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Editorial: Younger automotive patrons’ credit score disasters harm everybody

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since June 2006, and so they haven’t been upper since February 2001, consistent with JPMorgan Chase. Sellers, salespeople and credit score managers should steer consumers to cars inside of their finances, reminiscent of worn vehicles, although it approach a smaller fee.

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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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The research project is co-financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (FOEN). The platform for these discussions is the “International DME Association” founded in 2001, which currently has 50 members from science and industry. The project still in the pre-competitive phase, Soltic said.

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Li-ion maker Amprius raises $30M to accelerate commercialization of high-energy, high-capacity batteries

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SAIF Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, led the financing, in which all of Amprius’ previous investors participated. SAIF Partners was founded in 2001 and currently manages over $3.6 Amprius’ technology was initially developed at Professor Yi Cui’s laboratory at Stanford University; Prof. Cui is a founder of the company.

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ARRA funding raises R&D expenditures within federally funded R&D centers 11% to $16.8B in FY 2010

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FFRDCs are privately operated R&D organizations that are exclusively or substantially financed by the federal government. Since 2001 the federal government has consistently provided over 96% of the funding to the FFRDCs each year, and the FFRDCs’ federally funded R&D expenditures have increased 69%, from $9.7 billion in FY 2001 to $16.4

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MassCEC Approves $5M Forgivable Loan for A123 Systems; Targeted at Expansion for Grid Storage Systems

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Under the terms of the MassCEC financing, A123 will double its Massachusetts employment to more than 500 by 2014. Founded in 2001, A123 Systems develops and manufactures advanced lithium ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid and consumer markets.

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A mini industry spawns under the hood of a booming car market – ET Auto

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Back in 2001, Maruti Suzuki was one of the first players in this segment with its True Value channel, enabling trust and breaking stereotypes attached to the purchase of ‘second-hand’ vehicles. Apart from tweaking their business models, these tech-driven startups moved towards auto financing, insurance and classifieds.

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Video-Game Engineer Sushama Chakraverty Answered the Call of Duty

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Back in 2001, she spotted a poster on her professor’s door advertising for an internship, and she applied without knowing the company she’d be working for. But as her degree program came to a close in 2001, Chakraverty was undecided about her next move. “I It turned out to be Atari , the legendary video-game company.

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