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...also plans to do more monitoring of lending practices. Last week the FDIC said it wants the 5,000 banks it regulates to provide more data on what they are doing with the billions of dollars the institutions recently received in federal aid. Bair is pushing the banks to use more of the money to make loans or help homeowners facing foreclosure...
...solar panels angled to the Middle East sun like bathers lying poolside. The solar farm was the first tangible evidence of Abu Dhabi's Masdar City, a $22 billion project that is planned to be the first zero-carbon footprint, totally renewably powered settlement - a monument to the use of technology to conquer hydrocarbons. "This is bringing attention and capital from around the world to Abu Dhabi," says Khoreibi. "We're going to use this as a launching pad for clean development...
...Santa Cruz became headquarters for surfboard shapers and wet-suit makers and fostered an entirely new beach culture, one that's become popular even in landlocked locales. The city even once sued Huntington Beach in Southern California over the rights to the name "Surf City." (Both cities continue to use the nickname.) (See a picture of Barack Obama bodysurfing...
...problem is that credits reduce a company's tax bills, but many renewable energy companies are start-ups that have yet to become profitable - meaning they don't pay enough taxes to benefit from a credit. Until recently, banks like Lehman Brothers bought credits from renewable energy companies and used them to reduce their own tax liabilities - for the good that did. With that market vaporized, Washington can increase tax credits all it wants, but the policy will have little effect. The answer is to make the tax credits directly refundable, so that if a solar start-up can use...
...manager Michael Woods. Don't let the unappetizing, murky gray-blue of the drink throw you off - it's cloyingly syrupy and intensely fruity. Shallal and his team have concocted specialty drinks to match their namesakes for inauguration weekend - the Obama, the Delaware Dude, the Michelle and the Jill. Use one of the 100% biodegradable straws to sip on the Obama, a cool, creamy blend of vanilla and chocolate liquors with dark cherry undertones. Make sure to eye the back room portraits of the Dalai Lama, Gandhi and Martin Luther King. This space pays strong tribute to U Street...