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Energy & Green Tech Jan 4, 2013

Deal on 'fiscal cliff' gives wind industry a lifeline

The wind industry spent most of 2012 begging Congress to extend the production tax credit for utility-scale wind turbines.

Economics & Business Jan 4, 2013

Fiscal cliff deal yields tax certainty at expense of simplification, expert reports

Although major battles over spending cuts and raising the federal debt limit have been punted for another two months, the fiscal-cliff bill passed by Congress settles most of the significant tax issues that would have an ...

Business Jan 3, 2013

US holiday season online spending climbs

Industry tracker comScore on Thursday reported that US shoppers spent a total of $42.3 billion online during the year-end holiday season—a 14 percent jump from the same period in 2011.

Business Jan 3, 2013

Why car sales are strong in the US (Update)

It's not quite boom times for the U.S. auto industry. But it's getting there.

Energy & Green Tech Dec 27, 2012

Largest wind farm in Kansas to begin operation soon

The largest wind farm to be built in Kansas is set to begin operations by the end of the year.

Economics & Business Dec 24, 2012

Expert: Basics on why going over fiscal cliff takes America down a dangerous path

Barring a deficit-reduction deal in Washington, D.C., Americans should be quite concerned about going over the "fiscal cliff," says Charlotte Crane, a tax specialist and professor at Northwestern University School of Law.

Economics & Business Dec 24, 2012

Consumer confidence plunges in December

(Phys.org)—Confidence plunged in December as consumers confronted the rising likelihood that political gridlock would push the country over the fiscal cliff.

Energy & Green Tech Dec 21, 2012

Will wind tax credit blow away?

Geronimo Wind Energy recently won regulators' permission to build two wind farms in Minnesota. What happens next for the ventures depends partly on the political winds in the nation's capital.

Business Dec 18, 2012

Oracle 2Q earnings rise 18 pct to top Street view

Oracle's latest quarterly earnings rose 18 percent as companies splurged on more software and other technology toward the end of the year.

Economics & Business Dec 18, 2012

Reid-Kyl Internet gambling bill could enable money laundering, expert warns

(Phys.org)—Legalizing online poker as proposed by two leading U.S. senators would be a boon to terrorist networks and organized crime syndicates, says a leading national gambling critic.

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