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Study Casts Doubt On Green Vehicle Demand

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Despite a huge amount of funding given to electric and hybrid vehicle manufacturers by venture capitalists, a new study from Westlake Village-based J.D. Power released the results of its 2011 U.S. The study examined attitudes of U.S. consumers to hybrid electric, clean diesel, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles.

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Business 2011 - Optimism, But Heed the Lessons

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Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2011. Just yesterday, a new study “ The PNC Economic Outlook: Survey of Small & Middle-Market Business Owners ” was published. Respondents cited a greater focus on operating efficiencies as the number one step to achieving growth in 2011.

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California Leads In Renewable Energy Attractiveness

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A new study released Tuesday from Ernst & Young finds that the State of California led the nation in terms of its attractiveness to renewable energy investments in 2011. According to the report, which ranked U.S. states for investments in wind, solar energy, geothermal energy, California led the nation in energy projects.

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Notes from the JPM19 Vortex: Price Apocalypse, Celgene Fallout & More

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[ Editor’s note: Ben Fidler and Sarah de Crescenzo coauthored this report.] It is here, and then it is gone. But by the time everyone staggers to the airport or back home to sleep in their own beds, the annual few days of the J.P.

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

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In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H. According to one study this method has proven popular as “SocialTwist’s social coupons receive a 50-80 percent redemption rate.”

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PaymentOne | A More Secure Way to Pay

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Conducted this fall, the 2011 Consumer Payment Poll revealed that consumers have dramatic and growing concerns about the safety and privacy of using credit or debit cards for online transactions. According to an online survey conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research, online merchants could add an aggregated yearly revenue amount of $109.8

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Biotech Roundup: Gilead Slump, Celgene Goes Trump, Hemo Data & More

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But the company said this week that sales of Sovaldi and Harvoni, which share a common ingredient, sofosbuvir, have slowed with fewer patients starting on the drugs and prices undercut by fierce competition from AbbVie and Merck. The study is one of several Celgene is running to try to expand the use of its blockbuster blood cancer drug.

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