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The Proteas head to Potchefstroom this week with a few more questions than answers having been dismantled to the tune of 48 runs by the West Indies in the second ODI in East London on Saturday evening.
Diseases. >> dr. harrington were at risk to infectious material that may have contained hepatitis b virus or h.i.v. >>gretchen: harrington will find out if he loses his license at a hearing next month. >>steve: what's in a name? we told you about the failed electric battery company that got millions of dollars from taxpayers. they are making changes. the company called a-123 systems is changing their name from a-123 to b-456 systems. that's right. a-123 scored a $249 million grant from the obama administration back in 2009 and already received $133 million of it when they had to file embarrass...
The process of a-123. and headed by a billionaire with close ties to the chinese party. and president obama just spoke about keeping advanced technology in the united states and now lawmakers are hoping he's true to his word. the tennessee congresswoman, republican marsha blackburn said, i'm quoting here, if the president is truly serious about his pledge to the american people then he has no option, but to block the sale of 123. this is not a partisan issue, but a clear-cut issue of national security that's closely watched by the defense community. now, to ease concerns, they say they'll only...
It's consistent with president obama's philosophy he believes the government is the solution as opposed to the private sector. this is totally unacceptable. this is even worse because this $249 million is going to go to a company that will be acquired by a chinese company. the company will end up benefiting the chinese probably more than it will the united states. rick: this is a company we should say that makes batteries that go into electronic cars. the company is called a-123. is there anything congress can do? any way congress can intervene? find a different way to keep the company afloat ...
44 new workers, and that grant is supporting the construction of three new plants in the state of michigan, which a-123 expects will allow it to hire more than 120 workers by the end of this year, more than 1000 by the end of next year, and more than 3000 by the end of 2012. two of those workers, james fenton, and nino bunia, are here today. they lost their previous jobs in the recession, then 123 hired them both to help refer the batteries of tomorrow. a-123 has already begun construction on one facility in the city of lavonia, which is scheduled to go online in july, and they've begun design...