Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who splits his time between running the electric car-making Tesla Motors Inc. and rocket-making Space Exploration Technologies Corp., sees “good economic times ahead” for the U.S. His Tesla, which received $465 million in federal...
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket takes off in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Have Republicans finally found their electric-car “loser?” Today’s bankruptcy filing by A123 Systems Inc. may give the Romney-Ryan campaign, just in time for tonight’s presidential debate, a company that fits the label that it’s tried to hang on other recipients...
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The Tesla Motors Inc.'s Model X vehicle at its unveiling in Hawthorne, California.
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In last night’s debate, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney singled out four recipients of U.S. Energy Department aid as he lumped such companies together as “losers.” Romney was essentially repeating a refrain he’d used last week at a campaign event...
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