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That fact explains the effort under way to drive consumers toward a better bulb: compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), which last 10 times as longer as their incandescent counterparts while consuming less than one-third the electricity. The European Union began phasing out incandescents on Sept. 1, banning stores from buying new stock. At up to $10 each, CFLs are more expensive, but experts say they pay for themselves in energy savings within just a few months. The E.U. is even touting the switch as an economic stimulus; experts estimate that the swap to CFLs will save customers €5 billion...
...This case should be a wake-up call for Wall Street," U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in announcing the charges. Indeed. While many hedge funds wouldn't know what to do with inside information if they tripped over it - the strategy at quantitatively oriented shops often fixates on building better computer models - plenty of others ply their trade by working the phones and calling up companies as well as competitors, suppliers, customers and former employees in an attempt to find out more than the next...
...coming will make our department an even better place to forge ties with linguistics, which is something that Bernhard Nickel has already done,” Hall said. “If you reach a critical number of people specializing in an area, prospective graduate students start to take notice...
...doubles tournament today, they really couldn’t play a much better, dominant tennis in the semifinal matches, but [Bosens] and [Chijoff-Evans] just faltered,” Fish said...
...don’t think anyone was playing a better set and half in the quarterfinals today than Alexei,” Fish said. “He got a little distracted however and showed signs of two grueling matches from [Sunday] that left him arms sore and felt that the tank was on empty. It’s a grueling tournament to win if you’re playing both singles and doubles...