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...technology, like the wind itself, is just one more part of the reason for Denmark's dominance. In the end, it happened because Denmark had the political and public will to decide that it wanted to be a leader - and to follow through. Beginning in 1979, the government began a determined program of subsidies and loan guarantees to build up its nascent wind industry. Copenhagen covered 30% of investment costs, and guaranteed loans for large turbine exporters such as Vestas. It also mandated that utilities purchase wind energy at a preferential price - thus guaranteeing investors a customer base. Energy taxes...
...missed Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi. He's also putting together reports later this year that will make recommendations for agency reforms. "We hope to have a Madoff investigation report completed by the end of summer," says Kotz. "We expect to have the audit report recommendations shortly thereafter." (Follow Madoff's downfall in pictures...
...after Timothy Geithner was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, about a month ago, Camden Fine got a call requesting his presence. The head of the Independent Community Bankers of America, a Washington-based association of thousands of small banks, was asked if he could meet Geithner the following day. When Fine showed up, he and an aide were escorted to the Secretary's office, in which sat Geithner and Gene Sperling, a former top economic adviser to President Clinton. The four talked for an hour. Fine spoke most of the time. Geithner took notes and asked follow-up questions...
...their peers. And they put this knowledge to good use. They find out what they're good at and concentrate on that, and give up competing in contests they are sure to lose. They try out for leadership, for example, by finding out whether other kids are willing to follow them. Research has shown that boys who are taller than their peers in adolescence tend to have more dominant, self-assured personalities in adulthood. On average, they earn higher salaries in adulthood, even though the others may have caught up to them in height. (See 9 kid foods to avoid...
...Tuesday night, Barack Obama will get a chance to follow in those footsteps. For weeks, the President's staff has been writing and revising his speech, which is likely to be the most comprehensive statement of Obama's vision for the nation since the Inauguration. So what will he say? (See pictures of how Obama prepared his Inauguration speech...