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To: ~digs who wrote (1513)	9/18/2005 11:52:27 PM
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BERLIN (AP) - Conservative challenger Angela Merkel's party won the most votes in German elections Sunday but fell short of a clear mandate to govern, according to official results. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder staged a dramatic comeback and proclaimed that he should head the next government. The vote heralded the end of Schroeder's seven-year tenure but left in doubt who will follow. The inconclusive results make it likely that Germany's next government would be weakened because of the narrow vote margin and difficulties in forming a coalition. The vote centered on different visions of Germany's role in the world and how to fix its sputtering economy. Schroeder touted the country's role as a European leader and counterbalance to America, while Merkel pledged to reform the economy and strengthen relations with Washington. But Merkel's move to become Germany's first female chancellor puts those finance reform plans in doubt. She must now find a majority in a coalition that would likely force her to water them down. The result was a major setback for Merkel, whose party was at 42 percent in polls the week before the election. cont'd @ apnews.myway.com

To: ~digs who wrote (1513)	12/3/2005 10:49:43 PM
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Solar Power's Really Sticky App business2.com By Meredith Sadin, November 28, 2005 Most solar panels are bulky, pricey, and difficult to install. But imagine if you could turn windows -- or entire skyscrapers -- into solar power generators. That’s the goal of XsunX, a startup in Aliso Viejo, Calif., that has invented a way to stick semitransparent solar cells on plastic film, which manufacturers can use to transform ordinary windows into PowerGlass. “It’s like a power-plant skin on a building,” says XsunX CEO and president Tom Djokovich. XsunX’s amorphous silicon solar cells aren’t more efficient -- they convert just 6 percent of light energy that hits them into electricity, compared with 15 percent for traditional silicon cells. They are, however, more versatile: A 20-story building has about 10 times more space for PowerGlass than it does for roof panels. That puts XsunX on the cutting edge of a trend in the $7 billion solar industry called building-integrated photovoltaics, or BIPV. “We’re seeing a revolution where solar is disappearing into the building,” says Ron Pernick, co-founder of energy research firm Clean Edge. Next year, XsunX plans to begin selling its manufacturing technology to glass and optical-film makers and collecting licensing fees and royalties. Meanwhile, a firm called Iowa Thin Film Technologies has released solar-film radios and tents, and it’s now developing opaque BIPV products for roofs. But as the only company making see-through cells for windows, XsunX can envision a bright future ahead. --------- [XSNX.OB] XSUNX INC › 0.28 +0.01 ( +2.19%) stockcharts.com[w,a]daclyiay[pc40!c200!f][vc60][iut!La12,26,9!Ll14]&pref=G