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...BAVARIA: As an investor who promotes an environmental commitment, I often hear the comment "If there's no money in it, we can't do it." Companies have to make money. That is and should be their mandate. But there are times when the public interest can actually help the company...
...BAVARIA: We have owned hydrogen technologies wherever we can in our investment portfolios. In the short run, they don't look like very good investments. This is one of the barriers. Even big companies, which may want to do something, still face a five- or seven-year payoff. Up front, it is a huge capital outlay. They feel hamstrung because of the shareholders and Wall Street...
...BAVARIA: It doesn't have to be all about the Federal Government. Los Angeles and San Francisco have floated bond issues to promote alternative energy...
...29th, police in Bavaria arrested a British man who had fallen asleep in his car at a service station near Aschaffenburg. Officers found Peter Murray-Cowan, 39, dozing at the wheel of an Audi so stuffed with boxes of what appeared to be Microsoft Office 97 Professional software that the car was barely drivable. Sensing counterfeit, police took both driver and 4,000 copies of one of the world's most popular business programs - worth $2 million on the retail market, according to Microsoft - into custody. Murray-Cowan, a British businessman and would-be politician who ran for local office...
Oktoberfest began in 1810 as the wedding reception of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and has evolved into an annual celebration of lager and lederhosen observed worldwide. Each year more Oktoberfests, as the beers in the classic Marzen style are known, become available in the States. And according to RICHARD SCHOLZ, owner of Bierkraft, a beer specialty store, U.S. brewers are making truer, more traditional Oktoberfests than their Teutonic counterparts. Scholz, New York City bartenders M.J. KEANE and RORY FARRELLY, and amateur microbrew aficionado MEGAN CLARK tasted 12 currently available brews and chose their favorites for TIME...