New York wants more hybrid buses on the city's streets

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New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is now operating five hybrid diesel/electric buses and plans to add 125 more by 2001; its five-year capital plan calls for a budget including 250 of the vehicles. The Transit Authority seeks both cost savings and lower emissions; the hybrids use 50 percent less fuel than a conventional bus and use reliable direct-drive and regenerative-braking systems that cut maintenance costs. Each 12.2-meter long bus is driven entirely by its electric motor, with a battery proiding extra power as needed and the diesel engine operating a generator to keep the batteries charged. Testing has also begun on an all-electric bus whose development was funded by a cooperative public and private effort in the US and Israel.

Government domestic functions, Public Administration, Local and Suburban Transportation, Local Government, Local Transit, Urban Transit Systems, Usage, Innovations, Transportation industry, Technology application, Hybrid vehicles

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Instrumentaton: the quiet revolution

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Test and measurement equipment manufacturers Hewlett-Packard Co and Tektronix Inc isolated their instrument businesses by using two very different strategies. HP opted to create Agilent Technologies, a company at first wholly owned by the parent and subsequently sold in part to the public. After receiving earnings reports for its first two quarters, HP plans to divide the remaining shares among HP stock holders. Tektronix opted to sell off all but its instrument interests and retain the original company name. Xerox purchases all of Tektronix' color printing interests for $925 million. Both strategies were effective in creating new revenue through the stock market.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Photographic equipment and supplies, Photocopy Equipment, Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing, Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Instruments to measure electricity, Electronic Test & Measure Eqp, Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, Instruments & Related Products, Test & Measuring Equip, Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, Instrument industry, Instrument industry (Equipment), Xerox Corp., XRX, Company acquisition/merger, Testing and measuring equipment industry, Electronic test device, Electronic test equipment, Hewlett-Packard Co., HWP, Securities, Instruments (Equipment), Agilent Technologies Inc., Tektronix Inc., TEK

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Barcelona spawns leading digital consultancy: merger of Spain's Cluster and Chicago's Diamond combines leaders in wireless and e-commerce.

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DiamondCluster International Inc was formed in Nov 2000 when Cluster Consulting was acquired by Diamond Technology Partners of Chicago. Cluster Consulting, based in Barcelona, Spain, brings expertise in mobile and wireless technologies to the new organization, with experience in Europe and Latin America. Diamond brings expertise in digital strategy and technology across North America.

Management Consulting Services, Spain, Business & Mgmt Consulting, Management, Planning, Wireless communications, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Business consultants, Management consultants, Consulting services, Company business planning, Wireless technology, World market, International markets, Cluster Consulting, Diamond Technology Partners Inc., DiamondCluster International Inc., DTPI

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