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March 28, 2007
GM's Rick Wagoner Talks To President George Bush : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner talks to President George Bush (right) next to an E85-capable Chevrolet Impala as Vice President Dick Cheney (l to r), Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Energy Secretary Sam Bodman look on Monday, March 26, 2007 in Washington, DC. President Bush met with the leaders of GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler at the White House. (Lauren Victoria Burke for General Motors) |GlobalGiants.com|
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GM's Rick Wagoner, Ford's Alan Mulally, And President George Bush : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner (left) talks to the media as Ford CEO Alan Mulally (center) and President George Bush look on Monday, March 26, 2007 in Washington, DC. President Bush met with the leaders of GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler at the White House. (Lauren Victoria Burke for General Motors) |GlobalGiants.com|
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PROMOTING CHINA: Russian and Chinese Presidents Open the Year of China in Russia : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Chinese president Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir Putin, L-R, shake hands as they pose for a photograph in the State Kremlin Palace at the opening of the Year of China in Russia. (ITAR-TASS / Dmitry Astakhov) |GlobalGiants.com|
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EU: European Police Raid Government Buildings in Corruption Investigation : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: European Flags flutter at the entrance of the European Commission's Berlaymont building at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 27, 2007.
Police in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Italy launched simultaneous dawn raids today in a corruption investigation involving European public servants. More than 150 police took part in over 30 raids, including at the European Commission's premises and the European Parliament in Brussels, in which investigators seized numerous documents. (GERARD CERLES/AFP/Getty Images) |GlobalGiants.com|
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CARMAX RECEIVES GREEN BUILDING DESIGNATION : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: CarMax's home office in Richmond, Virginia receives national green building certification. CarMax is the largest retailer of used cars in the USA. |GlobalGiants.com|
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US Postal Service Helps Drive Development of Alternate-Fuel Technologies : GlobalGiants.com
Demonstrates Zero-Emissions Mail Delivery Vehicles at White House Event.
Photo: Julie Rios, Director of Energy Initiatives, U.S. Postal Service, talks to President Bush about the Postal Service's 30 zero-emissions electric trucks, which deliver mail in New York City. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman looks on.
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Postal Service has a long history of exploring cleaner, more energy-efficient, and more cost- effective ways to deliver the nation's mail. And, as such, it has acquired the nation's largest fleet of alternate-fuel vehicles -- some 38,000 cars, trucks and minivans -- powered by electricity, compressed natural gas, liquid propane gas, ethanol (E85), biodiesel fuel, and hydrogen fuel cells.
To help promote the development of alternate-fuel technologies as well as to encourage the availability of alternate fuels, the Postal Service participated in a White House event today, demonstrating the technology behind a hydrogen fuel-cell minivan and an electric two-ton truck -- both zero- emissions mail-delivery vehicles.
An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the USA, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. The US Postal Service has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers more than 46 percent of the world's mail volume. |GlobalGiants.com|
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