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Cummins Inc.'s 'Green Initiative' is Taking Root

2014-11-06 02:47:05| Automakers - Topix.net

The U.S. Department of Energy is recognizing the Cummins Inc. Jamestown engine plant as a showcase project for its Better Buildings Better Plants Challenge. According to the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy website , 146 businesses and other entities have signed a voluntary pledge to reduce energy intensity by 25 percent over 10 years.

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Windows 10 is great but it wont stop the PC from dying and taking Microsoft with it

2014-11-04 18:16:28| Extremetech

I've now been using Windows 10 for a month, and though it's still just an early version with lots of rough edges, I'm convinced that it's going to be a solid desktop operating system for the world's billion-odd mouse-and-keyboard users -- when they finally decide to upgrade from Windows 7 or XP, anyway. It has been slowly dawning on me, however, that Windows 10 is a lost cause; even in a best-case scenario where Microsoft delivers the finest desktop OS to ever grace humankind, there's no getting around the found that Windows 10 is an attempt to revivify a slowly dying beast. While there's always a chance that Windows 10 triggers some kind of renaissance, it's far more likely that it will be squished into ignominious oblivion by the stumbling, apathetic, and commoditized beast that the desktop PC has become.

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Election-year water crisis taking toll Brazil's economy

2014-11-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: After a grueling election campaign in which officials faced fierce criticism for downplaying the effects of a year-long drought, Brazil's most populous state is finally coming to terms with an uncomfortable reality: it is running out of water. So Paulo state accounts for a third of Brazil's economy and 40 percent of its industrial production, and the water crisis is already crimping factory and farm output as well as the service sector in a stagnant economy. "There is absolutely no doubt that...

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Private Party Sales Taking More Share Away from Independents

2014-10-31 02:15:39| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News

Art Spinella President CNW Research For franchised used-car dealers, prices slipped more than 1% in October compared to the previous month; and were nearly flat with the previous year, rising barely one-tenth of a percent vs. October 2013. Independent dealers had a 2.4% decline from September and a 1.7% increase vs. a year ago. Overall, […] The Article Private Party Sales Taking More Share Away from Independents appeared first on Automotive Digest.

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