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It’s all about the battery

During the next five years, it is estimated that U.S. consumers will eventually be able to choose from 150 models of new cars, trucks or SUVs when deciding whether to buy hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric or pure electric vehicle.

Casino execs take offensive, back stimulus

Without several provisions in the federal stimulus bill, Nevada government might have shut down, jobs would have been lost and casino corporations wouldn’t have been able to restructure some of their long-term debt, sending additional companies into bankruptcy.

Get It While It’s Hot

NEW YORK — Jillian Lung says she’s no environmentalist. Still, she couldn’t pass up a chance to install a carpet of solar panels atop her co-op in Queens.

Give Nevada credit, would you?

Real estate broker Forrest Barbee believes the free market generally works best without government interference. But he can’t dispute that a tax credit for first-time homebuyers is doing what it was meant to: spur home sales.

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