At Sears stores along the East Coast that were still open, tools and generators "were flying off shelves, " Sears Holdings Corp.

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Similar to Home Depot, Techtronic has seen increased demand for tools and power generators after Hurricane Sandy.

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Google is testing a fleet of plug-in hybrids and software that would turn them into load-balancing tools for utilities flooded with variable power from wind and solar generators.

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