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In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.The "California Hydrogen Highway," Schwarzenegger's vision to ensure that every Californian would have access to a hydrogen fueling station by the end of 2010, called for the state to spend more than $50 million to help deploy up to 100 hydrogen fuel stations that would serve 2,000 fuel cell vehicles. "We got 200 stakeholders around a table, literally, and mapped out who could get stations where," said Terry Tamminen, a top adviser to Schwarzenegger.But nearly nine years later, California has just nine hydrogen stations open for the public, and only about 200 fuel cell cars that can use them.The global financial crisis helped slam the breaks on dreams of a Hydrogen Highway, but the roots of green energy's mid-life crisis - marked by a rash of recent corporate collaps...
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.2% at 4993.2, paring an early rise to 5011.9. Yield stocks are in demand as dividends payments flow into the market, while materials ...
With just one full trading day remaining in March (U.S. markets are closed Friday), now is the ideal time to take a look at how April factors into the market's seaso...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. shares rose 4.1% on Wednesday, leading energy stocks higher, after the company announced a well discovery in deepwater Gulf of Mexico that i...
2259 GMT [Dow Jones] Australia's S&P/ASX 200 is poised to suffer as a result of renewed concern over Cyprus, after the parliament there rejected a planned deposit ta...
U.S. stocks have performed quite well through the first two-and-a-half months of 2013, but what may come as a surprise to some is the out-performance of so-called va...
Russia, the "R" in the ubiquitous BRIC acronym, has a reputation for a lot of things. The country is a dominant producer of commodities. Pumping about 10 million bar...
The rally in U.S. equities has, in large part, been lead by defensive sectors such as consumer staples and health care. As a result, valuations for stocks in these s...
0136 GMT [Dow Jones] Australia's S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.3% at 5137.43 amid rotation from materials to consumer discretionary, utilities, financials and energy stocks. "...
Australian shares advanced in early trading on Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 index moving up 0.3% to 5,126.70. Miners and energy firms were leading the advance ahead ...
Some long-time income investors know that larger payouts and higher yields can often be with the foreign equivalent of a U.S. stock. For example, BP's (NYSE:BP) curr...
Hess Corp. was the top gainer in the S&P 500 on Monday as the company mapped out its way to become a pure play in exploration and production, saying it will sell "do...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereThe markets posted tepid gains Friday, ending the week in the green, after a batch of strong data on the U.S. economy helped trade...
Australian stocks swung between small gains and losses early Tuesday, with a mixed showing in financial shares and a solidly lower performance in the mining sector. ...
The Dow industrials rose back up above 15000 and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index pushed deeper into record territory, following strong economic data in Germany...
Energy stoc ks may be the right fuel for your portfolio this year.Despite a lackluster showing last year, the sector is undervalued, is paying handsome dividends and...
International companies trading in New York closed higher Monday, helped by gains for mining and energy companies.The Bank of New York index rose 1.2% to 139.99.Gold...
Hong Kong stocks climbed early Wednesday after a three-day losing streak as a higher finish for U.S. equities and gold prices provided a lift to the property and air...
Economic indicators show that the recovery in the US economy is well underway. According to the Commerce Department consumer spending increased 0.7% in February whic...
Asian markets were mostly lower early Wednesday, with the Japanese market tracking a positive lead from U.S. stocks, while weaker commodity prices weighed on the Aus...
