Auto makers ranked by sustainability

8 11 2009

Experts from three European universities have unveiled findings showing some auto makers are wasting billions of euros worth of environmental and social resources. The researchers warn this could add unnecessary costs to the auto industry’s already heavy financial burden. (…) They concluded that General Motors, rated the worst, had a ’sustainability value’ of minus EUR9.8 [...]

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New York’s attorney general files antitrust suit against Intel

4 11 2009

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday filed an antitrust case against Intel Corp., accusing the chip behemoth of using “bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold” on the semiconductor market. Shares of Intel gained 1.25% Wednesday, gaining in a broadly higher market, as the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company, part of the Dow Jones [...]

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Sharing technology to save the planet

1 11 2009

The refrain of a popular children’s song —‘‘the morewe get together the happier we’ll be’’ — may sound like a simplistic formula for solving the complex challenges of climate change and sustainability. But if any area is ripe for collaboration, it’s ‘‘green’’ innovation. ‘‘We all want to save the planet, and the problems are [...]

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