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Spain eliminates wealth tax

Aug 14, 2008
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pledged last year to eliminate the country's wealth tax if re-elected, which brings in around 1...

Heat pump business is hot, naturally

Aug 13, 2008
Increasing energy costs have made geothermal heat pumps an attractive solution to heating buildings. The New York Times reports business is booming...

Money can't buy you love, but . . .

Aug 13, 2008
It can buy you Beatles memorabilia. When once Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed a contract with the band on October 1, 1962, he became entitled...

High-speed Net service hits slowdown

Aug 12, 2008
Wired's "Epicenter" blog has an item based on reports out this week that say Americans' adoption of broadband service hit a seven-year low last...

Hydrogen vehicles go cross-country

Aug 12, 2008
A two-week road trip from Portland, Me., to Los Angeles is underway to show the commercial viability of hydrogen-fueled vehicles....

$100 billion to Iraq War contractors

Aug 12, 2008
The New York Times reports total spending on contractors since the war began could reach $100 billion this year. A congressional report due out...

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Scientists: Turning invisible might be possible

Aug 11, 2008
I had wonder if someone wasn't playing an April Fool's joke in August, but this story appears to be legit....

'Natural' plastic on the horizon?

Aug 11, 2008
Metabolix, a bioscience company, says it has developed an efficient way to manufacture biodegradable plastic with the leaves of switchgrass....

Rolling Stone just wants to fit in

Aug 11, 2008
Rolling Stone has always been a big magazine, literally and figuratively. These days, it has more readers than ever, but single-copy purchases...