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100 department stores go solar
09/23/2010 – 10:00 am PDT | No Comment

(Image Credit: Kohl’s)
One hundred Kohl’s department stores now have solar panels generating electricity. The 100th store is in Mays Landing, New Jersey, and recently activated its solar technology. Seven more stores in Pennsylvania are slated …

CalPERS Bumped Pay as Fund Dived?
09/23/2010 – 12:00 am PDT | No Comment

Cathy Bussewitz of the Huffington Post reports, CalPERS Bumped Pay as Fund Dived (HT: Peter):
As its investment portfolio was losing nearly a quarter of its value, the country’s largest public pension fund doled out six-figure …

Tesla co-founder: Hybrid trucks not EVs are key
09/22/2010 – 12:20 pm PDT | No Comment

The most important truck in America?

Tax credits for hybrid trucks?
Battery costs, even if reduced by 50 percent, will not make the Chevy Volt nor the Nissan Leaf mainstream vehicles unless gas prices reach $10 per …

Avoiding the 10 Most Common Investor Mistakes, Mistakes 4-7
09/22/2010 – 7:54 am PDT | No Comment

The following is an excerpt from 20 Retirement Decisions You Need to Make Right Now . Over the next few days I’ll be posting all of the 10 most common investor mistakes, so stay tuned …

Crude Oil Rises on Forecast of Supply Decline, Weaker Dollar
09/22/2010 – 7:20 am PDT | No Comment

Crude oil rose before a report forecast to show U.S. inventories dropped for a third week and as the dollar fell, spurring investor demand for commodities. The Energy Department will probably say that supplies slipped …

Avoiding the 10 Most Common Investor Mistakes, Mistakes 1-3
09/21/2010 – 12:54 pm PDT | No Comment

The following is an excerpt from 20 Retirement Decisions You Need to Make Right Now Over the next few days I’ll be posting all of the 10 most common investor mistakes, so stay tuned …

Alliance to Roll Back Taxes Charges Ahead
09/21/2010 – 12:48 pm PDT | No Comment

Everyone should have their eyes on a Massachusetts ballot question this year as to whether or not the state should reduce sales taxes from 6.25 percent to 3 percent. Politicians and unions have aligned in …

Whiting Petroleum Launches $350M Note Offer
09/20/2010 – 3:20 pm PDT | No Comment

Whiting Petroleum Corp. said Monday it has launched a public offering of $350 million in senior subordinated notes to repay other outstanding debt. The notes will be due in 2018. Banc of America Securities, J.P. …

President Obama’s Town Hall on the Economy, Business and the Middle Class
09/20/2010 – 1:54 pm PDT | No Comment

This morning the President took part in an unusual sort of town hall in conjunction with CNBC.  The audience was made up of “CEOs, union workers, teachers and students” as host John Harwood put it, …

Good News: The Great Recession is Over; Bad News: It Doesn’t Feel Like It
09/20/2010 – 10:06 am PDT | One Comment

According to the NBER, at long last the great recession is officially over. Bloomberg reports Worst U.S. Recession Since 1930s Ended in June 2009.
The longest and deepest U.S. recession since the Great Depression ended in …