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What do we Americans want? Individuals shopping for, longing for greener transport. Where the h--- is it?: Americans are saying they want more economical and environmentally friendly fuel, and they're backing that up with action. Two separate looks at American drivers found that many are saying and doing things that actually make sense, and that could be very good for green tech companies working on alternative energy...; Tags: Car, Alternative Fuel, Americans, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-05
M.T.M. Increases Efficiency to Support Global Business Growth: M.T.M., an Italian company that owns the BRC Gas Equipment trademark, was established in 1977 and has grown to become one of the top manufacturers of alternative fuel systems for motor vehicles. M.T.M. wanted to increase efficiency company-wide and improve activity planning for all fuel systems lifecycle. The challenge was...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Alternative Fuel, Financial Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Software; Case studies 2008-03-01
Toward greener jet fuels: Researchers at Princeton University are currently working on two projects to reduce jet travel's role in global warming. The first one, a major project funded by the U.S. Air Force with $7.5 million, is focused on developing computational models that accurately simulate the burning of jet fuel, a complex process...; Tags: Princeton University, Petroleum, Aerospace, Alternative Fuel, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-10-21
Toyota: Gas-saving valve in engines by 2010: Toyota: Gas-saving valve in engines by 2010sounds like VTEC to meHonda has had a simlar system, VTEC for year. It works well, providing better economy and beter performance.So much time from then to therebut okay.Now if only they could go forward with an alternative fuel supply. If they could...; Tags: alternative fuel, Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co.; Discussion threads 2007-06-15
Solar thermal energy making a comeback: Solar thermal energy making a comebackClever, and innovative. I hope it catches on!n/t :)A step in the right direction...and I have seen this plant. Pretty cool. But we need more, and enough with the cost. You cannot put a $$ figure on the planet or our health and...; Tags: alternative fuel, cell, Solar Thermal; Discussion threads 2007-06-07

Photos: George Bush and the ethanol racer: The president visits a biotech company in North Carolina to continue his push for more research into alternative fuels.; Tags: alternative fuel, George W. Bush, North Carolina, biotechnology, president, photograph; Image galleries 2007-02-22
Photos: Fuels of the future: A look at some of the most promising alternative fuels and the cars that run on them.; Tags: alternative fuel; Image galleries 2007-02-01
Photos: George Bush and 'ethanol 2.0': With ethanol gaining steam as an alternative fuel, the president gives a nod to researchers are looking beyond corn.; Tags: nod, alternative fuel, George W. Bush, president, researcher; Image galleries 2007-01-25
alternative fuels still in first gear: Alternative fuels still in first gearIt's not so much the fuel price...as the price of the automobile. Consider the Honda Accord Sedan, and Hybrid Sedan. The gasoline version is $18,625. The Hybrid Sedan is $31,090.The problem is that the cost of going to a fuel efficient automobile is...; Tags: alternative fuel, gasoline version; Discussion threads 2006-10-30
Photos: Fueling Toyota's future: The Prius hybrid is just the start of the Japanese carmaker's efforts to tap into alternative fuels.; Tags: alternative fuel, Toyota Prius, carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp.; Image galleries 2006-10-10
Photos: Getting around on biodiesel: Josh Tickell promotes biodiesel through books and a backyard equipped to make the alternative fuel.; Tags: biodiesel, alternative fuel; Image galleries 2006-01-10
Photos: Getting around on biodiesel: Josh Tickell promotes biodiesel through books and a backyard equipped to make the alternative fuel.; Tags: biodiesel, alternative fuel; Image galleries 2006-01-10
Photos: Getting around on biodiesel: Josh Tickell promotes biodiesel through books and a backyard equipped to make the alternative fuel.; Tags: biodiesel, alternative fuel; Image galleries 2006-01-10

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Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Photos: Where the building is the network: The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...; Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-14
Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.: The U.S. Department of Interior has just listed the polar bear as a "threatened" species, that is legally and technically different than being listed as "endangered." The Feds based their announcement on studies by government scientists. Global warming is reducing Arctic sea ice off...; Tags: Bear, Global Warming, Bloomberg News, Wetzler, Kivalina, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Workday lands big Flextronics deal: Flextronics will install Workday's on-demand human capital management software for 200,000 employees. According to InformationWeek, Workday beat out SAP and Oracle for Flextronics business in what Mary Hayes Weier described as tipping point deal for SaaS. Workday also won a 26,000 employee deal with Chiquita. ...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?: Since I am based in Europe and come from a finance background, I have a special interest in what happens in this part of the world. Over the last couple of years, I've been consistently told by 'experts' that saas/on-demand business applications and especially those that are finance related will...; Tags: On-demand, Vendor, QuickBooks Online, Smb/Sme, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-14
HP to Acquire EDS ?: HP to Acquire EDS ?The fake Steve Jobs quote wasn't needed.He was wrong for all the usual good reasons. Best of all, the urge to bloviate loudly ideas from the conventional wisdom within his set.But you're right.The Compaq merger might be considered a success by those who consider layoffs...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., merger, Compaq Computer Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
No Brotherly Love: EarthLink will pull its Wi-Fi network from Philly: EarthLink on Tuesday threw in the towel on its Philadelphia Wi-Fi project, which the ISP was trying to transfer to a non-profit or the city's operating group. Now EarthLink is trying to pull out its gear. EarthLink says in a statement: After months of negotiations with...; Tags: EarthLink Inc., Network, Wi-Fi Network, City, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13