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...slowing, energy start-ups are starving for funds and some green companies are laying off workers. But it's still full speed ahead in Abu Dhabi, where last month's World Future Energy Summit (WFES) attracted more than 16,000 visitors and companies that ranged from General Motors to modest Chinese solar manufacturers. And with a new Administration in Washington struggling to keep its own ambitious green agenda on track, Abu Dhabi kept the momentum going at WFES by announcing that at least 7% of its electricity would come from renewable sources by 2020, up from nothing today. Nor, said...
...same problem. To the surprise of many, some of the more valuable content, like expensive feature films, may only make a great deal of money in theaters. The yield from VOD on the internet sales and syndication on the Apple (AAPL) iPod may turn out to be extremely modest...
...However, the by-product of this process is that at 16 million unit sales, which is the level from just three years ago, Detroit may be forced to give up market share because it cannot replace its old plants and labor infrastructure fast enough to take advantage of a modest but rapid sales recovery. At a 20% market share, GM will only have to produce 2.2 million vehicles in the U.S. this year. If it wants to keep that share when sales get back to where they were the year before the economy dropped into recession, the company will have...
...Japan starts to put money into some of its weaker auto companies and the US only gives The Big Three modest financing, Japanese car firms may actually be in a position to gain market share in America by being able to financially ?outlast? the domestic car companies. Any funds the Congress agrees to provide to GM and Chrysler need to take that into account...
Amazon today unveiled Kindle 2, the next iteration of its pioneering e-reader. While fans clamoring for a radical overhaul will doubtless be disappointed - the first-gen Kindle was awkwardly designed and limited by its black-type-on-gray E-Ink display - Amazon has given the device a modest redesign that appears to address some of its more glaring problems. (See the top 10 gadgets...