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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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I bought them from a junk store, and maybe paid $2 for them. BASF, a German chemical manufacturer, has a somewhat similar corporate history and logo design to fellow thick-Helvetica enthusiast 3M. Its former corporate parent 3M, meanwhile, has a market cap of $51.33 based on Pfluemer’s magnetic-tape invention. inch floppy.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Of that, $26.5 Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois: $1,500,000.

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