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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Preh acquires power electronics company ePower from Kongsberg Automotive

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The parties have agreed not to announce the purchase price. ePower will retain its customers’ well-known contact persons. Within the Joyson Group of companies, Ningbo (China), which was founded by Jeff Wang in 2004, Preh forms the Automotive Electronics Division. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2017.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 Applying a -10% uncertainty factor to this outcome, over 100 years (2004 to 2104) the GRF will have 3,745,208.7 The “purchase” of carbon offsets for the e-Golf in the US is not on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The Montclair and Park Lane names disappeared after 1968 (the Monterey name survived through 1974, then was revived for the Mercurized Ford Freestar in 2004). The Marauder name got ditched in 1966, then revived on a massive personal luxury coupe for 1969 - 1970. The Mercury brand itself departed this world after 2011.

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Honda President Ito steps down, Takahiro Hachigo to replace him

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Hachigo went on to assume responsibilities as the person-in-charge of developing the second generation CR-V, Honda’s highly successful compact sport-utility vehicle for the worldwide markets, in 2001. From April 2004 to March 2006, Hachigo was stationed in the US as Senior Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc.,

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SEC issues cease-and-desist order against split-cycle engine developer Scuderi Group for violations of Securities Act

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In its order, the SEC noted that between 2004 and 2011, Scuderi Group sold more than $80 million worth of securities through offerings that were not registered with the Commission and did not qualify for any of the exemptions from the Securities Act’s registration requirement. million in Scuderi Group spending on such purposes.

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Green Friday | Black Friday

My Energi

myenergi has decided, that opposed to simply bringing awareness to the cause and asking others to shop local, we’ve put our money where our mouth is and have gone on a spending spree, purchasing beautiful gifts from just a handful of local businesses available. Read on to find out more. . FOLLOW Follow our myenergi page on Instagram.

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