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Thursday dividends declared
++++++++++++++++++++ || || PE- || STK || OF || PAY- || || || RIOD || RATE || RECD || ABLE || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ INCREASED ++++++++++++++++++++ || || || Brown Forman || Q || .28 || 12-8 || 1-2 || || Nstar || Q || .375 || 1-9 || 2-2 || +++++++...Tags: Williams Companies Incorporated, Nicor Incorporated, New York Times, Southwest Airlines Company, Ohio
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California Utility Reports Lithium-Ion Battery Easily Achieves 180,000 Miles in Testing
Edmunds.comOne of the facts you don't hear electric-vehicle or EV-battery makers discuss very much is the life expectancy of battery packs used to power electric cars. It's a touchy issue, because those battery packs are extremely expensive. The pack that drives the... -
City turns on methane energy at Back River plant
With the push of a button, Baltimore set a course Monday to save up to $2.4 million by using waste to treat waste. Until Monday morning, gas -- mostly methane -- produced at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in East Baltimore was vented and...Tags: Maryland, Sheila Dixon, Energy Saving, Water Supply
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GM reports running low on cash; it ends Chrysler merger talks
Posting another multibillion-dollar quarterly loss Friday, General Motors Corp. said it was "cutting to the bone" but may run out of money by early next year without help from the federal government. The nation's largest automaker is now throwing...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Department of Treasury, Retirement
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The end of the road for U.S. carmakers?
Are the Big Three worth saving?
The U.S. auto industry's downward spiral has accelerated dramatically in recent weeks. In a desperate bid for solvency, General Motors Corp. is seeking a merger with Chrysler. Chrysler has talked with Renault and Nissan...Tags: Government, Colleges and Universities, Unemployment, Sales, Automotive Equipment
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Joy Riding With Reddy Kilowatt
If not gasoline, then what? That question has gone through the minds of many a motorist standing at the self-service pump and watching the numbers on the price readout soar. One solution could be to use less gasoline by combining it with another, more...Tags: Car Engine Repair, Ethanol, Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Passenger Cars
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Lead-acid batteries -- only better
Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) batteries are very much like the lead-acid batteries we've seen in cars for years, though their lead plates are often thinner so they're lighter. The big difference is that the acid solution in the battery does not slosh...Tags: Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, Exide Technologies
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Johnson Controls cuts could cost $500 million
Bloomberg NewsJohnson Controls Inc., the maker of automotive parts and building climate-control systems, said it will pare production and cut an unspecified number of jobs, resulting in costs of as much as $500 million this quarter. The pretax charges range from...Tags: Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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Last Sentencing In N.O. City Hall Corruption Case
The Associated PressA defendant who helped authorities crack a City Hall kickback scheme was sentenced to six months in federal prison Wednesday by a federal judge who turned down prosecutors' request that the man be allowed to remain free. Terry Songy, 51, pleaded guilty...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Super Bowl, Local Elections, Bribery, Elections
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Art Center won't renew contract of president
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAfter an intense grass-roots protest movement by students and alumni of Art Center College of Design, trustees of the elite Pasadena institution have decided not to renew Richard Koshalek's contract as president when it expires at the end of 2009. The...Tags: Arts, National Government, Government, Colleges and Universities, Walt Disney Co.
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Dissension at Art Center College of Design
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterConcerned that Art Center College of Design is putting too much money and energy into expanding its campus and promoting itself to outsiders -- and not enough into scholarships and instruction -- hundreds of students and alumni of the elite private...Tags: Government, Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Walt Disney Co., Elections
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How to Get the U.S. Ready for EV Batteries
KickingTiresAs lithium-ion batteries increasingly look like the future of cars, getting use in hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles, the question is, how do we make them here? The problem is that most of the materials for these batteries come......Tags: Freedom of the Press, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, Contracts, Hybrid Vehicles
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