Nukes in my backyard

Long left for dead, the U.S. nuclear power industry appears poised for a comeback.

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The fall of a Wall Street highflier

When Erin Callan talked, people listened.

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Where the braniacs are, and pharma is not

Let’s say you’re a large company in need of innovative ideas. Where would you go?

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NetJets: Ready for takeoff?

If it’s possible, Berkshire Hathaway’s NetJets unit seems to have troubles rivaling those of longtime pitchman Tiger Woods. But Berkshire chief Warren Buffett says the company’s rehabilitation is well under way.

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Market for hard-to-sell assets gets a big boost

The charity foundation of Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday they had invested $15 million in SecondMarket. You may not have heard of this fast-growing New York-based company, but it’s created new exchanges where companies and investors can sell assets they might otherwise have had trouble unloading.

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Berkshire’s big day: $24 billion in trading

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway got a rousing introduction to the S&P 500 this month — though it wasn’t quite the most lavish ever.

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Building a better car battery

Since Nissan began developing lithium-ion batteries in 1992, it has increased their power density 1,100% and driven prices down to 1/16 of their old levels.

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A banner year for hedge funds

It looks like risk is back.

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A banner year for hedge funds

The inevitable fix for the deficit

The gigantic deficits the Administration is projecting are appalling, and they provide a chilling look at our future: America is hurtling towards a fiscal trap that is forcing us into the only option we’ll have to restore budgetary sanity: A Value-Added Tax.

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Banking reform: Harder than it sounds

It took long enough, but with his proposal to break up the banks, President Obama has finally presented a way to reform Wall Street that matches the scale of the problem.

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