The leading personal computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) announced its intention of entering into a technical collaboration with Systems Biology Ireland (SBI) to give a new dimension to life science research, by using mathematics and computers to resolve biological research issues.   This new research initiative taken by SBI will be using HP’s storage technology to study the biological behavior of cells through the use of technical models. Data storage has become an integral part of modern day life science research, so SBI will be deploying the HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage (ExDS9100) system, to make the research process much more efficient.   HP’s ExDS9100 data storage system enables the end customer to manage substantial data, without having to employ any significant datacenter space, thereby reducing cost. SBI is in the process of developing new treatments for ailments like cancer and we believe that its association with ...

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FIG, Fortress Investment Group LLC

FIG is a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $31.0 billion in assets under management (fee paying) as of June 30, 2009. FIG is headquartered in New York and has affiliates with offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New Canaan, Rome, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo.

**FIG’s Board of Directors elected not to pay a dividend in the third quarter of 2009, to retain capital for potential future investment opportunities and for working

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General Environmental Management Inc., a growing waste management solution provider based in California, has a lot of things going for it. The waste management market tends to be relatively stable in any economic environment, and they have the expertise and technology to deal with almost any type of waste handling issue, including hazardous materials processing. They also have a management team with skills well beyond just the waste management industry.

But one of GEM’s strongest assets is GEMWare, its industry-leading web-based information management system. GEMWare is designed to give companies the speed and flexibility necessary to enable generators of all sizes to control hazardous materials, waste management, and disposal activities, in the most efficient way possible. It streamlines and optimizes virtually every aspect of waste processing.

• Storage area organization • Inventory management • Waste stream profiling and disposal approvals • Materials and services request

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Today it was announced that ECOtality, Inc.’s subsidiary, Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, received a grant totaling approximately $99.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to commence the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in U.S. history.

eTec has partnered with Nissan North America to undertake the massive project. According to the press release, the companies will install electric vehicle charging infrastructure and deploy up to 1,000 Nissan battery electric vehicles in strategic markets in five states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington. It has not been said if success will lead to further opportunity, but the project will certainly put the spotlight on the company and may lead to other contracts.

“By studying lessons learned from electric vehicle operations and the infrastructure supporting these first 5,000 vehicles, the Project enables the streamlined deployment of the next 5,000,000 electric

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Energtek, Inc., a world leader in the development of ANG (Adsorbed Natural Gas) and other natural gas transportation and storage technologies, may have the key to tapping into an energy resource as big as all the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia. This energy source has already been discovered, just in time to serve the needs of newly industrialized nations in and around Asia.

The energy source is called stranded natural gas (SNG), and it represents at least 40% of the world’s natural gas reserves, an estimated 3,000 trillion cubic feet, enough to cover world demands for a long time to come. SNG is natural gas that has already been discovered, but is uneconomical to extract and deliver. This situation typically occurs when the size of the reserve doesn’t justify the costs of transporting to where it is needed. The imposing costs, land use, and legal issues

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We had a chance to ask Randall Swisher, Executive Director of the American Wind Energy Association some questions about what he is seeing in wind energy trends and his overall outlook.nbsp;nbsp; Aspire: What surprised you about the renewable energy/clean tech markets in 2008? Were there any significant developments (political, technological, consumer-driven and/or industry-driven) that occurred which you werenrsquo;t anticipating?nbsp;nbsp; Swisher: Wind has been growing at such an explosive pace these last several years that I donrsquo;t think 2008rsquo;s record numbers are a big surprise, but they are notable.nbsp; This year, we expect about 7,500 megawatts of new wind capacity to be built in the U.S. which will make 2008 another year of 45% growth for the wind industry.nbsp;As this growth has occurred, wersquo;ve seen an increasing need to expand the supply chain for wind, including domestic manufacturing capacity.nbsp; This year, AWEA made a conscious effort to encourage new growth in this segment ...

ECOtality, Inc., a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, expressed optimism today about President-elect Obama’s comprehensive energy plan, a set of programs that would invest billions of dollars in support of hybrid and electric vehicle development. The press release applauded the move to confront the country’s dependence on foreign oil, building a clean energy future for America, and pointed to key elements of the plan:

• $150 billion invested over 10 years for the commercialization of plug-in hybrid vehicles, renewable energy, low-emission coal plants, fuel infrastructure upgrades, and a new digital electricity grid • Commitment that half of all cars purchased by the federal government will be hybrids or EV by 2012 • $7,000 tax credit toward the purchase of, or conversion to, advanced technology vehicles • Mandate that 10% of all electricity generated come from renewable resources by 2012

ECOtality president and CEO, Jonathan Read, commented on what all this

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