How many times will Steve Wiebe try to prove that he’s the world’s greatest Donkey Kong player? If his efforts at the E3 conference in Los Angeles this morning are any indication, the answer is “as many times as it takes.” But given how much entertainment […] Read more »
The news that biodiesel maker Imperium Renewables will be cutting 24 employees (or more than half of the staff) from its Grays Harbor plant, announced Thursday night, won’t be a big shocker to anyone who has followed the company’s yearlong downward spiral. The Seattle-based biofuel firm, […] Read more »
The remarkable rise and fall of Imperium Renewables — from a rising star in the alternative fuel universe to a green basket case — may finally be coming to an end. On Monday, Imperium became one of the many beneficiaries of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act […] Read more »
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One year after the vaunted opening of its 100-million-gallon-a-year, $78 million biodiesel plant at the Port of Grays Harbor, Imperium Renewables has lost its contract to supply Royal Caribbean with 18 million gallons of biodiesel annually, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported. The news –which also revealed that […] Read more »
Most people, especially today, dream just a little bit of being an Olympic superstar. But what if you’re a Russian office worker stuck at a desk? Well, with the help of a video camera and four friends, you could just create your own event — synchronized […] Read more »
No one company can be all things to all people — not even Google. Even the search giant has an Achilles heel, one that is quite near and dear to its core business: the rise of vertical search engines. Read more »
Best Buy and Circuit City are offering rebates that will nab you an 80 hour TiVo Series 2 for free but you better act quickly. Sure you can wait for one of those new shiny Series 3 TiVos but come on, these are FREE. (via TiVoBlog) […] Read more »
If we can have video on demand, pizza on demand, why not events on demand. Business 2 Blog reports that EVDB-powered Eventful is launching a new service where consumers can create a groundswell for certain concerts and events from performers. The idea is to use the […] Read more »
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