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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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He saw this scheme chiefly as a way for companies to smooth out the volatility of sales and make their business more predictable. It has annualized sales revenue of about $500 billion a year. In principle, Amazon could mandate that sellers had to accept amazons instead of dollars for sales in the Amazon marketplace.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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“If any energy company ignores the long-term impact on future fossil-fuel-backed energy sales, they will be in for a shock.&# So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. link] — Chris Dudley 13.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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(Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. Next: a carbon tax. Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb?

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