- The lightbulb as we know it may be gone from store shelves by 2016. A coalition of energy specialists, environmentalists and lighting manufacturers (including the largest, Philips Lighting) announced their intention to eliminate completely the incandescent light bulb and replace it with more efficient alternatives. GE, however, is not part of the coalition and has been campaigning against the elimination of the incandescent bulb because the company claims to have developed an incandescent technology that's as efficient as today's compact-fluorescents.
- General Motors reported positive cash flows and profit just shy of $1 billion in its fourth quarter statements. Chief executive Rick Wagner said the earnings show that GM's recovery plan is working, and faster than many analysts expected. The company's performance improved largely as a result of solid execution on their cost-cutting strategy, putting it ahead of its Detroit neighbors, Ford and Chrysler.
- One of the nation's largest health insurers, Wellpoint, has lost a compact disk containing vital medical records of more than 75,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield members. Wellpoint has suffered data security issues in the past, and the current disaster puts their data management practices into question.
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eliminating incandescent bulbs
GE may have spent a zillion dollars making the incandescent bulb three times more efficient. This may inspire them to rail against any kind of regulation that would outlaw the sale of incandescent bulbe (which is a silly idea anyway.) The lovely, efficient, compact flourescent bulbs we all know and love may interfere with GFCI-protected circuits. In that case, I want incandescent bulbs. I may use sound equipment for which the presence of flourescent bulbs is a dire situation, for the noise they catalyze. This is only a beginning. There must be other people for whom the argument, "Well, it saves some energy" is insufficient.
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