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- Word is that much talked about Lithium Ion battery producer, A123 systems will go public tomorrow.
- Keep your eyes open for the symbol “AONE” after the bells rings at Nasdaq.
- Finally and exciting cleantech IPO, it’s been too long.
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Finance
- Today is one of Sony’s biggest achievements in the digital music player market in the last 5 years. They have managed to outsell the iPod lineup with its latest version of the Walkman. According to Tokyo-based research firm BCN Inc., for the week ending August 30th, the Walkman series had a 43 percent share of the personal music player market versus 42.1 percent for iPods. Congrats Sony, but BCN forgot to tell you that iPhones don’t count as iPods, so they title will be forever left with an asterik. The iPhone 3GS is currently the best-selling phone in Japan, so if you combine those figures, Apple is sure to have their crown back. Congrats to Sony though, this is not something that should go unnoticed. I didn’t even know they were still making a walkman. (Engadget)
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- Now that the Cash for Clunkers program has drawn to a close, some interesting numbers are starting to come back. Here are the top ten cars that were bought/clunked.
Most Popular Cars Bought
1. Toyota Corolla
2. Honda Civic
3. Ford Focus
4. Toyota Camry
5. Hyundai Elantra
6. Toyota Prius
7. Nissan Versa
8. Ford Escape FWD
9. Honda Fit
10. Honda CR-V AWDMost Popular Clunkers
1. Ford Explorer 4WD
2. Ford F150 Pickup 2WD
3. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD
4. Jeep Cherokee 4WD
5. Ford Explorer 2WD
6. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan
7. Chevrolet Blazer 4WD
8. Ford F-150 Pickup 4WD
9. Chevrolet C1500 Pickup 2WD
10. Ford Windstar
- Is it just me, or does there seem to be a consistency here with the nationality of cars bought/clunked? Hey US auto, get it together, eh?
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- Obama’s Cash For Clunker program, which allows consumers to turn in cars that receive 18mpg or less for a $4500 rebate towards a new, more fuel efficient vehicle, burned through its original $1 Billion cash infusion faster than a drunk in Vegas.
- No worries to all you low-mpg drivers though, the Senate just approved a $2 billion extension to keep the program going.
- So far, an impressive 220,000 vehicles have been turned in, amounting to right around $923 millions in rebates.
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- Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster issued a report to clients today that included some sales projections and photoshop renderings of what he thinks the Apple Tablet will look like. He seems to have done his research, and is confirming with an Asian supplier close to the deal that we will see the new device as soon as February 2010.
“Last week we spoke with an Asian component supplier that has received orders from Apple for a touch-screen device to be fulfilled by late [calendar year] 09,” he writes. “This data point underscores our thesis that a tablet will likely launch in early [2010].”
Here is his play by play of what he thinks will happen with it:
- Be similar to an iPod touch, only larger, capable of running most of the 70,000 applications on the iPhone App Store plus a new category of apps designed for the bigger screen.
- Will be used primarily for Web surfing, e-mail, and digital media, competing with netbooks without being a netbook.
- Will be priced between an iPhone and a MacBook — between $500 and $700.
- Is likely to include a 3G cellular modem and could be subsidized by a carrier — either AT&T (T) or Verizon (VZ).
- Will sell better than Apple TV did its first year (1.2 million units).
- Could in fact sell 2 million units at $600 each to generate $1.2 billion and add about 3% to Apple’s revenue stream in calendar 2010.
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