As General Motors prepares to begin selling its new Chevy Volt electric hybrid car this month, the automaker says it will hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to lead in the development of more electric and hybrid vehicles. The company says it wants to be at the forefront of new technologies that can reduce oil consumption. Source Link
While Congress debates whether to extend the Bush-era income tax cuts to everyone, a group of millionaires is asking the government to raise their taxes. The group calling itself “Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength” says the rich don’t need more tax cuts that will increase the federal deficit and add to the debt burden carried by other taxpayers. Source Link
When it comes to one of the key nutrients in milk, lots more Vitamin D is not necessarily better, according to the National Academy of Science. Its Institute of Medicine is out with a report recommending daily Vitamin D equal to four cups of milk per day, but that’s much less than some who suggest that Vitamin D in big doses can ward-off certain types of cancer. Source Link
