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Waste Management offers to buy Republic Services
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Waste Management Inc (WMI.N) on Monday offered to buy Republic Services Inc (RSG.N) for about $6.19 billion, a move that could derail the rival trash hauler's own deal to purchase Allied Waste Industries Inc (AW.N).
Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-14
Republic to merge with Allied Waste
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republic Services Inc (RSG.N) said on Monday it plans to merge with Allied Waste Industries Inc (AW.N) creating a $12 billion waste and environmental services company.
Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-23
China's e-waste nightmare worsening
The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.
Nations:China
2007-11-18
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