As the bank account of Midwestern Storage slowly grew, the same beaten-up old Volvo remained in his driveway.

NEWYORKER: Great Experiment

Realizing that the electric car market might not take off as quickly as expected, A123 also made forays into other markets, such as developing energy storage systems to bank wind or solar electricity.

FORBES: China's Wanxiang Wins Deal To Scoop Up Troubled Battery Maker A123 Systems

The proposals, for the south bank of the river, include storage facilities for imported wood pellet bio fuel.

BBC: Port of Tyne plan could bring 1,200 jobs

More recently the bank has kept costs down only by tiering storage and playing off vendors.

FORBES: Managing Financial Data Growth with 30-40X Compression

Afraid that the bank is going to foreclose any day, Amato has been moving her belongings into storage.

NPR: Businesses Blame Slow Sales on Housing

The bank turned to RainStor, which can compress data by up to 97 percent, providing big savings on storage.

FORBES: Managing Financial Data Growth with 30-40X Compression

Advised by Bank of American Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, the combined company will result in the largest consumer based digital data storage companies.

FORBES: Consolidation In The Hard Drive Market As Western Digital Pays $4.3 Billion For Hitachi's GST Unit