Confidence Picks Up in Clean Tech Funding: Report
Thank billions in government funding for helping to lift clean technology investment in the third quarter, said the Cleantech Group and Deloitte in a report Wednesday. The quarterly analysis reiterated that the recession has kicked but not killed investments in this sector, which remain down 42 percent from the third quarter of 2008. Biotech and IT combined receive less funding than clean tech, which continues its climb from the second quarter, the report noted. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 15:00:25
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“X-Files” creator Chris Carter stays under radar screen as he lists a 4,209-square-foot house he owns in Malibu, CA for $17.495M; also, Carter has a second home in Malibu on the market for $7.9M
Chris Carter, the writer who created the popular 1990s series “The X-Files,” has placed a 4,209-square-foot house he owns in Malibu, Calif. on the market for $17,495,000. In a Big Time Listings exclusive, we can report on Carter’s listing of the Zumirez Drive house. We give terrific credit to Carter for somehow managing to keep his ownership of this house, which hit the market back on July 28, a secret from all of us celebrity real estate gossips for nearly two months. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 19:53:07
Blocking, Tackling & Running: Leveraging a Crisis Into Real Change
There's a fairly well known cartoon of two scientists working out a problem on a chalkboard covered with complex equations and down in the circle is a little circle with the key step inserted in small print - "and then a miracle occurs". Wouldn't it be nice if we could take the same short-cut to fixing the horrendous shopping list of significant [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:11
Considered Forthwith: House Transportation Committee
Welcome to the 23rd installment of "Considered Forthwith." This weekly series looks at the various committees in the House and the Senate. Committees are the workshops of our democracy. This is where bills are considered, revised, and occasionally advance for consideration by the House and Senate. Most committees also have the authority to exercise oversight of related executive branch agencies. This week's entry discusses the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee . [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 01:03:44
Public Health
On Oct. 1, Montanans can finally breathe clean, smokefree air in any enclosed public space, including bars and casinos. Full implementation of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act represents Montana’s most significant public health advance in more than 50 years. In passing the Clean Indoor Air Act, the 2005 Montana Legislature recognized that an individual’s right to breathe smokefree air is more important than someone else’s desire to smoke. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 07:17:04
What's It Going to Take to Lock Up Drug Company Execs?
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the shocking extent of how corrupt drug companies are. "Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through." - Jonathan Swift After reading "The Neurontin Legacy -- Marketing through Misinformation and Manipulation" in the January 8, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:59:01
ATMs Are Signs of Progress in Iraq
The first ATMs have opened in Iraq since the invasion five years ago -- an encouraging factoid contained in a new by-the-numbers Defense Department report about progress in the country. In fact, there are now 20 ATMs in Baghdad, where the banking ... with dollars to pay government employees. Some restaurants even accept credit cards these days [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:24:00
WHAT? You KNOW Something’s Wrong When Industry VETS Admit There are TOO many Old Men in the Industry!
This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 6:00 am and is filed under Industry News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. CommentIf there was one recurring theme at last week’s NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia, it was that radio leaders are well outside of the most attractive demos – and getting older. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 13:00:54
Unilateralism Spells Cop Out - Olmert/Livni Buckle!
If these two reports below are correct, and I suspect they are reliable, it would be a travesty of justice perpetrated by Olmert, Livni and Barak ... , politicians must do something, be seen as pro-active for fear of being perceived as unresponsive. Bad medicine is bad medicine. (See 2 below.) Even if the two most powerful men in our tax system [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:50:00
How to Set New Year’s Financial Resolutions You Can Keep
(source) Every year it’s the same old story. You start with the best of intentions but somehow never manage to fulfill your New Year’s ... months. Maintaining good credit is an important foundation for achieving the rest of your financial goals. So start by finding out where you currently stand with a credit report from CreditReport.com [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 19:55:16
How to Set New Year’s Financial Resolutions You Can Keep
(source) Every year it’s the same old story. You start with the best of intentions but somehow never manage to fulfill your New Year’s ... months. Maintaining good credit is an important foundation for achieving the rest of your financial goals. So start by finding out where you currently stand with a credit report from CreditReport.com [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 19:55:16
Some Eyeballs and Eardrums Are Worth More Than Others
While watching Top Gear on BBC America, I shop for an “I AM THE STIG” t-shirt on the BBC America website as a gift for my husband. While reading Real Simple magazine, I watch Clean House on the Style channel and plan a trip ... revenue takes a nose dive, jobs fall off as well But with the global credit crisis and continual news [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:29:42
Is 450 ppm politically possible? Part 8
By Joseph Romm A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent to 30 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 ... the risks of dangerous impacts of global warming. That is the executive summary of a new report I have written for the Center for American Progress (Full report here PDF ). I have changed my thinking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:42:02
The Early Bird: December 23, 2008
Impeachment Panel In ‘Home Stretch’ While members of the Illinois House impeachment committee aren’t expecting U.S ... ) says he expects that the panel could wrap up its work and begin preparing a report for the full ... . An ongoing sales slump, coupled with tight credit, has prompted GM to announce 11,000 U.S. layoffs so far [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 14:56:05
Get A Fresh Start After Filing For Bankruptcy
Get A Fresh Start After Filing For Bankruptcy Posted admin in Uncategorized Comments Off Because of a number of problems that can arise, ... . There is credit counseling available when people are overwhelmed with debt and sometimes they even ... to consult with a bankruptcy lawyer, or a credit counseling service at the very least. Many people try [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 18:00:33
Posts about Home Supply as of January 14, 2009
Choosing Your Water Filter - invertedumbrellas.com 01/14/2009 by Andrew Caxton Most of the population in the United States agree (rightly or wrongly-that is a point of debate) … overwhelmed when it comes to choosing one. Just stop in at the home supply store that carries air … and reactions so you get the opinion of actual home users of these [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 22:37:33
Making Home Improvements
A home improvement loan is what many people use when making costly repairs to their home. Sometimes these repairs are necessary ... s credit history. The second is a person’s loan repayment history. The mortgage company will be asked ... . New plumbing, water heater, or flooring that are usually in need of repair, especially in older [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 09:06:57
On Mayor Willie Herenton (The $91,000 Question)
UPDATE (1/17): The Flyer's Branston provided a snippet of a story to be published later that has more details about how Beale Street figures in the FBI probe of Herenton. The snippet, which appeared on the Flyer's site Friday night, mentions folks who are associated with singer Justin Timberlake and might have replaced Performa Entertainment as [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:47:00
Free Credit Report
There are so many things that make life even harder than it should really be. And that is having a very poor credit standing. Why? ... . It can also spot errors and remove credit report errors, a feature that is indeed very handy ... the Credit Nexus 3 in 1 Report. It claims that it gives a thorough overview of a person’s credit history [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:39:20
James Warren: The Week in Magazines: Obama the "Self-Entangling Giant" and How to Have Sex During Dinner at a Restaurant
No matter how much he might disdain the George W. Bush presidency, especially when it comes to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path argues no less an initial Obama sympathizer than journalist-historian Garry Wills in the Oct. 8 New York Review of Books . [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 01:38:20
James Warren: The Week in Magazines: Obama the "Self-Entangling Giant" and How to Have Sex During Dinner at a Restaurant
No matter how much he might disdain the George W. Bush presidency, especially when it comes to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path argues no less an initial Obama sympathizer than journalist-historian Garry Wills in the Oct. 8 New York Review of Books . [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 05:48:16
Smash and grab thieves strike Pasco parents - again
LAND O???LAKES -- Thieves that target purses inside vehicles parked at day care centers appear to have returned, ... lanes of bank drive-through windows so they won???t be recognized when they clean out victims ... their children inside, then they smash the window, steal a purse and flee. They hand off bank and credit cards [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 22:01:03
Operation Cast Lead Continues
Women of the IDF UPDATE 293. Last sentence more important than the rest ... come out, come out, wherever you are! The bombing of a UN school in Gaza killed 30, including children, who Hamas often use as human shields. Pictures of dead children in the Israel Air Force bombing of two United Nations schools in Gaza Tuesday afternoon have put Israel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:17:00
Stimulus Bill Outlined By House Democrats as Senate Budget Sees a Wall of Debt
This morning, House Democratic leaders released summaries of the $275 b. of tax cuts and $550 b ... mortgage foreclosures and to clean "troubled" assets from bank balance sheets. Allen Sinai supported ... their colleagues in their concern for the long-run credit worthiness of the United States. He also [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:04:23
NIC “Global Trends 2025″ Report: World to See Economic Growth At the Cost of Environment and Human Life
Read more of this story » Campaign politics dominated the headlines in 2008, making it a banner year for the armchair pundit and the politically uninitiated alike. 2008 was also a year that issues like energy use, climate change and carbon footprints came to the forefront of popular culture and political reality. And that’s where we came in [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 15:16:34
Investigators hunting clues in Denver jet accident
DENVER (AP) — Investigators returned to the charred wreckage of a Continental Airlines jet Monday in search of clues about why the plane veered off ... Mountain News, Preston Gannaway) ** DENVER POST OUT. NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT. ONLINE OK. TV ... , MANDATORY CREDIT. ONLINE OK. TV OUT ** The twin-engine Boeing 737-500 still sat in a shallow, snow [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 15:57:19
September 28th CEOcast Weekly Newsletter
Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CHIP, CUR, CVM, ENZ, IMUC, IWEB, SRCO, SVUL, XSNX Markets finally snapped their winning streak last week, as weakness in housing markets and durable goods orders led to broad-based declines in all of the major indices. All told, the Dow surrendered 155 points on the week to close at 9665, down 1.6% on the week but up 10.1% on the year. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 21:05:11
Recommended Free DIY Credit Fixing Website
My friend, Dean, has a website on how to fix your own credit. It’s pretty detailed because it’s what he did himself, for free, to fix his own credit ... . However, it can’t hurt if your score is a 750 to clean up the bad items on your credit report ... website for credit reports, not an ad or affiliate.) My advice is to do everything via fax so you only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 15:44:54
UFC 93 predictions, preview and analysis
UFC 93: “Franklin vs. Henderson” is set to take place at the at The O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland LIVE on pay-per-view (PPV) at 3pm ET on January 17 ... and objective examination of each contest, then I’m happy to report you will be extremely ... of the involuntary Rhinoplasty at the hands (and knees) of Anderson Silva back at UFC 64 and UFC 77. But give [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:02:45
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
DrumBeat: January 13, 2009
Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere nor a steep fall in the price of energy have provided much support to the demand for oil, natural gas or coal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34
U.S. Edges Germany as World's Largest Wind Power Producer
In their year-end report, the American Wind Energy Association shows another banner year for wind ... on by the better-late-than-never extension of the renewable energy tax credit. This is the kind of "arms [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 11:39:20
U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting
U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting By Brad Johnson on Jan 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm U.S ... tide in Washington. They deserve credit for moving past conservative rhetoric that denies the need ... in a recent report, “A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 20:46:27
DrumBeat: December 14, 2008
Global oil supply will peak in 2020, says energy agency Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed. Fatih Birol, chief economist to the International Energy Agency, told the Guardian that conventional crude [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 14:06:53
10 Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen
Who’s in your wallet? It might be more than a some dead presidents and a few bank logos ... everyone has gotten an email from X bank or Y credit card claiming there’s a problem, and if you could ... - This is ultra low-tech snooping. Ever anounce your credit card number and expriation or SSN over the phone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:47
Can Developing Economies Reduce Power Emissions and Still Grow?
Though North American and Western European countries have long been the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and ... to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012, and the workings of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development ... emissions baselines and credit targets post-2012 for seven large CO2 emitting developing countries [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 18:54:22
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009
Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, ... Gaza, the Vatican Raises the White FlagItaly Urges Gaza TruceItaly: Verona to Target Home Sex ... in DemonstrationsGush Katif Expulsion Victim Returns ‘Home’ as SoldierHave Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00
DrumBeat: December 16, 2008
Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 13:30:26
Movie Review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop- Heavy comedy indeed
Sweet, uplifting, and very very funny, you'll love this Mall Cop. Paul Blart (Kevin James) is a big-hearted, and just plain big, mall security guard whose make-or-break day arrives on Black Friday when Xtreme criminals take over his mall to steal credit card codes. Blart not only [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 08:43:29
News and Commentary
Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00
DrumBeat: January 1, 2009
Blackout fear for EU as gas row escalates Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, called on Moscow and Kiev to solve the dispute as soon as possible. While Gazprom, the Russian ... , there are fears that Germany, Italy and other customers could eventually be hit if the dispute escalates [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 13:44:53
How Do Instant Approval Credit Cards Online Work?
Instant approval credit cards online are cards which you can apply online and receive notification via email of the acceptance or denial of the ... , a clean credit history. In certain circumstances, more time would be needed to determine ... credit card, within just few seconds after filling out an online credit card application [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:39:56
Big Gas: U.S. Natural-Gas Imports to Rise, Prices to Fall?
The Journal’s Russell Gold reports: Energy demand is down. The global economy is sputtering. Meanwhile, U.S. natural gas production is up ... reeling from overextending themselves while credit was easy. If gas is cheap and plentiful, it could [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 10:31:00
Lost In A Sea Of Stark, Empty Houses And Vacant Lots
It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Record numbers of Sonoma County homeowners are seeing property taxes fall, ... have been a little hard to swallow.’” “Bob DeKeulenaere says junk cars in his neighbor’s yard prevented [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:57:28
Weekly Insider: Jan 16 (Guest Column, Cleantech & VC)
FORBES/WOLFE Weekly Insider:JAN.16.2009 by Josh Wolfe (email: nanotech@forbes.com ) ... . But when rate resets dramatically increased the cost of capital, buyers defaulted and home prices fell or were ... and valuations skyrocket. Too bad the process works in reverse too. Or as recent analysis from Lux Research [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:56:00
"Billion Dollar Tax Havens For TARP Recipients?"
Fri Jan 16, 7:56 PM ETThe Bank of America (BOTTOM) and Citibank (R) ... -dollar losses from the ongoing global credit crisis.Bank of America posted its first quarterly loss ... assets.Also scrambling to survive huge new losses triggered by the credit crunch was Citigroup, which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:32:00
Denver Post Removes ‘The Lord’ From Burris Story
-By Warner Todd Huston The Denver Post seems to have decided that “the Lord” should not be allowed in its paper. In a January 5 report about Illinois Senator wannabe Roland Burris, the unwelcome Burris ... from the story. One wonders why reference to the Lord was scrubbed from the report? The report by David Espo [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:01:38
Qualifying For a Used Car Loan
A used car loan is given to those who wish to purchase a car that has had a previous owner. The car may be purchased from the owner or used car lot ... will be lower. This can help a person keep their car. For those with bad credit, a used car loan ... credit report, although there are lenders who are willing to grant loans to those who have filed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 09:34:44
A gentle introduction to Unqualified Reservations (part 2)
We have swallowed the red pill, which now makes its way to the stomach. The coating dissolves. The rotor spins up and the device begins to operate. Inside, the sodium-metal core remains intact.And we begin the treatment. Again, our goal is to detach you - by "you," of course, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 11:44:00
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