DOE releasing $25 Billion Energy Efficient Auto Manufacturing Guarantees
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Last year congress approved $25 Billion in loan guarantees for Energy Efficient Auto Manufacturing. Companies that have applied for these loans include startups like Tesla Motors, battery makers Ener1 and A123Systems along with traditional auto manufactures.
These funds have been stalled in bureaucratic red tape and have yet to be dispersed. According to a Wall Street Journal with the new DOE chief, Steve Chu, these funds will start being dispersed within 4 weeks.
After Marsha Coulthard entered a contest every day to beat out more than 21 million entrants to win an $850,000 green home in Hardeeville in June. The house featured solar panels on its roof, a 500-gallon cistern to collect rainwater and made of recycled materials. She sold it back to the developer for $700k to move back to Florida and be closer to her parents.
Android phone have been seriously lacking in the music department. No major streaming provider is on the phone and the built in music player is pretty bad. However, last.fm has released a streaming music player for Android.
Burger King is offering a free Whopper for unfriending 10 Facebook friends. This promotion as two great things going for it. First, it gets people to start talking about the limited value of social networking friends. Second, when you unfriend someone the Burger King Facebook app notifies the person why you unfriended them, so its very viral.
Kiva is a non-profit micro-finance organization. You can loan entrepreneurs around the world as little as $25. Better yet give a friend a gift certificate and they can make the loan. 
