Additional tax credits for choosing hybrid, fuel cell, alternative fuel and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles have been offered since 2005.

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The potential applications for medical science are impressive enough, but consider this additional benefit: since the droplets contain no genetic material, scientists can completely sidestep all the ethical red tape surrounding the alternative stem cell approach to artificial tissue.

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On the other hand, the list suggests that if you own stocks in hospital operators, generic drug makers, builders of cell-phone towers, alternative energy sources or domestic auto companies, then happy days are here again.

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Sony is currently locked in a battle with Toshiba, which, despite helping to develop the Cell chip, is pushing an alternative DVD standard.

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Companies like iDirect are promoting an alternative - small-cell technology, which allows mobile operators to backhaul data from sites, no larger than the average satellite dish.

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Still, for a young family member or as an Internet access device with a keyboard and a screen larger than a cell phone, the C7 represents an inexpensive alternative.

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An alternative is to merge it with another American cell-phone operator to gain a bigger share of the market.

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In these locations it can be traditionally either too difficult or costly to deploy a macro cell base station. lightRadio Metro Radio will provide a cost-effective alternative.

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