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Five Reasons California’s Energy Efficiency Plan Flopped

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On paper, Energy Upgrade California looks like a sure winner. Under the program, California utilities have been offering qualified homeowners $4,500 in matching funds to make their homes more energy...
    






China And Russia Helping Fuel New Tech Boom

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If I asked you to name the biggest online shopping day of the year, what would you guess? Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Free Shipping Day in mid-December? Guess again. Even though Cyber Monday sales...
    






Kandi Crush: An Electric-Car Vending Machine From China Could Upend The Auto Industry

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China is growing so fast it’s sometimes difficult to get different sources to even agree which the biggest cities are and how many people live in them. But that said, among them is a name unfamiliar...
    






Why "Starchitects" Should Leave Santa Monica’s Skyline Alone

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If the building gods have their way, the ocean views in Los Angeles may soon be overshadowed by towers of swirling steel and glass. A string of high-profile architecture proposals by Rem Koolhaus,...
    






Tax Break Ending For Underwater Homeowners: Is It The Right Time?

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Here’s a startling statistic: the number of homeowners who owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth is greater than the number of residents in most states. According to the latest report...
    






The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014

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America’s economy may be picking up steam, but it remains a story of parts, with the various regions of the country performing in often radically divergent ways. To identify the regions with the most...
    






United Wind Bets Leasing Will Transform The ‘Small Wind’ Market

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In September, I wrote about how certain wind technology and fuel-cell technology companies are borrowing a page from the success of companies like SolarCity that pioneered the solar leasing model...
    






Lazada, Tesco and the Logic of Logistics

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The customers of Lazada are all online but the regional shopping site sometimes resorts to attracting them the old-fashioned way: with TV ads, like the one above shown in Indonesia. I probably should...