To the uninitiated and the non-obsessed, the virtual world called Second Life is a strange psychological mystery. It’s a place where people construct whole lives within a virtual landscape, spending real money on server space to build their homes and

City, county and state help Independent Can expand - Fort Madison Daily Democrat
The Independent Can Company has invested in Fort Madison for the past 28 years and now the city, state and county have given some back to the factory with some monetary incentives as the company expansion gets underway. Local and state leaders, along

Plastech sale set for June 30 - Daily Jeffersonian
BYESVILLE — The Byesville facility of Plastech Engineered Products Inc. has gone on the auction block, according to information from unofficial sources. A variety of employees at the plant, the largest employer in Byesville, reported the union was

EoPlex Increases C-Round by Fifty Percent to Finance Expansion and to - Forbes
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ — EoPlex Technologies today disclosed new funding to build its first full-scale production plant. The company had previously announced its Series C funding of $8 million in 2007. That round was lead by ATA

Quartz Mountain Aerospace, Inc. Expands Operations to Coffeyville - Forbes
ALTUS, Okla., May 15 /PRNewswire/ — A tentative lease agreement has been signed between Coffeyville Industries and Quartz Mountain Aerospace, Inc. (QMA), an aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Altus, Oklahoma. QMA desires to expand its aerospace

Flash Player 10 codename Astro goes beta - ZDNet Blogs
We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn t yet a tooling release to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that you can test your current

Fisker Auto plans second electric sedan, seeks funds - CNET News
NEW YORK–Fisker Automotive is raising a large round of funding to build its $80,000 electric sedan, but it intends to make a version at half the price in a few years. The company expects to close a series C round of $65 million in June, company CEO

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