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3/10/10
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Even as EADS pulled out of the bidding process for the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion contract for aerial refueling planes, the defense contractor Boeing is facing a busy time in it’s commercial business: the second Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed yesterday in Victorville, Calif., marking the first flight-test operations outside Washington state.
Mar 5 | News
Solar cells made from silicon are projected to be a prominent factor in future renewable green energy equations, but so far the promise has far exceeded the reality. While there are now silicon photovoltaics that can convert sunlight into electricity at impressive 20% efficiencies, the cost of this solar power is prohibitive for large-scale use. Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), however, are developing a new approach that could substantially reduce these costs.
Mar 4 | News
Students at Virginia Tech’s Unmanned Systems Laboratory are perfecting an autonomous helicopter they hope will never be used for its intended purpose. Roughly six feet long and weighing 200 pounds, the re-engineered aircraft is designed to fly into American cities blasted by a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb.
Feb 23 | News
A patent has been filed by Purdue engineers for a heat exchanger that uses standard automotive coolant to help shed heat created by a metal-hydride-based hydrogen storage system. The great thing about metal hydrides is that pressure changes can release hydrogen for fuel, but the heat generated by absorption can drastically slow refueling.
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An auto parts maker has decided to keep a northern Indiana factory open after announcing last month that it would be shut down.Company officials say the Gunite Corp. factory in Elkhart will stay open to help meet an increase in orders made since the beginning of the year.Teamsters business...
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Chinese solar power company Trina Solar Ltd. said it plans to offer 7.9 million American depositary shares, each representing 50 ordinary shares of the company.On Wednesday, the company said it intends to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to additional 1.185 million American...
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ATM machine maker NCR Corp. said Thursday it named Robert Fishman as its chief financial officer.Fishman , 46, has been interim chief financial officer since October.Anthony Massetti resigned from the position in October to take a new position with business telephone and Internet communications...
6 hours ago | News
All 208 episodes of television's "General Electric Theater," hosted by then-actor Ronald Reagan, were delivered to former first lady Nancy Reagan on Wednesday as part of the two-year celebration of the late president's 100th birthday.The 1954-1962 "General Electric Theater" tapes, most believed...
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Porsche shot to the top of a closely watched study of long-term vehicle dependability, overtaking U.S. and Japanese rivals, J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday.The German sports car brand took the No. 1 spot in the annual study, which gave it ninth place last year. Lincoln came in second,...
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A vote by Congress to keep cigarettes out of the mail was a "sucker punch" to treaty rights, the president of the New York tribe that dominates the now-threatened mail-order market said Wednesday.The House passed the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking — or PACT — Act with a 387-25 vote less than...
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A plan to restore passenger train service in Ohio is economically sound and has such strong ridership potential that an early estimate of 478,000 is probably low, the state's top transportation official said Wednesday in defending the project to a key Republican skeptic.Jolene Molitoris,...
11 hours ago | News
Nissan Motor Co. says it will produce its electric vehicle, the Leaf, in England from early 2013.Japan's third largest automaker said Thursday it plans to make around 50,000 of the zero-emission vehicles per year at its plant in Sunderland, northern England.The British plant will become...
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Vice President Joe Biden is highlighting a North Carolina company as an example of how the Obama administration aims to expand jobs that pay middle-class salaries.On Thursday, Biden visits the Durham headquarters and factory of Cree Inc., a manufacturer of energy-efficient LED lighting...
17 hours ago | News
A California Highway Patrol report released Wednesday says an officer responding to a report of a runaway Toyota Prius arrived to find a Border Patrol agent near the driver with lights flashing.The Border Patrol presence raises the prospect that there were witnesses, but the report offers few...