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...Unlike Toyota and Honda, which are focused on hybrid vehicles, Nissan officials say they see sales of plug-in electrics growing faster than many expect, despite perceptions that they don't travel far enough or fast enough on a single charge. Nissan says the range of the Leaf is sufficient to meet the daily driving needs of 80% of drivers. Ghosn says that EVs could account for 1 in 10 cars sold...
...sure sign that the U.S.-led boycott of the organization has failed to weaken its influence - and, of course, when the Israelis want to discuss a cease-fire or a prisoner exchange, it is with Hamas that they're forced to deal, albeit via Egyptian mediators. The fast-emerging conventional wisdom is that no peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is possible without the consent of Hamas, which is why Western and Arab governments have set much store by Egypt's efforts to mediate a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. The dynamics around the conference, however, are likely...
...This year's total theatrical revenue is still about 10% higher than last year's at the same time, and attendance is up nearly 8%, but the box office is slumping fast. This weekend's take is expected to be down 25% from the same frame last year, when the top four movies (The Dark Knight, The Mummy 3, Step Brothers and Mamma Mia!) grossed more than the top 10 this weekend. The studios front-loaded their prime merchandise, and now the shelves are getting bare. Note to moguls: Summer usually lasts three months, whenever you decide it begins...
...nonalcoholic beer is quickly gaining popularity. According to research firm Euromonitor International, Europeans drank more than 138 million gallons (525 million liters) of the stuff in 2008. That's just a drop in Europe's 15 billion-gallon (56 billion liter) beer market, but it's growing fast. In the five years to 2008, sales in Europe climbed 50%, and are now worth $2.5 billion a year. And it's not just Europeans who are guzzling nonalcoholic beer - defined as containing less than 0.05% alcohol, roughly the same level as fruit juice. Over the same period, sales doubled...
...Jupiter Cosmic Crash While peering through his backyard telescope, Anthony Wesley, a 44-year-old amateur astronomer, spied a massive black spot on Jupiter's surface. The Australian quickly e-mailed NASA, and scientists manning an infrared telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, confirmed his hunch: a fast-moving object--possibly a comet--had apparently smashed into the solar system's largest planet, leaving a nearly Earth-size "scar" in its atmosphere. The collision came almost exactly 15 years after a comet last hit Jupiter...