transformation story of this company.

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This Kenyan tea and coffee producer has paved the way to growth with diversification into retail and is cutting costs by generating its own electricity.

Just look at the international growth of chains such as Starbucks and it seems that coffee has entered a truly golden era. In the 12 months to September 2011, world coffee exports increased by 9.4 percent to a historical record of 103 million bags – or over 6 million tonnes!


At the hub of Iraq's oil and gas infrastructure regeneration, SCOP shows how complex engineering projects can be delivered in a challenging environment through innovative contracting and creative partnership models.


Joseph Otieno, acting managing director, discusses how KVM, and Kenya as a whole, is attracting the interest of some of the planet’s most recognisable players in the automotive industry.