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...Then one afternoon she noticed how many of her neighbours had been disconnected by the Edison electricity company: the utility leaves a tell-tale red disconnection tag on every door....
...White’s description of immigrants to New York (I’m from Detroit): “Each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love …each generates heat and light to dwarf Consolidated Edison.”...
...North-west of midtown, Sherwood Forest, Palmer Woods and Boston Edison are well-maintained historic enclaves that date from the early 20th century....
...“We hope this serves as a call to action for other corporations, organisations and individuals to live where they work”, Mr Bing said, noting that the new homeowners in East English Village and Boston-Edison...
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...He comments: “Unfortunately, everybody in the world except Detroit is making these.’’...
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...Look no further than Troy, Michigan, where a latter-day Thomas Edison is forging the path....
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...With his appearance at the Detroit auto show – his most public since leaving as chief executive in 2002 – he was telling the world he is back....
...US electric utilities, represented by the Edison Electric Institute, have worked hard to defeat congressional efforts to require them to derive at least 10 per cent of their power from renewable sources,...
...“While some of these ideas were wild at the time they do bear revisiting,” says Greg Wallace, head of GM’s heritage centre in Detroit....
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