Archive for January, 2010

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Biodiesel companies dying as subsidies end.

Daily Tech has good article on the biodiesel market and the effect of ending subsidies.  Basically, as the US government ends it’s $1/gallon subsidy on biodiesel it has become uneconomical to produce.   Biodiesel producers, big and small, are shutting down.  There are several ways to look at this:
Silly, knee-jerk free market types will say “good [...]

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Venture Capital investments down in 2009 from 2008, though 4th quarter looks better.

Techcrunch has published an analysis of VC funding in 2009.   4th quarter results look promising, with funding up 78% from the third quarter.   We can hope that this trend will continue into 2010 and signals the return of venture capital investing.  It is interesting to note that evne with the large amounts invested in Q4 [...]