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...institutional funds that need to worry about the long term, are ready to bet on cutting carbon - but impatient. The key, as many of them see it, is a policy that would make carbon more expensive, leveling the playing field so that competing technologies like wind and solar can gain traction...
...Economy western companies in the media and information business have failed to establish themselves in China. Before Google, eBay and Yahoo both made investments of years and millions upon millions of dollars to tap the fast-growing Internet generation in China, and like Google, they could not gain traction. Both companies ended up pulling the plug on their China ventures, with eBay losing out to domestic Chinese auction company Taobao, and Yahoo ceding its operations for an ownership stake in Alibaba.com (which also controls Taobao). (See the top 10 internet blunders...
...stands, there is little reason for Democrats to be optimistic about 2010. On Thursday, the widely-respected political handicapper Charlie Cook explained that current polls suggest Republicans will enjoy a net gain of 20-30 House seats this fall. But he added a cautionary note: "It is important to note that while one party has never won all of the competitive races in any given election cycle (currently Republicans would need to win all 50 competitive seats to win 218 seats in the House), the likelihood of one or two dozen potentially competitive Democratic seats entering the danger zone...
Harvard (3-10-2, 3-5-2 ECAC) used a three-goal run in the second period to gain control of last night’s matchup with No. 5 Yale (9-4-3, 5-2-2 ECAC) and held on for the 3-2 victory...
Yale came on strong at the end of the power play, pulling Malcolm from the net to gain a 6-on-4 advantage on a delayed penalty. And just a second after Greiner came out of the box, Little poked the puck past Carroll to bring the Bulldogs within...