Despite concerns about weak business investment, Bloomberg.com reports that US businesses have been pumping money into new equipment and software. Everything from yellow iron to video cameras and manufacturing equipment.

WB FINANCIAL Announces “Green Facility Lease” Program

LED (or light-emitting diode) lighting isn’t new, but we are just now starting to see large-scale commercial and industrial applications for this breed of ultra efficient lighting. In commercial facilities, lighting accounts for 30 to 50 percent of energy consumption and retrofitting a facility with LED lighting can save upwards of 95% in lighting costs (Dole Fresh Produce facility case study: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/02/lighting-retrofit-cuts-dole-energy-use-95/). LED lights run cooler, emit more light per watt, have a life of 50,000+ hrs and allow for dimming; so why are …

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Premier AVCCAM Video Camera Combines 4/3” Sensor with Superior Video Quality, Professional Audio Inputs, Variable Frame Rates, SDXC Card Technology

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 11, 2010) – Panasonic Solutions Company today announced a game-changing AVCCAM HD camcorder, the Panasonic AG-AF100, the first professional micro 4/3-inch video camcorder optimized for high-definition video recording. Scheduled to ship by the end of 2010, the AG-AF100 will set a new benchmark for digital cinematography.

Targeted at the video and film production communities, the Panasonic AF100 delivers the shallow depth of field …

While certain financial institutions are emerging on the up and up compared to this time last year and beginning to repay government issued TARP funds, there are still exceptionally diminutive means to starting up a green business. Opportunely, there are many resources for struggling business pioneers that can help gain strong financial foothold in the industry. As most well know, competition to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded projects is rigid at best, giving way to the optimal resource in green initiatives…

President Obama recently held a meeting with some of the nation’s largest commercial banking groups, stressing the importance of taking “extraordinary” steps to restore the U.S. economy after obtaining taxpayer bailout dollars. Financial service institutions were monetarily assisted by taxpayers to avoid bankruptcy, which was “largely of their own making,” he said; rendering them indebted to homeowners and small businesses alike.