algae plug in hybrid

It got 150 miles per gallon,” explains Fuel director Josh Tickell of the converted to plug-in Prius hybrid that he drove on a mix of battery power and algae fuel blended with conventional gasoline. Josh talks about the benefits of algae fuel to power the future car.  - kenradio

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Lion Cubs Racine zoo

Lion Cub at Racine zoo

Cub at Racine zoo

Lion cub at the Racine zoo

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Ironman this Sunday

The Racine 70.2 Ironman is this Sunday

Race Starts @ 7:00 am Ironman Racine

Racine 70.3 Iron Man run & bike map

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Modine to release 1st Quarter Earnings

RACINE, Wis., Jul 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Modine Manufacturing Company (MOD 9.09, -0.31, -3.30%), a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced today that it will release its first quarter fiscal 2011 financial results for the period ended June 30, 2010, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The company will conduct an earnings conference call and webcast for investors on that same date at 10:30 a.m. Central Time (11:30 a.m. Eastern Time).

During the call, Modine President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas A. Burke and Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Michael B. Lucareli, will review the company’s first quarter fiscal 2011 financial results.

To access the live webcast, including presentation slides, please log on through the investor relations section of Modine’s website at http://www.modine.com at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the event. If you choose to participate on the conference call, please dial 866.578.5788 (international dial in 617.213.8057) and enter passcode 79101548. A replay of the slides and the audio will be available after July 29, 2010 on the investor relations section of Modine’s website at http://www.modine.com. An audio only replay will be available through midnight on August 05, 2010 by dialing 888.286.8010 (international replay 617.801.6888) and entering passcode 20612260. A transcript of the call will be posted to the company’s website after July 29, 2010.

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Apple stock drops

Apple Inc. declined a day after Consumer Reports said it wouldn’t recommend the iPhone 4, fueling concern that demand for the smartphone may drop and speculation that the handset may be recalled.

I Phone fire

via boygeniusreport.com

Apple fell $6.78, or 2.6 percent, to $250.51 at 1:06 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. It dropped as much as 4.2 percent to $246.43 earlier, the biggest decline in two weeks. The stock had risen 22 percent this year before today

Now the Question is if this continues can android capitalize on Apples mistakes and take more of the market share away

source Bloomberg

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Sprint ponders Lte, talks merger

CEO Dan Hesse tell the Financial Times today that he’s still open to the idea down the road, possibly side-by-side with the company’s existing WiMAX deployment thanks to its deep spectrum holdings. What’s far more interesting, though, is his concession that there’s “logic” to exploring a merger with T-Mobile USA in the event that they both move to LTE for their next-gen networks

via engadget

source Financial Times

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Yahoo & Zillow Partner up

Partnership Combines the Power of Yahoo!’s Audience and Zillow.com’s Leading Industry Solutions

SEATTLE and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 9 /PRNewswire/ — Two of the most popular real estate websites in the country today announced an exclusive partnership that will offer advertisers a single channel to reach across both Yahoo! Real Estate and Zillow.com® later this year. This partnership brings together the second-and third-most trafficked real estate websites(1), making this one of the most powerful and far-reaching real estate ad networks on the web. As part of the relationship, Zillow® will power all for-sale listings on Yahoo! Real Estate.

prnewswire

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JFG announces new leadership

Richard Hansen, 64, chief executive of Racine-based Johnson Financial since 1995, will retire at the end of the year.

Russell Weyers, current executive vice president and chief operating officer, will become president and CEO in January. Immediate past chairman of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, Weyers, 50, will be the fourth CEO of Johnson Financial since it was established in 1970.

madison.com

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Closing deadline extended

June 30 closing deadline extended to september 30th

-according to wall street journal

[this is only for buyers who had a deal by April 30th but couldn't close in time]

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Fireworks from north beach

The fireworks were great again this year, with the any storms holding off and the cool lake effect breeze to cool everyone off

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