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...Around 2006, Doerr began to shift his focus away from the "bits and bytes" of the Internet to what he called the "batteries and biofuels" of green energy. As of last year, Kleiner Perkins oversaw a fast-growing green-energy portfolio of more than $600 million, including Silver Spring Networks, one of the largest smart-grid providers, and iControl, a company that makes Web-enabled home thermostats. Describing his investments as "missionary" work, Doerr stepped up his political advocacy for the energy savings they could generate. In 2006 he headed a lobbying push that led California lawmakers to adopt...
...There's a huge market for the sort of loud and cheerful entertainment that features singing chipmunks, love-struck vampires or wisecracking species from the Pleistocene era; family films regularly top the annual box-office blockbuster lists. But there's almost nowhere for quieter, less merchandise-ready, sub-$150-million-grossing movies to go. (See 10 lessons from the 2009 box office...
...kickbike market is still small: Americans buy about 15,000 a year, vs. 15 million bicycles. But sales have grown steadily, even though in the U.S. they're sold almost exclusively online, with no advertising, by skeletally staffed e-tailers like Diggler and SidewalkerUSA. "I do need to push it more," says KickbikeAmerica's laid-back chief, David Nadolski, who recently quit his day job to focus on selling and promoting kickbikes. "Clients love them...
...does Crist have any hope left? Well, the money is still on his side. He has a $9 million war chest, vs. about $3 million for Rubio (though Rubio is expected to lift that figure significantly this quarter). But rather than blow...
...Crist's strategy has focused on debunking Rubio's credentials - not only as a fiscal conservative but as the kind of scrupulous antipolitician the Tea Party movement gushes over. Crist's campaign points to the $250 million in pork-barrel spending Rubio ushered into his Miami district from 2000 to 2008, and the recent revelations of Rubio's American Express purchases have sparked charges of hypocrisy. From 2005 to 2008, Rubio racked up thousands of dollars in personal charges on his GOP AmEx, from the upscale barber to musical equipment, despite party and IRS rules that require the card...