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• Business, Energy

  Ormat announces secondary offering

  10.24.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Ormat announces secondary offering

  Ormat, the largest “pure play” geothermal company in the US, yesterday announced that it would place 3 million shares on the public market. This will increase Ormat’s outstanding shares to 41.13M and effectively dilutes current shareholders by 7.8%. Unsurprisingly, the stock price dropped yesterday nearly that same percentage and seems to be creeping up incrementally […]

• Business, Humor

  Rumpology

  10.23.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Rumpologist examines Posterior to Devine Future This is a tough way to make a living…I can’t imagine that you’d be able to do a session with a straight face. From the Skeptic’s Dictionary: Rumpology, also known as butt reading, is the art of reading the lines, crevices, dimples, and folds of the buttocks to divine […]

• Business, Energy

  Geothermal Finance & Development Summit

  10.23.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Geothermal Finance & Development Summit

  This event is upcoming November 14-16 in San Jose. Looking at the agenda, it is geared toward educating financial types about geothermal development and geothermal developers about financing options. The details of the event are available here. There is also a one day pre-session specifically on financing activities. If you’re in the Bay Area or […]

• Business, Innovation

  Treasures and Other Oddities

  10.22.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Treasures and Other Oddities

  Last weekend we went to San Francisco’s Mission District with some friends to enjoy a good Ethiopian meal and walk around a little. During that walk on Valencia Street, we came upon a store called Paxton Gate. I now know the answer to the following questions: Where might one find a gemsbok horn? I desparately […]

• Business, Innovation

  Apple’s Bite of the Market

  10.18.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Apple’s Bite of the Market

  Top 5 Vendors, United States PC Shipments Third Quarter 2007 (Preliminary) (Units Shipments are in thousands) Rank Vendor 3Q07 Shipments Market Share 3Q06 Shipments Market Share 3Q07/3Q06 Growth 1 Dell 5,010 28.0% 5,260 30.9% -4.8% 2 HP 4,346 24.3% 3,718 21.8% 16.9% 3 Apple 1,127 6.3% 973 5.7% 15.9% 4 Toshiba 940 5.2% 805 4.7% […]

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