Category Archives: Company

Panel that works in the dark puts solar on fast track to ubiquity

By doris | Published: April 18, 2011

Full Story at MNN.com First, the CleanTechnica item in brief: A company called New Energy Technologies has received some government funding to move forward with the development of a photovoltaic (PV) coating for windows. This is one of a host of “organic PV” and other nanoparticle technologies pursuing the promise of truly ubiquitous solar power. [...]

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Boeing didn’t expect 737 cracks so soon

By doris | Published: April 5, 2011

! NewsFull Story at news.hoo PHOENIX – Boeing was surprised when a section of a Southwest jetliner’s fuselage ripped open in flight because the plane wasn’t old enough to be worrisome, a company official said Tuesday, as the airline cleared most of its older 737 planes to return to the skies. Southwest said it had [...]

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That $319 million jackpot? N.Y. state workers won it

By doris | Published: March 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com ALBANY, N.Y. — Within a state workforce already threatened with layoffs, a small group of workers has apparently found the sudden luxury of walking away from their jobs if they choose.No one has stepped forward to claim the weekend’s $319 million Mega Millions jackpot, the fifth-largest in the multistate game’s history. [...]

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States push harder for online sales tax collection

By doris | Published: March 20, 2011

Full Story at CBSNews.com AP) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents. Billions of dollars are at stake as a growing number of states look for ways [...]

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FDA to supervise three Tylenol plants

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at UPI.com WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) — The U.S. government announced it is taking over three Tylenol plants following recalls and a criminal investigation into safety issues at the factories. The Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department took action against Tylenol maker McNeil PPC and two of its executives — its [...]

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7 tons of ground beef recalled due to possible E. coli

By doris | Published: March 10, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Kansas company has recalled more than 14,000 pounds of ground beef due to possible E. coli contamination, federal authorities have announced. The recalled meat, sold in large packages and distributed in numerous states, comes from Creekstone Farms Premium Beef of Arkansas City, Kansas. Some 14,158 pounds of beef, [...]

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2011 was a record year for the world’s billionaires

By doris | Published: March 9, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com This 25th year of tracking global wealth was one to remember. The 2011 Billionaires List breaks two records: total number of listees (1,210) and combined wealth ($4.5 trillion). This horde surpasses the gross domestic product of Germany, one of only six nations to have fewer billionaires this year. BRICs led the [...]

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Skyrocketing water bills mystify, anger residents

By doris | Published: March 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Atlanta (CNN) — Imagine paying as much for water as you do for your mortgage. Residents throughout Atlanta are outraged by hundreds, even thousands of dollars in monthly spikes in their water bills, and have questioned the legitimacy of the charges for years. Now, they’re demanding answers. “I thought we were [...]

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Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2

By doris | Published: February 27, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoocom CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically-engineered organism that it says simply secretes diesel fuel or ethanol wherever it finds sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. [...]

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States ignored warnings on unemployment insurance

By doris | Published: February 19, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – State officials had plenty of warning. Over the past three decades, two national commissions and a series of government audits sounded alarms about the dwindling amount of money states were setting aside to pay unemployment insurance to laid-off workers. “Trust Fund Reserves Inadequate,” federal auditors said in a 1988 [...]

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Clothing prices to rise 10 pct starting in spring

By doris | Published: February 14, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – Shoppers looking to update their wardrobes may find their money won’t stretch as far. As the world economy recovers and demand for goods rises, a surge in raw material and labor costs is squeezing retailers and manufacturers who have run out of ways to pare expenses. Clothing prices [...]

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Gas prices tick up; expert doesn’t see more hikes in short term

By doris | Published: January 23, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — U.S. gasoline prices rose slightly in the past two weeks as a glut of gasoline offset a small increase in crude oil prices, according to a national survey out Sunday. Self-serve regular went up just under 3 cents a gallon, to a national average of $3.11, according to the [...]

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Johnson & Johnson recalls 45 million more products

By doris | Published: January 14, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil division announced a recall of certain Tylenol brand products Friday after a review of cleaning procedures at a plant in Fort Washington, Pa. Conducted in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration, the recall covers certain lots of Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis [...]

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Panel calls for drastic steps to stop future deepwater oil spills

By doris | Published: January 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — If the government does not take drastic steps, another deepwater oil spill like the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico could devastate the coastal areas of the United States, an oversight commission warned Tuesday in a long-awaited report to the president. More research, funding and oversight are [...]

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Ford to hire 7,000 workers

By doris | Published: January 10, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ford Motor announced Monday it will add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs in the United States by the end of 2012. The announcement, made on the opening day of the Detroit auto show, said Ford (F, Fortune 500) is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several [...]

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Fiery package in DC triggers memories of anthrax

By doris | Published: January 8, 2011

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON — Postal workers who returned to work Saturday said a package that ignited at a government mail facility conjured painful memories of the anthrax attacks that killed two of their colleagues in 2001. The fiery package found Friday, which was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, followed two packages that [...]

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Starbucks unveils a new logo

By doris | Published: January 5, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Starbucks Corp. debuted a logo Wednesday that brings the iconic green Siren out of the circle and drops the words “Starbucks Coffee.” Just a few hours later, the backlash against the change started building on both Starbucks’ website and other social media platforms such as Facebook.

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CDC: Salmonella outbreak spreads to 16 states

By doris | Published: December 29, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ATLANTA — An outbreak of salmonella that was tied to tainted alfalfa sprouts has grown to at least 94 cases in 16 states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said the case count had risen from 89 cases in 15 states in the past week, with California [...]

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Still shopping? Last-minute gifts for everyone on your list

By doris | Published: December 24, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.com Run out of ideas of what to get all the special people in your life? Looking for something out of the ordinary? For something you know he doesn’t have? For something you know she won’t buy herself? Well, here are some fun, fabulous and affordable gifts that are sure to be [...]

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GM recalling 98,000 new small SUVs

By doris | Published: December 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DETROIT — General Motors Co. said on Friday it is recalling nearly 98,000 Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain and Cadillac SRX 2011 models because the anchor to the seat belt buckle may fail, which could lead to injury in a crash. Dealers will start notifying owners of the vehicles involved in January, [...]

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