Archive for April, 2010

IBM Survey shows strengths, gaps in U.S. Office Buildings

Only a third say their buildings are environmentally responsible 27 percent of office workers say their buildings adjust environment automatically based on occupancy 14 percent say their buildings use renewable energy sources Cumulative time spent stuck in an elevator or waiting for one in past 12 months: 125 years 65 percent would help redesign workplace [...]

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Publishes 2009 Municipal Bond Fact Book

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) released its 2009 Fact Book, an annual sourcebook that analyzes trading data and statistics for the $2.8 trillion municipal bond market. The Fact Book includes analysis on nearly every trade reported to the MSRB by municipal securities dealers in the last five years and provides key municipal market statistics [...]

GM to invest $890 Million to build cleaner, more fuel-efficient engines

General Motors will invest more than $890 million which will create or retain more than 1,600 jobs in five North American plants to produce a new generation of fuel efficient small block truck and car engines. The investment consists of the following: – Two plants will support the engine production: – Tonawanda, N.Y. – an [...]

Sony teams up with Taylor Swift to promote latest Cybershot digital cameras

Start of a year-long campaign highlighting Sony innovations Sony Electronics has teamed up with four-time GRAMMY award-winning singer/songwriter Taylor Swift to promote its latest Cyber-shot® digital cameras in an integrated marketing campaign that puts the spotlight on the company’s latest innovations. The ads with Swift zero in on the sleek and powerful Cyber-shot DSC-TX7 digital [...]