By PHIL MULKINS Dear Action Line: As spray polyurethane foam helps homeowners qualify for energy saving tax credits and rebates, what are its attributes and applications? - M.K., Tulsa. "Spray polyurethane foam insulation provides many benefits, including lower energy costs...

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Automakers are in the uncomfortable position of building mostly at a loss a class of small electric cars that garner a lot of attention but few sales just to satisfy rules imposed by one state, California. As a result, they've acquired the name "compliance cars." ...

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san francisco Meg Whitman said it would take five years to turn around Hewlett-Packard. On Wednesday, when the computing giant announced quarterly results that exceeded analysts' estimates, she stuck by her plan. "This is a marker that the turnaround is on track," Whitman, HP's...

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Electric car maker Tesla Motors said Wednesday it has sent $452 million to the U.S. Department of Energy to pay off a loan it took out three years ago. The payoff of the $465 million government loan, with interest, came nine years early, the Palo Alto, Calif.,...

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NEW YORK - Hess Corp. will split the positions of CEO and chairman as it fights off a campaign by a major shareholder for a change in leadership at the New York energy company. John Hess, son of the company founder, will hold on to the CEO...

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