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Professor Campaigns For Energy-Saving White Roofs

Professor Hashem Akbari of Concordia University in Montreal is on a mission to get the world’s largest cities to turn at least some of their municipal building roofs white. His program is called “A Hundred Cool Cities.” New York has signed up. Philadelphia is thinking it over. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 09 06 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

Google Plugs Free PC-To-Phone Calling Into e-Mail

Google Inc. is adding a free e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones. The service unveiled Wednesday enables U.S. users of Google’s Gmail service to make calls from microphone-equipped computers to telephones virtually anywhere in the world. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 25 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

‘Big Solar’ Struggles To Find Home In California

A battle over where to build big clean-energy projects is putting the green revolution in gridlock. In California’s rural Panoche Valley, clean-energy advocates and wildlife environmentalists debate whether the world’s largest solar energy project should be built there. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 17 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

With Eye On Teens, Retailers Turn To ‘Haul’ Videos

The videos feature young women sitting before webcams and sharing with the world everything they bought, or “hauled” home, from the mall. One expert says more companies are embracing it as an established business practice. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 14 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

Beer Sales Remain Strong For Anheuser-Busch InBev

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev announced its quarterly results Thursday morning, and profits are up more than 7 percent. The company made $1.5 billion. The company attributes favorable weather and the World Cup. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 12 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

Google And Verizon Unveil Proposed Net-Neutrality Policy

The proposed public policy leaves the world of wired internet neutral, but exempts wireless broadband from most of the agreement. Under it, service providers are expected to be transparent about how they manage traffic. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 09 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

China Orders More Than 2,000 Inefficient Businesses Shut

The move allows China to boast about its attempts to green its economy and keeps the nation on track as a low-cost producer of the world’s goods. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 09 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

AP Source: Ousted HP CEO Settles With Accuser

Ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd has settled allegations of sexual harassment lodged against him by a female contract worker for HP, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press. The harassment accusation set off a chain of events that led Hurd’s forced resignation Friday from the world’s largest technology company. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 08 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

Russia Bans Grain Exports Amid Drought, Fires

Officials said the ban on wheat, wheat flour, barley, rye and corn will run from Aug. 15 through Dec. 31 and could even be extended into next year after a severe drought and wildfires destroyed 20 percent of its wheat crop. Russia is among the world’s largest exporters of grain. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 05 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

Paris’ Popular Bike Rentals Spark Electric Car Plans

Paris plans to launch the world’s largest electric car access scheme in September of next year. The city is hoping to emulate the popularity of its easy rental system for bicycles with a plan that will allow Parisians to rent an electric vehicle whenever they need to. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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