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Buffet-Backed BYD Finally Bringing EVs to the U.S.?

BYD is an automotive company in name only for most Americans. That's because the Warren Buffett-backed Chinese company, named one of our Most Innovative Companies in China , has yet to sell any of its much-hyped electric vehicles--or any of its vehicles, for that matter--in North America (the company sells a gas-powered car in China).

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Wave-and-Pay NFC Credit Cards Are Definitely In-Bound

A number of moves by different companies and organizations around the world seem to be confirming a long - held rumor is true: Wireless credit card payments using NFC (Near Field wireless Communications) are coming. And (although we ourselves have wavered a bit ) they're coming soon. Verifone We knew Verifone , one of the biggest players in the handheld credit card processing unit market, was going to be adding NFC to all its new handsets, but the company has just set out exactly how and why it's making this move.

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Values of the Creative Class

With today's workplace dominated by creative workers, it has become important to know what qualities they admire. Are organizations embracing these values

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iPhone 5 Rumors Heating Up: All Metal, Wireless Payment, and NFC Logins to Macs

The iPhone 5 rumors continue , and this time they're backing up something we've suspected for a while--Apple's next phone may be all-metal. It also looks to be simply a better phone all-round. A few rumors from a while back suggested that Apple's next iPhone revamp would ditch the glass back and adopt a metal one instead--added to the stainless steel antenna-frame of the iPhone 4, this means the iPhone 5 would be an all-metal affair.

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Is This the iPhone 5?

It may be iPad 2 day, but that doesn't stop the Apple news mill from grinding--now there's a fresh leak from China that hints what the iPhone 5 may look like. It's convincing

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China’s Health Care Reform Could Save Consumers $1.5 Billion

China announced wide-sweeping health care reforms this week , focusing on building more hospitals, reducing the price of common drugs, banning smoking from public spaces, and increasing state insurance subsidies. China--despite heavy reliance on government funding for social programs--has developed a curiously excessive reliance on the sales of drugs to fund hospitals, a feature of its health care system that doesn't quite sit right with the nation's overarching philosophy--or with its citizens. "I think that no matter what kind of hospital, you should rely on medical technology and improved services to gain income," said Sun Zhigang , the National Development and Reform Commission's deputy director.

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China Trying to Harness 2 Trillion Tons of Coal Reserves for Global Energy Dominance

Coal may be the most loathed energy source among sustainability advocates, but it isn't going anywhere, especially now that governments are investing billions in carbon capture and sequestration projects for coal plants. Any country with significant coal reserves and a government that pays little attention to safety and environmental hazards stands to profit handsomely.

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