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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. In the business world, especially when you are in Asia, as long as anything makes a profit, you do it.” The thumb drive was all that—and more.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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This will put unprecedented pressure on all players to pick the right business models, the right legal and capital structures, and the right partners. million units in 2011 (10% above its pre-crisis level), and sees that number at 96 million units in 2015—signifying, among other things, that autos is a true growth industry.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. nationals and legal residents. Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Gases: All 6 Kyoto gases. Flexible Debt Capital.

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