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Tesla locks up $465 million in federal loans, will build battery … - San Jose Mercury News

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And while it would have been nice to land the 1000-worker assembly plant here as well, San Jose's Klein said "the powertrain is the heart of this technology, and that's what's most important to have in Silicon Valley." Automobile analyst Philip Gott …
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Green-car loans awarded to Ford, Nissan, Tesla - CNET News

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by Wayne Cunningham The US government, which plans to kick-start development of a new generation of fuel-efficient automobiles through the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, announced on Tuesday some loan application winners. …
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Written on June 23, 2009 | Posted in Technology | No comment

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Early Stage Venture Roundup - Reuters

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SAN FRANCISCO (Private Equity Week) - Only four US-based startups raised early stage funding last week, according to Thomson Reuters, as deal activity continues to remain slow through much of the year. Among the startups to raise capital was Alios …

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eyeic raises $1.9 million for glaucoma-screening software - Reuters

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So far this year, venture capitalists have invested more than $80 million in several companies developing advanced ocular imaging, retinal therapies and specialized contact lenses. Most recently, eyeic, a Narbeth, Pa.-based developer of software used …
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NetSuite Names Ex-Motorola CEO Zander To Board - Wall Street Journal

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NetSuite Inc. (N) named technology veteran and former Motorola Inc. (MOT) Chairman and Chief Executive Edward Zander to the business software maker's board Tuesday. Zander, who also served as president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems …
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Rambus sinks on weaker forecast - MarketWatch

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By MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Shares of Rambus Inc. fell 9% ahead of Tuesday's opening bell, on the heels of the semiconductor-technology company trimming its sales forecast for second quarter. Citing weakened global demand for chips, …
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AP Technology NewsBrief at 6:29 am EDT - TMCnet

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Nortel to sell itself off in piecesTORONTO (AP) _ Nortel Networks, once a technology giant, has decided to sell itself off in pieces rather than attempt to emerge from bankruptcy as a restructured company. Nokia Siemens Networks agreed to buy some …
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Startup's prefab homes aim for zero energy bills - San Francisco Chronicle

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Zeta, which stands for Zero Energy Technology and Architecture, obtained several million dollars in venture capital funding and, according to Porat, is in discussions with developers on other potential projects in Northern California. …

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Apple's Secrecy on Products and Top Executives - New York Times

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“They make everyone super, super paranoid about security,” said Mark Hamblin, who worked on the touch-screen technology for the iPhone and left Apple last year. “I have never seen anything else like it at another company.” But even by Apple's standards …
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Engineering leader Kevin Marks leaves Google for the social web - VentureBeat

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Now, he's leaving to work on other projects, including opening technologies he has been helping to spearhead — and maybe a startup. Google hasn't always had a clear strategy for how it could partake in the popularity of social networks like Facebook …
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