All Entries in the "Health" Category
Build Your Dream Car Company
Build Your Dream Car Company or BYD. BYD is a Chinese company that originally built batteries for cell phones and decided to build electric and hybrid cars that will be also be available in Europe and the US. Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway bought a equity stake 10% in BYD for $230 million a few [...]
Federal Funding for EV Infrastructure Spreads to Communities
An early criticism of the federal government’s investment in electric car infrastructure was that it focused too narrowly on a few locations. But yesterday the US Department of Energy announced 16 projects to support EV adoption in 24 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to encourage adoption more broadly across the US. The Department [...]
Walmart & Michelle Obama Team up
We all know that Walmart has killed many local family-run businesses, although at least they’re now teaming up with Michelle Obama to help local farmers. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. In certain parts of the U.S., you can’t turn a corner without bumping into a farmer’s market or grocery store. But [...]
Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Japan Relief
Sandra Bullock is proving to be one generous actress. The Oscar winner donated $1 million to the American Red Cross this week to aid earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, the charity told CNN on Thursday. This is the largest celebrity donation to the Red Cross since the disaster, although the charity has received other [...]
Visa Adds Person-to-Person Payments in U.S.
Visa just announced the ability for U.S. Visa card holders to send and receive funds from other cardholders anywhere in the world. The system, which will hit later in 2011, will greatly increase the scope of person-to-person digital payments globally. Visa says it’s mplementing the personal-payments protocol throughout its systems in the U.S., which means [...]
107 Year Old Man’s Tips For Retirement
Eight years ago, at age 99, Leonard McCracken failed an eye test for renewing his driver’s license. He put his Lincoln Continental up for sale and got $1,600. “I sold it in three days — I got a good price. I love to haggle,” he says. McCracken, who lives in Florida, has been living in [...]
