Superlattice Power, Inc., an emerging leader in the development and worldwide marketing of advanced lithium-ion powered batteries, has a step-by-step plan to bring its superlattice batteries from the synthesis of cathode materials to the evaluation and testing of products. Thugh ramped up production and development, the company has expanded from laboratory scale to industrial scale.

In the 1970s, when lithium batteries were first developed, they were considered unsafe because the lithium would become unstable during charging. Some improvements have been made over the years, but it wasn’t until Superlattice came on the scene that a significant jump was made in the technology. The team was able to create a hexagonal, or six-sided, honeycomb structure with periodically alternating layers of materials for a stable, safe, environmentally-friendly, and affordable battery that provides more energy than the previous standard of 3.6 volts.

“This nanosphere superlattice structure will

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Never before have I learned so much so quickly from my readers as I have now — all just by reading the thousands of comments you have posted on my blog in the past week!

One of your key questions: Will the new Obama stimulus and banking bailouts succeed or fail?

What will be the immediate and ultimate consequences?

What should I do?

Today’s gala edition is my response.

But let’s not waste time digging for causes — the economic blunders of Washington, the financial greed of Wall Street, or the big debts and risky bets by almost everyone.

Let’s also not waste time pointing fingers — the Clinton administration for creating the tech bubble, the Bush administration for creating the housing bubble, or the Obama administration …

Here is yet another interesting story on the spreading impact of wider spreads -- this time focused on the spread between yields on vehicle-loan Asset Backed Securities over Treasuries. From Bloomberg:"Wider spreads on auto-loan securities may make it harder for the financing arms of Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC to compete with banks for new business."Yields over benchmark rates on auto-loan debt from the automakers' lending units has soared to record highs, with the spread on AAA rated bonds maturing in three years climbing 35 basis points last week to 240 basis points more than the swap rate, according to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. The swap rate, a borrowing benchmark, is set at 3.7 percent. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point."Historically, tight spreads in the ABS market have allowed the auto manufacturers to offer attractive financing to both boost

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Last month, GM and Ford posted sales declines of 30% and 19%, respectively. Both companies blamed the expected culprits—high gas prices and credit strapped consumers. However, in reality these companies’ troubles are nothing new—both brands have been struggling for years. GM actually made more money lending mortgages than selling cars from 2004 onwards. And Ford hasn’t made a dime selling cars for more than five years. And things don’t look like they’ll be improving anytime soon either. GM sold off 51% of its mortgage segment—its most profitable— to a Wall Street hedge fund in 2006. Yet, the company remains on the hook for the garbage subprime mortgages on the balance sheet. Ford isn’t faring much better. The only person interested in buying Ford shares right now is Kirk Kerkorian, a billionaire who either knows something no one else does, or is simply trying to get ...