Business Group at NewsCloud.com http://www.newscloud.com/groups/Business Sun, 18 May 2008 02:00:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us Put a Tyrant in Your Tank http://www.newscloud.com/read/Put_a_Tyrant_in_Your_Tank Someone feeling grumpy. It's sucks not being the big boy on the block anymore.....

for this guy.

]]> America is rotting from the inside http://www.newscloud.com/read/America_is_rotting_from_the_inside Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act - and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.

]]> Company floats ads in 'clouds' shaped like corporate logos http://www.newscloud.com/read/Company_floats_ads_in_clouds_shaped_like_corporate_logos A special-effects entrepreneur from Alabama has come up with a way to fill the sky with foamy clouds as big as 4 feet across and shaped like corporate logos - Flogos, as he calls them. Francisco Guerra, who's also a former magician, developed a machine that produces tiny bubbles filled with air and a little helium, forms the foam into shapes and pumps them into the sky.

]]> Seattle company aims to 'fix the ticketing industry' http://www.newscloud.com/read/Seattle_company_aims_to_fix_the_ticketing_industry_ Brown Paper Tickets is tearing the walls down, one event at a time.

]]> Does Ballmer Need To Go? http://www.newscloud.com/read/Does_Ballmer_Need_To_Go Pickens notes a TechCrunch analysis wondering - after Windows Vista and the failed Yahoo bid - whether Steve Ballmer's days at Microsoft are numbered.

]]> Abu Dhabi Aims to Build First Carbon-Neutral City : NPR http://www.newscloud.com/read/Abu_Dhabi_Aims_to_Build_First_CarbonNeutral_City_NPR Morning Edition, May 6, 2008 · In Abu Dhabi, there's an area of nothing but wind-swept desert. But 10 years from now, if all goes according to plan, a city of 6 square kilometers housing 50,000 people will rise in the United Arab Emirates - and it will be carbon neutral.

]]> Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_abandons_Yahoo_bid "After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us, and it is in the best interests of Microsoft stockholders, employees and other stakeholders to withdraw our proposal," Ballmer said in the letter.

]]> Dock Workers Shut 29 West Coast Ports in Protest Against the Iraq War http://www.newscloud.com/read/Dock_Workers_Shut_29_West_Coast_Ports_in_Protest_Against_the_Iraq_War At least 6,000 workers represented by San Francisco's International Longshore and Warehouse Union did not report for work for the day shift, effectively shutting down 29 West Coast ports. Their president, Bob McEllrath, issued a statement that read, "We're supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it's time to end the war in Iraq."

]]> EBay-Craigslist Fight Is About Kijiji and Control, Complaint Shows http://www.newscloud.com/read/EBayCraigslist_Fight_Is_About_Kijiji_and_Control_Complaint_Shows On Jan. 1, 2008, they reorganized the company's stock structure, issuing one "reorganization" share of Craigslist stock for every five shares of common stock. That diluted eBay's stock from 28.04 percent to 24.85 percent and, as specified in Craigslist's bylaws, eBay lost its ability to elect a director.

]]> eBay Sellers Relaunch Boycott http://www.newscloud.com/read/eBay_Sellers_Relaunch_Boycott Back in February, we covered the first major seller strike on eBay, in which a large group of eBay's PowerSellers launched a week-long boycott of the site in an effort to have their voices heard. The sellers, who were unhappy with recent changes to listing prices and other policies, claimed some success and even USA Today reported a 13% drop in sales. However, eBay denied the boycott had any impact whatsoever on their business. This time the boycott will involve both eBay buyers and sellers, and, unlike the first, no end date has been set.

]]> Climate change dilemmas http://www.newscloud.com/read/Climate_change_dilemmas Finance and risk managers say global warming will force them to change their business models

]]> Van Jones -- Green Collar Jobs | Fast Company http://www.newscloud.com/read/Van_Jones_Green_Collar_Jobs_Fast_Company The cheering would begin soon enough. Dressed in a slim-cut gray suit and green tie, Van Jones ascended to the stage grinning and blowing kisses to the crowd. Jones, 39, a 6-foot-1-inch Yale Law grad, was appearing at a summit in San Francisco called "Advancing a New Energy Economy in California." The city's charismatic mayor, Gavin Newsom, was among the presenters, along with corporate bigwigs such as PG&E chief executive Peter Darbee. But no one would outshine Jones.

]]> Gasoline May Soon Cost $10 per gallon http://www.newscloud.com/read/Gasoline_May_Soon_Cost_10_per_gallon The forecasts calling for a jump to between $7 and $10 a gallon are based on the view that the price of crude is on its way to $200 in two to three years. It's $4.62 in San Mateo at one station already.


]]> Burger King VPputs self on grill | news-press.com | The News-Press http://www.newscloud.com/read/Burger_King_VPbr_puts_self_on_grill_newspresscom_The_NewsPress A senior Burger King VP is charged with posting harsh attacks against his critics of his company's labor policies under an assumed name.

]]> Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promises Cheaper Gas, Less Emissions http://www.newscloud.com/read/Consumer_Ethanol_Appliance_Promises_Cheaper_Gas_Less_Emissions The New York Times today reports on the $9,995 Microfueler, a home-based appliance for brewing ethanol for your car. The MicroFueler will use sugar as its main fuel source, or feedstock, along with a specially packaged time-release yeast the company has developed. Depending on the cost of sugar, plus water and electricity, the company says it could cost as little as a dollar a gallon to make ethanol. In general, he says, burning a gallon of ethanol made by his system will produce one-eighth the carbon of the same amount of gasoline.

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