Early this year, BP (formerly British Petroleum) announced it was signing the largest
proposed academia - industry research
alliance in U.S. history: a 10 - year, $ 500 million
agreement with UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign to study biofuels and the production of genetically modified crops that might improve their energy efficiency.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today
proposed to grant antitrust immunity to two air carrier
alliances for services between the United States and Japan, subject to the Open - Skies aviation
agreement between the two countries being signed.