(http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/820062.html)
Aug. 09, 2008
WASHINGTON — Oil prices fell Friday by almost $5 a barrel to $115.20 and are down more than 20 percent from their early July record high of more than $147, a trend that’s triggering a sudden boom in stock prices and giving the U.S. economy its best news in months.
Energy analysts cautiously believe [...]

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Joe Raedle
American Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at the Miami International Airport on July 16 in Miami. The airline is facing record losses due to the escalating cost of fuel. Getty Images © 2008

Morning Edition, August 8, 2008 · 2008 is already shaping up to be the worst year in the history of [...]

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Tesla Motors; problems with Elon and with the transmission
Filed under: ELECTRIC Vehicles, NEWS — editor

from “Tesla’s wild ride”
By Michael V. Copeland, senior writer, FORTUNE MAGAZINE, July 9, 2008
You need to be a little nuts to start a car company. And by most accounts Martin Eberhard always was. In his early career, he launched a series [...]

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Can he break the corporate power ‘lock’ on politicians?
McCain was for diminishing lobbyists influence. Has Bush
already corrupted him?
NY Times, JAD MOUAWAD, May 14, 2008
Some consumer advocates say they are deeply suspicious about the behavior of refiners who are sharply cutting production at a time of record gasoline prices.
“They are not sitting in a boardroom and [...]

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Obama made a big speech in Lansing, Michigan, on our energy dependence and need to move away from foreign oil.

Without a doubt, this addiction is one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced - from the gas prices that are wiping out your paychecks and straining businesses to the jobs [...]

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