Modernomics* – Daily Writings on Technology
a site by Erik T. Kaiser, Design Technologist
Wall Street opened modestly higher on Tuesday after investors took in a couple of better-than-expected economic reports. The Dow Jones industrial average was about 17 points higher in early trading, with the broader Standard & Poor’s and the technology heavy Nasdaq up only a few points. On Monday, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index fell [...]
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Saving more than $100M since 1998 by conserving energy, IBM continues to set environmental goals while openly reporting its performance, proving good practices generate good money. IBM’s approach to the environment offers one such set of lessons. As a result of our research into Big Blue’s approach, we have identified three fundamental cultural traits that [...]
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Dow turns positive for ’09 – Wall Street ends a mixed week little changed, but investors manage to push the blue-chip average into the plus column for the year. [Via CNN Money] Europe Lags as U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Recovery — There was more evidence Thursday that the United States economy might be stabilizing, [...]
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Homeowners this fall will be able to buy a wind turbine at hardware stores that tackles the small wind industry’s bete noire: slow wind. WindTronics, based in Muskegon, Mich., has developed a wind turbine sized for individual homes that it says can operate at speeds as low as 2 miles an hour. It will be [...]
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