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...realm of the practical. The most solid indication that the technology is here to stay: 68 utilities, serving 40% of the nation's electricity consumers, formed a consortium to buy $500 million worth of solar-energy panels during the next six years. That promises to be just the jump-start solar manufacturers need to hold their own with the big boys in the oil and gas industries...
...mellow vibe, with a hint of introspection on singles like “Make Me Pure” and “The Trouble With Me.” He hasn’t abandoned the fun, frothy single. While none of the album’s singles would jump-start any night clubs, fans of Williams’ trademark frat boy cockiness will enjoy his tempting rock crooning on “Sin Sin Sin.” It seems Williams has finally exorcised the demons of his boy-band roots. By far his strongest single is the reggae...
...vote), look set to dominate Polish politics for the next five years. The Kaczynskis' appeal is due in large part to their promises to maintain social programs threatened by their rivals in the Civic Platform party. Civic Platform advocated radical free-market reforms to slash the budget deficit and jump-start the economy, but voters shied away from these in favor of the Law and Justice Party's more socially oriented approach. Before the vote, the now President-elect told Time he opposed privatization of industries he considered vital to "Polish national security," especially in the energy sector, and that...
Christopher Hill, it turns out, does his best work by moonlight. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and chief negotiator at the six-party North Korean nuclear talks had a Chinese draft proposal in hand that could jump-start the long-stalled negotiations. The proposal offered Pyongyang the possibility of a light-water reactor for producing electrical power in the future if it agreed to completely dismantle its nuclear programs, both military and civilian. But Hill needed assurances from the other delegations?China, Russia, Japan, South Korea?that they would not help North Korea get the reactor until international inspectors...
Will Mitsubishi's new pocket rocket, the 263-h.p. Eclipse GT, jump-start sales at Japan's most troubled automaker? The car hit dealerships this summer, lofted by strong reviews, and it leads a blitz of all-new models coming over the next two years. Unlike the profit machines Honda, Nissan and Toyota, Mitsubishi has been in automaker hell. The firm's corporate parent lost $4.4 billion in the past fiscal year, battered by a lingering scandal over vehicle defects, and U.S. sales plummeted one-third this year amid questions about whether Mitsubishi would vacate North America. That seems less...