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...Another clue to the concerns of the cost-conscious gas consumer is the second site visited after "gas price" searches, MSN Autos, which provides research, pricing and reviews on new and used vehicles. The site captures 12.9% of searches, indicating that some consumers may be considering purchasing a more fuel-efficient vehicle in light of rising gas prices...
...With great pride, I announce that as of today, our dear country, Iran, is among the countries of the world that produces the industrial level of nuclear fuel.' MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, Iranian President, claiming that his country had begun operating 3,000 of a planned 50,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges. While skeptical, Western observers worry that if Iran is actually able to produce nuclear material, it could be used to make weapons
...solar power, an area where Sanyo is a significant competitor. Although numerous start-ups in the U.S., China and Taiwan have been investing in the technology over the past two years, generating electricity from solar panels is still at least twice as expensive as buying it from the fossil fuel-reliant U.S. utility grid. Experts say the solar-power industry will need support from government subsidies and incentives for years to come. Not only that, demand for energy-efficient products (as well as the stock prices of companies that sell them) tends to rise and fall with the price...
...have been ahead of her time. Other, better-financed companies are redefining their images by moving aggressively into environmentally friendly products. For example, Archer Daniels Midland, the U.S. food-processing giant, has become a hot stock-market play because it is America's largest producer of ethanol, an alternative fuel seen as a way to reduce U.S. dependence on oil imports. "The direction towards environmental issues is the right one," says Tatsuya Mizuno, an analyst with Fitch Ratings. But it's too soon for CEOs to bet their jobs on the expectation that going green will get them...
...confusion on Tuesday, claiming that Iran planned to install 50,000 centrifuges in an interview with the semi-official ISNA new agency. Western experts are concerned about Iran's mastery of centrifuges, because the process produces enriched uranium and is the technological step required for making bomb fuel...