Energy Roundup: Clunkers Says Adieu, Cleaner Oil Sands, Chevron Revs Up Lobby Engine, and More

On August 21, 2009

Energy Roundup: Clunkers Says Adieu, Cleaner Oil Sands, Chevron Revs Up Lobby Engine, and More

Cash for clunkers says ba-bye -- The cash for clunkers program, which was revived by a $2 billion lifeline earlier this month, will end Monday. The Car Allowance Rebate System or CARS program, as its officially known, has recorded more than 457,000 dealer transactions worth $1.9 billion in rebates, according to the Department of Transportation. [Source: DOT] Shell, Exxon roll out cleaner oil sands technology -- Energy giants ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell have developed a new process that cuts emissions from extracting crude from sand and mud by up to 15 percent. The process would make Canada's oil sands no more polluting than conventional wells, the companies said. Environmentalists are not impressed and are urging oil companies to do more including the...


On August 21, 2009

Justice Dept. Shines Green Light on Oracle’s Sun Acquisition

Business software maker Oracle said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems. The deal still needs the go-ahead from the European Commission. Clearance by the Justice Department had been held up over questions about the licensing of Java.


On August 21, 2009

“Mums” Have Huge Online Influence, Says comScore

Unless some data you've managed to gather says differently, the odds seem good that a number of visitors to your small business site are "mums."  comScore recently ran a study in the U.K. and found that women between the ages of 25 and 54 who have children consistently visit retail sites.

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On August 21, 2009

How to Win Over New Kinds of Readers

Ever notice that your content tends to really resonate with some people, and others don’t have any interest at all? You might shrug your shoulders and just decide “that’s the way things are,” but in fact, educational psychology shows that there are four distinct ways of taking in information. Each of us naturally tends to speak [...]


On August 21, 2009

Nikon’s Email Marketing is Out of Focus

nikon-d300-3I love Nikon. My dad had a Nikon. I bought my first Nikon SLR (an F3) when I was in college and a couple of years ago my wife brought me into the digital DSLR world by buying me a Nikon D60 for Father’s day.  So it pains me to…


On August 21, 2009

Get Ready for Facebook Brain Drain

Last month, Russian company Digital Sky Technologies announced that it was buying up to $100 million in Facebook stock from people with vested shares. That roughly translates into the employees who went to work for the company early on and helped make it what it became. And this is probably really bad news for Facebook, although the results may not show immediately.


On August 21, 2009

When Work and Social Media Collide: A Round-up of Tips

As my colleague Stefan Deeran highlights this week on BNET Intercom, survey results show that nearly half of execs don't like to be "friended" by colleagues on social networking sites like Facebook. It's a great stat and suggests that plugged in younger workers should consider carefully before sending that friend request to the big boss. The post also taps into what appears to be a great deal of anxiety regarding how much your online persona and your at work persona should overlap. Articles and posts on the topic have abounded in recent weeks. If it's an issue you've also been pondering, here are some of the best: Why shouldn't you friend your boss? This story gives the worst case example...


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