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CLOUDS ROLL IN OVER SOLAR POWER INDUSTRY

The solar industry, whose future seemed so bright just a few months ago, suddenly looks like it's headed for a shakeout. Falling oil prices, supply [...] read more »
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Is It Time to Buy That First House?

Five or 10 years from now, when the financial crisis has ended and housing prices are up smartly once more, we will look in the rearview mirror and r[...] read more »
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Jobless Claims Fall Unexpectedly

New claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week, but the number of people continuing to claim benefits reached a 26-year high. read more »
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Back on Capitol Hill, Auto Executives Still Find Skeptics

The head of the Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday that the Big Three automakers had convinced him that they deserved federal aid, but another[...] read more »
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Ford Will Speed Green-Car Launches

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally plans to tell Congress he is accelerating his company's development of hybrid and electric vehicles and [...] read more »
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British Airways in Talks With Qantas

British Airways surprised Iberia and American Airlines, with which it is in partnership talks, with news Tuesday that it was also discussing a merger[...] read more »
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Greentech Predictions for 2009

What's coming for 2009? Heck if I know, but here's a shot. read more »
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Ford Weighs Selling Volvo Amid Industry Downturn

Ford Motor Co. says it is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the struggling U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and weather the industry crisis. read more »
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Merrill Lynch Goes Ga Ga for Green

Note to investors: Don't get too comfortable with the falling price of oil. Merrill Lynch's clean tech strategist Steven Milunovich said in a repor[...] read more »
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After Criticism From Cuomo, A.I.G. Cuts Executive Pay

Under pressure from Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, the American International Group said Tuesday that it would pay its chief executive[...] read more »
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Ford Scion Looks Beyond Bailout to Green Agenda

As the Detroit auto companies contend with their worst financial crisis in decades, the most famous American auto executive has stayed largely out of[...] read more »
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Another Crisis, Another Guarantee

Guarantees that could not be honored thrust the world financial system into its worst crisis since the Great Depression. Will a guarantee by the Unit[...] read more »
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Green-collar workers on the rise

Birkenstocks meet business suits. The “green” movement has moved beyond the Sierra Club to Wall Street. Fortune 500 corporations and small companies [...] read more »
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Geithner Said to Be Chosen for Treasury Secretary

President-elect Barack Obama will name Timothy F. Geithner to be his Treasury Secretary, according to a knowledgeable Democrat, elevating a Treasury [...] read more »
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Best Buy Selling Renewable Energy Credits

Constantly charging your cell? Best Buy and Renewable Choice Energy want to provide an environmentally friendly alternative. It’s not pixie dust; the[...] read more »
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