Hungry Bear Takes Joyride, Totals Car Looking for Sandwich

Image: Signs in Yosemite Warn About Bears Seeking Food in Cars, via Flickr

It was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that led to the demise of Ben Story’s car. A hungry bear managed to get into the car looking for the morsel Ben left on the back seat. Somehow, the bear knocked the car into neutral; it rolled backwards downhill, into a thicket, slamming the door closed and trapping the bear in the process. The bear is OK. The car is a mess….
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Singapore to Have First Hydrogen-Electric Bus Powered by Fuel Cells and Batteries
Researchers at Beijing’s Tsinghua University and NTU unveiled the first hydrogen-electric bus that will be from now on Singapore roads. Dubbed GreenLite, this eco-friendly bus only emits clean water and has zero carbon emission. Compared with other conventional buses, GreenLite does not run on fossil fuel and is powered by a combustion engine, which makes it very quiet.

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More Investments in Renewables in China Than in US and Europe Combined

China attracted more asset financing in clean-energy technology in the second quarter than Europe and the U.S. combined, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. A clever piece of legislation created the renewable energy bonanza.

Six months ago, China made it the law that all utilities have to buy any renewable power put on the grid or they get fined. Since then private investment in renewable sources in the country has surged past US and EU levels. Investors are betting on China.

In the second quarter, outside financing of wind turbines, solar panels and low-carbon technology in China soared 72% to $11.5 billion.

China’s renewable sector accounted for one third of renewable investment for the period for the entire world, which totaled $33.9 billion, including all share sales, venture capital, private equity and asset finance.

Of this amount, private investment in clean energy in the US rose to $4.9 billion for the quarter while in Europe it fell to $4.5 billion for the same time period. (more…)

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Business Software Provider NetSuite, Sunway E-Systems Announce Malaysian Partnership
ERP vendor NetSuite has announced a strategic partnership with Sunway E-Systems, a Southeast Asian integrator of technology-enabled business transformation, and a subsidiary of the Sunway Group.
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Business Software Provider NetSuite Unveils OpenAir for UK, European Marketplace
Cloud-based business software provider NetSuite has unveiled NetSuite OpenAir, what company officials are terming “new professional services automation and services resource planning software for the UK and European marketplace.”
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Business Software Provider NetSuite Chosen for Software AG Automation
Cloud-based business software provider NetSuite has announced that Software AG, a vendor of Business Process Excellence products, has achieved productivity gains by implementing the NetSuite OpenAir professional services automation tool.
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