| VeraSun, Enterprise team up on ethanol
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Enterprise Rent-A-Car and VeraSun Energy Corp. have announced that a Sioux Falls rental car branch will rent vehicles that run on a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. St. Louis-based Enterprise has launched similar branches in Washington, Cincinnati and other parts of the country. The Taylor family of companies, which includes Enterprise, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, rents some 73,000 flexible fuel cars and trucks which can run on E85 or standard unleaded gasoline. Brookings-based VeraSun is one of the nation's top ethanol producers. The companies are holding an inaugural fueling of the new fleet on Monday. .
University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute Awards $85,000 to ...
Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business today announced the recipients of the 2008 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant Program and 2008 Michigan Business Challenge award. Grant recipients and award winners were presented with resources in the form of advice and counsel and funding totaling $85,000 for excellence in new business plans and concepts. Bringing together entrepreneurial-minds from business, engineering, medicine and other departments at the University of Michigan, Dare to Dream and Michigan Business Challenge offer students the opportunity to develop and present their business plans, receive feedback from skilled entrepreneurs and faculty, and be rewarded with funding and support. Tapping the resource- and research-rich environment at the University, the 2008 program represents a microcosm of global innovation and investment trends, especially in areas such as bio tech, clean tech, medical device, Web 2.0 and consumer social networking business ideas.
Running on Blade Runner
I think the more compelling story of South Carolina will be the exit poll results. Obama has appealed to white voters in previous primaries and caucuses. The pre-election polls have found him getting as low as 10% of the white vote in South Carolina. The potential for racial polarization in this Southern state could damage his ability to transcend race as a basis of voting. Paradoxically, there has been speculation that Clinton can win the votes of black women, a result that could reduce polarization in the exit poll. Of course, people can lie to exit pollsters too! If you're a black South Carolinian and want to help Hillary as much as you can, you'll walk into the booth, vote for her, then walk out and tell the exit poll person you voted for Obama. ... There may also be non-Machiavellian peer pressure in black precincts to tell the exit pollsters the same thing (which, perversely, might hurt Obama in tomorrow night's press spin by making it look as if he received an ethnic bloc vote).
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I think Stimson is showing some good potentual. A bit late to do any thing this season but next season, providing there are the funds available, we could be in with a shout of the top six.
Up the Gills Neal Boatman Biddenden, Monday, November 19, 2007 .
Internet Family Sues MySpace After Teen Commits Suicide
While the Internet has a wealth of good things going for it, there are some bad points as well. Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook illustrate these points well. Most users of MySpace and Facebook use the sites as they were intended -- a place to meet friends and find like-minded people to chat with and make new friends. However, both Facebook and MySpace have had problems with sexual predators preying on unsuspecting children using the sites. DailyTech reported earlier this month that Megan Meier, a 13-year-old girl, had committed suicide after a cyber-bully tormented her on her MySpace page. In the case of Meier, the local district attorney said charges were unlikely to be filed. The Dallas Morning News reports that another young girl, a 14-year-old identified only as Julie Doe from California killed herself in July of 2006 after being sexually assaulted by a 30-year-old man that she had met on MySpace named Kiley Ryan Bowers.
TheStar.com | World | Americans want 'real deal' for next president
It is this same lack of authenticity that continues to weigh down ex-Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his flag-of-convenience conservative conversions and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani with his personal peccadilloes and myriad business links that don't quite pass the smell test. It has become the great equalizer. It explains how Huckabee can spend $325,000 in Iowa, yet surpass Romney, who spent $7 million. Among Democrats, Barack Obama, the most gifted orator on the campaign trail, appears to be passing the authenticity test over the impersonal, machinelike campaign of Hillary Clinton and the whiff of hypocrisy in the John Edwards campaign. The authenticity test is steeped in American political lore. Carter used it to win the presidency for the Democrats in 1976, George W.
Alamo Heights getting a little freaky with sandwich concept
Sandwich chain Jimmy John's is making inroads in San Antonio's restaurant market. A new Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shop has opened for business at 4700 Broadway, in the Alamo Heights-area of North Central San Antonio. Jimmy John's, which is known for making "freaky fast, freaky good" sandwiches, was started in 1983 by Jimmy John Liautaud, who was 19 years old when he founded the venture. To date, the company boasts more than 500 stores -- with another 160 more projected to open over the course of 2008. The Alamo Heights Jimmy John's marks the second store in the Alamo City. The inaugural store is located at 1455 Austin Highway -- also in North Central San Antonio. Both stores are owned and operated by Troy and Sid Miedena and Gary Long of SKG Ltd.
Rowand gives Giants new attitude
He also caught the baseball, as fine an over-the-shoulder catch as you will see. After leaving the hospital, Rowand explained his Charlie Hustle with a comment that played on the Philadelphia video board for the next season and a half: "For who? For my teammates. For what? To win." Fans loved the quote, but Philadelphia management wondered about the outfielder's future. On the day Rowand signed with San Francisco, Phillies General Manager Pat Gillick suggested to Philadelphia media that Rowand's aggression probably would lead to a major injury over the life of the contract. Asked about it earlier this spring, Rowand told the Philadelphia Daily News: "That bothered me. I've been on the DL (disabled list) twice in my life, not just in my professional career. That includes college, high school.
RBA considered 0.5pc rates hike
It has been revealed the Reserve Bank considered a bigger increase in official interest rates than the one delivered a fortnight ago. The central bank has released the minutes of this month's board meeting, which decided to raise official interest rates. The minutes underscore the concern over inflation and reveal that debate in the meeting focused on whether the interest rate increase should have been 0.5 per cent, rather than the 0.25 per cent ultimately delivered. Earlier today, assistant governor at the bank Malcolm Edey told an economics conference in Sydney there remained a striking contrast between an easing world economy and robust domestic conditions. "We're getting a fairly consistent picture of strong growth, at least up to the September quarter," he said.
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