Most Asian Stocks Rise on Commodity Prices; Rio, Canon Advance Bloomberg Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:43 PM PDT Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Most Asian stocks rose as higher commodity prices boosted mining and energy producers. Healthcare companies declined. Rio Tinto Group , the worldâs third-largest mining company, gained 1.5 percent after copper prices rose for a third day. | Marketing company sells clients Facebook friends The Star Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:33 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO: On Facebook, most people make friends the old-fashioned way - by sending a request to be added to someone's posse of pals. Now, an Australian marketing company hopes to save you time and energy by simply buying you a few thousand buddies. | Energized about kilowatt conservation The Holland Sentinel Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:29 PM PDT Energy efficiency is going to come in a bunch of little packages, according to a GMB Architects-Engineering report to the city of Holland. It could be as simple as turning off lights and computers at night. It could also mean bigger ticket repairs and replacements. | Will a speed bump power the grid? Scientific American Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:23 PM PDT The Burger King on U.S. Highway 22 in Hillside, N.J., looks no different from any other franchise in the state. Customers pull in and out all day, and at least 100,000 cars visit the drive-thru each year. And now a newly installed, mechanized speed bump (video) will both help them slow down and harvest some of that coasting energy. [More] | PSC hears both sides on Constellation Energy deal The Daily Record Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:14 PM PDT ANNAPOLIS â" Marylanders spoke passionately for and against the nuclear deal between Constellation Energy Group Inc. and a French energy firm at a packed public hearing before regulators. | Indian minister scouts Australian coal acquisitions Australian Broadcasting Corporation Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:10 PM PDT When it comes to countries purchasing Australia's energy resources, China has been the name on most peoples' lips, but another giant player is also in line to buy vast amounts of Australian coal. | Engineering better than tax on climate: economists Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:01 PM PDT "Climate engineering" projects, such as spraying seawater into the sky to dim sunlight, would be a more effective brake on global warming than increasing taxes on energy, a group of economists said on Friday. | Exercise power at Cal State Highland Community News Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:56 PM PDT Cal State San Bernardino, in its quest to become greener and more energy efficient, has become the first college or university in California to convert human exercise into electricity. | | |
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