Rossano Ercolini convinced Naples - a city gripped by a long-running waste crisis - to adopt zero-waste goals.
"When you engineer a technology-filled, all-electric mini car that goes from zero-to-60 mph in less than eight seconds, customers won't miss the gas, " said Mark Reuss, president, General Motors North America.
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This trend isn't going away, and there are undoubtedly dozens if not hundreds of little-known or yet-to-be-founded startups that will go from zero to publicly traded juggernaut in remarkably shorts periods of time.
The Signature Performance model is powered by a 416-horsepower AC synchronous electric motor producing 443 pound-feet of torque between zero and 5, 100 rpm, with a zero-to-60-mph acceleration of 4.4 seconds and a quarter-mile elapsed time of 12.6 seconds.
That added up to a six-year commitment to near-zero short-term interest rates.
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We're now on track to go from zero -- zero commercial-scale biofuel refineries to 19 by the year 2012, and from no commercial-scale power plants operating carbon capture to five by the year 2015.
As the storm gathered during 2008, the Fed aggressively eased monetary policy by using such open market operations (supplemented by discount rate reductions) to drive short-term interest rates to near-zero levels.
Ministers say they want to end the practice of wealthy people minimising their tax bill - sometimes to zero - by donating to charity.
The Federal Reserve, trying to kick-start the economy, is keeping short-term interest rates at zero and is taking action to drive down long-term rates as well.
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Its lead in hybrid technology is under threat as other big carmakers scramble to bring low- and zero-emission vehicles to market before low-carbon legislation bites.
Violence against women prevents us from getting to zero new HIV infections, it prevents us from achieving zero discrimination and it prevents us from getting to zero AIDS-related deaths.
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When you run out of points for a day, you have to resort to zero-point foods like carrots, or risk not losing weight.
Multinationals such as Google are highly skilled at reducing their U.S. tax bill to near-zero, in part by shifting income to low-tax countries.
The 4.3-liter, four-cam, 32-valve V8 engine can race from zero to 60 mph in a respectable 5.9 seconds (the same as the V8 7-Series), throwing out 290 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque at 3, 400 rpm.
The loan component of MyMela offers visitors to our site the chance to make zero-interest loans to artisan groups who use these funds to make capital improvements, buy raw materials and train other workers.
Custom Trojans are as hard for signature based anti-virus to catch as the dreaded zero-day threats which exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities.
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Today, it is possible to gather the insight of over 100, 000 minds focused to the same goal, from zero-to-productivity, in the matter of days, not years.
Which is why the only economic argument that matters is how close the UK is to tumbling from fiscal hero to zero - how close we are to becoming Italy.
Wal-Mart said it stands by its zero-tolerance policy to automatically cut ties with suppliers that violate its safety standards or engage in unauthorized subcontracting.
The Bernanke Fed also extended the forward guidance for the federal funds rate to remain in the zero-bound to mid-2015, while announcing that Operation Twist would remain active at least through the end of the year.
MSPs on the cross-party committee called for a zero-tolerance government campaign to tackle the problem.
However, it increased to 6% by 2009 mainly due to near-zero interest rates enabling Citigroup to access cheap capital for trading activities.
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For a start, there is much argument about the extent to which these amazing figures can be attributed to zero-tolerance policing.
The country's Free Trade Zones - offering 100% foreign ownership and zero taxes - are helping to attract foreign investors.
Designed for portability, the Z340 combines a 14.0 megapixel digital camera with a ZINK-enabled printer using the ink-free Zero Ink Printing Technology from ZINK Imaging to deliver a 3x4'' print - the same size as the classic Polaroid photos that captured millions of special memories over the past 63 years.
From 1989 to 1995 Gap watched its same-store sales growth fall from 15% to zero as it plied the same old mid-priced khaki trade.
Today, as an organising member of the Zero Waste International Alliance, his campaign to encourage recycling and waste reduction has led to 117 municipalities across Italy closing incinerators and committing to zero-waste strategies.
In this case, the much-desired feeling of automotive superiority will have to come from the zero-emission badge, not a horsepower rating or superior creature comforts.
Licensing fees for companies attempting to promote home-grown intellectual property--games without Spider-Man, for instance, or NFL teams--may drop down to zero.
One of the cornerstones of his programme is a promise to hand out low or zero-interest credits to small and medium-sized companies.
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